{"id":554982,"date":"2026-06-26T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/554982\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:18:18","slug":"ann-blyth-death-news-mildred-pierce-and-chip-off-the-old-block-star-ann-blyth-passes-away-at-98-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/554982\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Blyth Death News: \u2018Mildred Pierce\u2019 and \u2018Chip Off the Old Block\u2019 star Ann Blyth passes away at 98 | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018MildredVeteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes.\"\u2018MildredVeteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes.\"\u2018MildredVeteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes.\"\u2018MildredVeteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes.\"\u2018MildredVeteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes. Trigger warning: This article mentions death, reader discretion is advised.Ann Blyth, who was best known for her work in \u2018Mildred Pierce\u2019, as well as \u2018The World In His Arms\u2019 and \u2018Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid,\u2019 has passed away. She was 98.<\/p>\n

Ann Blyth passes away at 98<\/p>\n

The famed actress and singer passed away on Wednesday, as confirmed by KABC\u2019s George Pennachio. He took to his Facebook account in order to share a tribute post for the veteran star, sharing how much of an influential figure she was in the industry. He wrote, \u201cShe was only 16 when she was nominated for an Oscar! Actress Ann Blyth died peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday at the age of 98, less than two months before her 99th birthday.\u201dHe further detailed her career in his post, sharing how she was one of the youngest successful stars of her time, and had even dabbled a little in every stream of media, including radio and Broadway. He also added, \u201cAnn was active in philanthropy and volunteered for many causes. Her family says she loved her garden, knitting, and oil painting. She was known for gifting her work to friends and family.\u201d He also made mention of how often Blyth would return responses to fans’ mail, and that she loved interacting with people.<\/p>\n

All about Ann Blyth and her career<\/p>\n

Blyth was only 6 years old when she first started working in the entertainment industry, and slowly rose to the top in the golden age of cinema. She started as a child performer at a radio station. She later moved on to Broadway after appearing on stage for the first time in \u2018Watch on the Rhine\u2019 in 1941. 3 years later, in 1944, she finally landed her film debut and appeared on the big screen in \u2018Chip Off the Old Block.\u2019<\/p>\n

Did you know Ann Blyth started her career at a young age?<\/p>\n

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Share Opinion<\/a>Over the years, she worked with a lot of big stars and became a rising force on her own as well. Her most notable work, which she is still remembered for today, comes from \u2018Mildred Pierce.\u2019 The actress played Joan Crawford\u2019s daughter in the film and even earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal.She is remembered for many notable films, including \u2018Brute Force\u2019, \u2018The Great Caruso\u2019, \u2018The Helen Morgan Story\u2019, \u2018The Student Prince\u2019, and many others. Her last appearance in front of the camera was in the TV series, \u2018Murder, She Wrote\u2019, in 1985. She was also honoured with the Living Legacy Award in 2003 by the Women’s International Center for her work and her influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran star Ann Blythe passed away at the age of 98 due to natural causes.Veteran star Ann Blythe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[706,237524,237522,237520,237521,237528,237526,434,237525,18,117,237527,19,17,237523],"class_list":["post-554982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ann","tag-ann-blyth-career-highlights","tag-ann-blyth-death","tag-ann-blyth-death-news","tag-ann-blyth-obituary","tag-ann-blythe","tag-blythe","tag-celebrities","tag-classic-hollywood-actress","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-female-film-icons","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mildred-pierce-actress"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116815667023432053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}