Anna Chandler Explained
Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 - July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.[1]
She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox.[2]
Chandler was a headline artist for the Orpheum Circuit. She sang songs in Hebrew and Italian almost exclusively during her career as a headliner on the Orpheum Circuit.[3] On Broadway, Chandler portrayed Mrs. Anastasia Kidd in Jumping Jupiter (1911) and Bessie Bloom in Mendel, Inc. (1929).[4]
Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.
Filmography
Partial discography
Blue Amberol 2040 Come Back, I’m Pining For You (1913)
COLUMBIA A1950 (78) She’s Good Enough to Be Your Baby’s Mother (and She’s Good Enough to Vote With You) [5]
COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)[6]
EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)
Sheet music
(With her picture on cover)
- (Yr Unk) - Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson
- 1915 - America I Love You
- 1916 - Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again) - Words by Edgar Leslie; Music by Archie Gottler
- 1917 - Yankee Doodle Learns Parlez Vous Francais
- 1917 - You've Certainly Opened My Eyes
- 1917 - Never Was A Lass Like You
- 1917 - ... Somewhere In France
- 1920 - Feather Your Nest
- 1921 - Scandinavia
- 1922 - I've Got The Love-Sick Blues, Jack Mills, Inc., publisher
- 1922 - Lost (A Wonderful Girl)
- 1922 - Lovin Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
- 1923 - Annabelle
References
Inline citations
General references
- Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1965)
- Who Was Who on Screen, First edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1974)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983)
- Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976, by David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers (1976), The Late Players (1900-1974) section begins on page 539
- Who's Who in Hollywood, The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled, Two volumes, by David Ragan, New York: Facts on File (1992)
External links
Notes and References
- Nick Tosches (1949-), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company (2001)
- Book: Kear . Lynn . King . James . Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook . 2009 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5468-6 . 92 . February 19, 2022 . en.
- Old-Time Vaudeville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), p. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932
- Web site: Anna Chandler . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . December 10, 2020 . https://archive.today/20201210173852/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/anna-chandler-35017 . December 10, 2020.
- Web site: ARSC Top Ten Nominees. 2022-02-23. Archeophone Records. en-US.
- Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010
