Anna Chandler | |
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Chandler in 1919.
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Born | July 4, 1884 New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 10, 1957 El Sereno, California, U.S. |
(aged 73)
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | Jack Curtis (1900-?) (Divorced) |
Children | Beatrice Curtis |
Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.
She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. On November 13, 1900, Chandler married Jack Curtis, whose birth name was Jacob Zinn, in Manhattan, New York. Curtis was a booker for Keith Albee, and later, a theatrical agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox of the dance the foxtrot.
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.
Anna Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.
COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)
EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)
(With her picture on cover)
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