Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.Nick Tosches (1949- ), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company (2001) ()
She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox.
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.Old-Time Vaudeville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), p. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932 On Broadway, Chandler portrayed Mrs. Anastasia Kidd in Jumping Jupiter (1911) and Bessie Bloom in Mendel, Inc. (1929).
Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.
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 Blue Amberol 2040 Come Back, I’m Pining For You (1913)
COLUMBIA A1950 (78) She’s Good Enough to Be Your Baby’s Mother (and She’s Good Enough to Vote With You)
COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010
EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)
Sheet music
(With her picture on cover) (Yr Unk) – Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson 1915 – America I Love You 1916 – Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again) - Words by Edgar Leslie; Music by Archie Gottler 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
References Inline citations
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) () Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977) () Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983) () 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 () 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) ()
External links
Anna Chandler cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.