Ann Basart, who appeared in dozens of films as a child billed as Ann E. Todd in the 1930s and ’40s and was a regular on 1950s sitcom The Stu Erwin Show, has died. She was 88. Basart died Febr…
, has died. She was 88. Basart died February 7 in Northern California; she had struggled with dementia for seven years, but no formal cause of death was given.
Born Ann Todd Phillips on August 26, 1931, in Denver, she was raised by her maternal grandparents in Southern California, where they steered her into acting. From 1938-51, she racked more nearly 40 movie credits includingThe Jolson Story. During her film career, Basart appeared opposite such top stars of the era as Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, James Stewart, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Marlene Dietrich. A distant cousin of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, she added the middle initial to her stage name to avoid being confused with English actress Ann Todd, who was married to filmmaker David Lean in the 1950s.The Trouble with Fatherone of the many bumbling-dad comedies of the 1950s.
Basart moved to Berkeley, CA, and married music professor and composer Robert Basart in 1951. During the mid-’80s, she founded Fallen Leaf Press, which published dozens of books, mainly reference works and scores of American chamber music before she closed shop in 2000. Her husband died in 1993.Subscribe to
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