Anne Cornwall
American actress (1897-1980) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Anne Cornwall was an American dancer, singer, and actress whose career on stage and in motion pictures spanned over four decades, from her early work as a "chorus girl" in musical theatre in New York City in 1916 to her screen performances in starring roles, as supporting characters, and in bit parts from 1918 to 1960.
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The Buster Keaton StoryFilm, Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)1947
They Won't Believe MeFilm, Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)1946
Below the DeadlineFilm, Minor Role (uncredited)1944
The ClimaxFilm, Audience Member (Uncredited)1940
Triple JusticeFilm, Wedding Guest1938
You Can't Take It with YouFilm, Miss Jones (uncredited)1930
The Widow from ChicagoFilm, Mazie (uncredited)1929
Men O' WarFilm, Girl1927Chicken FeathersFilm, Anne Kale1925
Keep SmilingFilm, Rose Ryan1924
40-Horse HawkinsFilm, Mary Darling1922
Her Gilded CageFilm, Jacqueline Ornoff1920
Everything But the TruthFilm, Annabelle Elton1918
The KnifeFilm1897Born17 January 1897People around Anne
Adolph Zukor Produced The Copperhead and To Have and to Hold
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The Copperhead and To Have and to Hold
Frank Capra Produced You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Lewis R. Foster Directed Men O' War (1929)
Buster Keaton Directed College (1927)
James Stewart Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Alice Brady Also in The Knife and The World to Live In
Jean Arthur Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
William Fox Produced The Roughneck (1924)
Hal Roach Produced Men O' War (1929)
Edward Arnold Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Maurice Costello Also in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
William Churchill deMille Directed The Splendid Crime (1925)
Sidney Franklin Directed Dulcy (1923)
Phil Rosen Directed The Path She Chose (1920)
Eddie Lyons Directed Everything But the Truth (1920)
Byron Foulger Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Edward Earle Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Ward Crane Also in The Flaming Frontier (1926)
Wyndham Standing Also in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
David Powell Also in Her Gilded Cage and The Firing Line
Frank Losee Also in The Firing Line and The Seventh Day
Rollin S. Sturgeon Directed The Girl in the Rain (1920)- Frank Richardson Directed Racing Blood (1926)
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
You Can't Take It with You 1938
College 1927
They Won't Believe Me 1947
The Southerner 1945
Filmography 40
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Universal ad for The Girl in the Rain with "Anne" misspelled, 1920
"Portrait study" of Cornwall by Nickolas Muray, published in Shadowland, 1921
In late-Elizabethan costume, Cornwall chats with visitors to the set of Have and to Hold, 1922
Promotion for Cool Off! (1926) co-starring Cornwall and Jack Duffy
The "tiny" Cornwall (second from left) in Laurel and Hardy's Men O' War (1929)
Cornwall (middle row, far right) with other "Baby Stars", Photoplay, March 1925
Cornwall with two of her Scottish Terriers, May 1926About this person
Cornwall's credited and uncredited film appearances total no less than 72 productions, the great majority being released prior to 1930. A few examples of her work in silent dramas are The Firing Line (1919), The Girl in the Rain (1920), and The Wrongdoers (1925). Cornwall was equally successful in comedies. Starring in a series of popular "Christie Comedies" in the mid-1920s, she was recognized in film-industry publications at the time as "One of the leading comediennes of two-reel comedies". That reputation led to her later being cast as Buster Keaton's girlfriend in the feature College (1927) and with Laurel and Hardy in their Hal Roach short Men O' War (1929).
