Glenn Anders(1889-1981)
- Actor
Glenn Anders was born September 1, 1889 in Los Angeles, California. He
attended the Wallace dramatic school in California and began a career
as a performer in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He arrived in New
York in 1919 and attended Columbia University from 1919 until 1921. He
made his Broadway debut in 1919 in a play entitled Just Around the
Corner. Mr. Anders had a very long and distinguished career on Broadway
and during his career appeared in three Pulitzer Prize winning plays.
Those plays were: Hell Bent for Heaven (1924) written by Hatcher
Hughes; They Knew What They Wanted (1924) written by Sidney Howard and
Strange Interlude (1928) written by Eugene O'Neill. Most of his career
was spent on stage but he also had some noteworthy film appearances. He
made approximately eight movies from 1925 to 1951. His most memorable
film role was that of Grisby the lawyer in Lady from Shanghai, The
(1948) starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. After retiring from the stage he
resided for several years in Mexico. He returned to the United States
to reside at the Actor's Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He resided
at the Actor's Fund Home until his death in 1981 at the age of
92.
