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Ann Blyth today: Light songs and heavy drama on TCM Ann Blyth, a 1940s Universal leading lady best remembered for her Oscar-nominated performance as Joan Crawford’s cute-but-sociopathic teenage daughter in Warner Bros.’ Mildred Pierce, is Turner Classic Movies’ "Summer Under the Stars" star on Friday, August 16, 2013. Note: Today, Ann Blyth, one of the earliest surviving Oscar nominees in the acting categories, turns 85 years old. (See: “Ann Blyth Movies: TCM Schedule.”) (Photo: Ann Blyth ca. 1955.) First, the good news: Ann Blyth is a likable, talented actress and singer, and it’s great that TCM is dedicating a whole day to her movies. The bad news: As mentioned above, Ann Blyth was mostly (1944-1952) a Universal star; TCM is presenting only one of Blyth’s Universal movies, Brute Force (1947), which has been shown before. In other words, not a chance of finally having the opportunity to catch Ann Blyth in B...

This Is The Life star Peggy Ryan has died from complications caused by two strokes, at the age of 80. The veteran actress and dancer passed away on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada's Sunrise Hospital, leaving behind her daughter Kerry English, son Sean Sherman, and five grandchildren. Ryan famously starred in more than two dozen movie musicals including Chip Off The Old Block, When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Mister Big and was well-known for her cinematic work with dance partner Donald O'Connor. The star made her acting debut in TV police series Hawaii Five-O in 1969 and ended her successful film career in 1953 with her final movie All Ashore with Mickey Rooney.