Anna Chandler

Chandler in 1919

Anna Chandler (born July 4, 1884, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania - d. July 10, 1957, El Sereno, California) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.^[1]

Headline artist for the Orpheum Circuit

Chandler sang songs in a Hebrew and Italian languages almost exclusively during her career as a headline artist in the Orpheum Circuit.^[2]

Filmography

• The Big Broadcast (1932)
• Madame Racketeer (1932)
• Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
• Redhead (1941)
• Tennessee Johnson (1942)
• Thumbs Up (1943)
• Master Minds (1949)

Partial discography

COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)^[3]

EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)

Sheet Music

I've Got The Love-Sick Blues

(With her picture on cover)

• (Yr Unk) – Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson
• 1915 – America I Love You
• 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

Family

On November 13, 1900, Chandler married Jack Curtis, Sr. (né Jacob Zinn), in Manhattan, New York. Curtis was a booker for Keith Albee, and later, a theatrical agent.

• Beatrice Curtis (married Harry Fox)

References

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) (OCLC 841749)
• Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977) (LCCN 77-22651)
• Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983) (OCLC 239770441)
• 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 (OCLC 2373022)
• 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) (LCCN 90-2980)

Inline citations

1. Nick Tosches (1949- ), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company ISBN 978-0-316-89507-1 (2001) (OCLC 45757846)
2. Old-Time Vaudville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), pg. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932
3. Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010

External links

• Anna Chandler at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Anna Chandler at the Internet Movie Database