She was the darling little girl that would become Shirley Temple's little sister in 'The Bluebird'.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032264/mediaviewer/rm1901206528

She was very cute.

Here's a new YouTube tribute video - which unfortunately doesn't have an English subtitles option available.

@genplant29 said:

She was very cute.

Here's a new YouTube tribute video - which unfortunately doesn't have an English subtitles option available.

Translation in English:

Ann E. Todd
Denver, 26 August 1931- 7 February 2020

She was a distant relative of Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

Due to the deprivations of the Great Depression, she was raised by her maternal grandparents.

She was hospitalized in critical condition in 1942, when she developed blood poisoning due to a cut in her foot, while playing in the backyard.

In 1939 she made her acting debut in the movie "Zaza", directed by George Cukor.

Her film career spanned over fourteen years. She appeared on the big screen about 40 times with notable contemporary stars such as Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, John Garfield, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, James Stewart and Barbara Stanwyck.

Due to the similarities between her name and that of British actress Ann Todd, she added the letter "E" to her first name.

Todd was a regular on "The Stu Erwin Show" between 1950-1953 before quitting show business forever.

She appeared in movies like "Intermezzo", "Tower of London", "Calling Dr. Kildare", "Blood and Sand", "How Green Was My Valley", "Pride of the Marines" and "My Reputation".

After she left the show business, she became a teacher and librarian before retiring in California.

She was married to Robert Basart from 1951 to 1993, the year of his death.
The couple had two children.

Neat: Thanks, wonder!

I was able (due to having long-ago familiarity with both Latin and Spanish [I grew up RC during the late Latin-rite era, plus took two years of Spanish a million years ago in school]) to figure out the main points when looking at the non-English texts, but hadn't known what some in-between stuff was saying.

It turns out the person who created that tribute video for the most part quoted word-for-word from the current Wikipedia article about Ann.

By the way, her screen career began in 1938, rather than in '39, as Zaza was filmed and premiered (on 29 December) in 1938. However, it didn't go into general release until January 1939.

@genplant29 said:

By the way, her screen career began in 1938, rather than in '39, as Zaza was filmed and premiered (on 29 December) in 1938. However, it didn't go into general release until January 1939.

Yes. I noticed the difference in the years too.

Very sad to hear of her passing.

Very informative Ann E Todd posts.

My sympathies