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Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My fake name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent." Dvorak was the daughter and only child of silent film actress Anna Lehr and director Edwin McKim. While in New York, she attended St. Catherine's Convent. After moving to California, she attended Page School for Girls in Hollywood. She made her film debut when she was five years old in the silent film version of Ramona (1916), credited as "Baby Anna Lehr". She continued in children's roles in The Man Hater (1917) and Five Dollar Plate (1920), but then stopped acting in films. Her parents separated in 1916 and divorced in 1920; she did not see her father again until 13 years later, when she made a public plea to the press to help her find him. In the late 1920s, Dvorak worked as a dance instructor and gradually began to appear on film as a chorus girl. Her friend, actress Karen Morley, introduced her to billionaire movie producer Howard Hughes, who groomed her as a dramatic actress. She was a success in such pre-Code films as Scarface (1932) as Paul Muni's sister; in Three on a Match (1932) with Bette Davis and Joan Blondell as the doomed, unstable Vivian; in The Crowd Roars (1932) with James Cagney; and in Sky Devils (1932) opposite Spencer Tracy. Known for her style and elegance, she was a popular leading lady for Warner Bros. during the 1930s, and appeared in numerous contemporary romances and melodramas. At age 19, Dvorak eloped with Leslie Fenton, her English co-star from The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932), and they married on March 17, 1932. They left for a year-long honeymoon in spite of her contractual obligations to the studio, which led to a period of litigation and pay disputes during which she discovered she was making the same amount of money as the boy who played her son in Three on a Match. She completed her contract on permanent suspension, then worked as a freelancer. Although she worked regularly, the quality of her scripts declined sharply. She appeared as secretary Della Street to Donald Woods' Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937). With her then-husband, Leslie Fenton, Dvorak traveled to England where she supported the war effort by working as an ambulance driver and acted in several British films. She appeared as a saloon singer in Abilene Town with Randolph Scott and Edgar Buchanan, released in 1946. The following year she adeptly handled comedy by giving an assured performance in Out of the Blue (1947). In 1948, Dvorak gave her only performance on Broadway in The Respectful Prostitute. Dvorak's marriage to Fenton ended in divorce in 1946. In 1947, she married Igor Dega, a Russian dancer who danced with her briefly in The Bachelor's Daughters. The marriage ended two years later. Dvorak retired from the screen in 1951, when she married her third and last husband, Nicholas Wade, to whom she remained married until his death in 1975. She had no children.

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)

Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret of Convict Lake
as Rachel Schaeffer

I Was an American Spy
as Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Connie Kepplar

A Life of Her Own
as Mary Ashlon

The Return of Jesse James
as Sue Ellen Younger

Our Very Own
as Gert Lynch

The Walls of Jericho
as Belle Connors

The Long Night
as Charlene

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Madeleine Forestier

Out of the Blue
as Olive Jensen

The Bachelor's Daughters
as Terry Wilson

Abilene Town
as Rita

Masquerade in Mexico
as Helen Grant

Flame of Barbary Coast
as Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry

Escape to Danger
as Joan Grahame

Squadron Leader X
as Barbara Lucas

This Was Paris
as Ann Morgan

Girls of the Road
as Kay Warren

Cafe Hostess
as Jo

Stronger Than Desire
as Eva McLain

Blind Alley
as Mary

Gangs of New York
as Connie Benson

Merrily We Live
as Minerva Harlan

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Ann Rogers

She's No Lady
as Jerry

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Della Street

Midnight Court
as Carol O'Neill

Racing Lady
as Ruth Martin

We Who Are About to Die
as Connie Stewart

Breakdowns of 1936
as Self

Thanks a Million
as Sally Mason

Dr. Socrates
as Josephine

Bright Lights
as Fay Wilson

'G' Men
as Jean Morgan

Sweet Music
as Bonnie Haydon

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Herself (uncredited)

Murder in the Clouds
as Judy Wagner

Gentlemen Are Born
as Susan Merrill

I Sell Anything
as Barbara

Side Streets
as Marguerite Gilbert

Housewife
as Nan Reynolds

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Miss Beulah Boyd

Midnight Alibi
as Joan

Heat Lightning
as Myra

Roast-Beef and Movies
as Chorine (archive footage) (uncredited)

Massacre
as Lydia

College Coach
as Claire Gore

The Way to Love
as Madeleine

Hello Pop
as Dancer

Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere

Crooner
as Judith 'Judy' Mason

Love is a Racket
as Sally Condon

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain

The Crowd Roars
as Lee Merrick

Scarface
as Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Sky Devils
as Mary Way

The Guardsman
as Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)

This Modern Age
as Party Guest (Uncredited)