Ann Blyth dies at 98: Golden Age of Hollywood star who earned Oscar nomination for Mildred Pierce passes away

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By BRIAN MARKS, US ASSISTANT SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR

Published: 23:34 EDT, 25 June 2026 | Updated: 00:00 EDT, 26 June 2026

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Ann Blyth, an Oscar nominee and one of the final remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at 98.

Blyth died on Wednesday, June 24, of natural causes, KABC’s George Pennachio announced on Facebook on Thursday, while noting that she was just two months shy of her 99th birthday.

The late star began her career as a child star in the 1930s with appearances on radio, before she transitioned to film and starred in several classic films throughout a career spanning more than 70 years.

The most iconic of her appearances was as the daughter of Joan Crawford’s title character in 1945’s classic film noir, Mildred Pierce.

The Michael Curtiz-directed melodrama helped make Blyth a star, and it earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Blyth was just 16 when she appeared in the film as Veda, the spoiled, money-obsessed daughter of Mildred Pierce, a divorcée who struggles as a waitress to pay for her daughter’s desires, until she’s forced to make greater and greater sacrifices.

Ann Blyth, an Oscar nominee and one of the final remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, died Wednesday at 98, according to KABC’s George Pennachio; pictured in 2013 in Hollywood

The most iconic of her appearances was as the daughter of Joan Crawford’s title character in 1945’s classic film noir, Mildred Pierce (pictured)

The film was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Actress, Screenplay and Black-and-White Cinematography.

Blyth and her costar Eve Arden split the Best Supporting Actress category and went home empty-handed, while Crawford won the film’s only Academy Award.

Blyth also played the wife of Burt Lancaster in Brute Force (1947), an even grittier noir crime film that featured some of the most extreme violence featured on screen up to that time.

Blyth was also a talented singer, and her soprano voice made her a popular choice for luscious Hollywood musicals of the 1950s, including director Vincente Minnelli’s Kismet, The Great Caruso, Rose Marie and The Student Prince.

Mildred Pierce was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Screenplay, Black-and-White Cinematography and Supporting Actress nominations for Blyth and costar Eve Arden. Crawford was the film’s only winner for Best Actress; (L–R) Jo Ann Marlowe, Ann Blyth and Joan Crawford

Blyth was also a talented singer, and her soprano voice made her a popular choice for luscious Hollywood musicals of the 1950s, including director Vincente Minnelli’s Kismet, The Great Caruso, Rose Mari and The Student Prince; pictured in 1950 in a promotional image

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