{"id":3487,"date":"2013-08-02T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2013-08-01T22:53:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T05:53:49","slug":"happy-birthday-ann-dvorak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/happy-birthday-ann-dvorak\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Ann Dvorak!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 214<\/h3>\n

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Today marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of Ann Dvorak, who was born on August 2, 1911 in New York City.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Ann’s birth year has frequently been listed as 1912, but here is definitive proof that she was born one year earlier. I present – her birth certificate.<\/p>\n

Those of you who have been following this blog for a least the last couple of months might recall that I recently happened upon some of Ann’s personal possessions<\/a>. Included in that stash was a copy of her birth certificate, which is cool because I had not been able to get a copy previously. Please note that there is only a space here for Father’s Occupation, because, you know, no self respecting woman would have a career in those days. Had there been a place for Anna Lehr to fill in her occupation, it would have read “theatre,” the same as Edwin McKim.<\/p>\n

If you’re able, pull up a chair, throw\u00c2\u00a0Three on a Match <\/strong>in the DVD player, and raise a glass to the Divine Ms. D!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 214 Today marks what would have been the 102nd birthday of Ann Dvorak, who was born on August 2, 1911 in New York City. Over the years, Ann’s birth year has frequently been listed as 1912, but here is definitive proof that she was born one year earlier. I present […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-day-in-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t