Ann Codee

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Belgian actress (1890–1961)

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::summary Belgian actress (1890–1961) ::

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nameAnn Codee
imageAnn Codee in Drums of the Desert.jpg
captionCodee in Drums of the Desert (1940)
birth_nameAnna Maria Van Huffelen
birth_date
birth_placeAntwerp, Belgium
death_date
death_placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
other_namesAnna Cody
resting_placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
occupationActor
years_active1928–1960
spouse
children2
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| name = Ann Codee | image = Ann Codee in Drums of the Desert.jpg | alt = | caption = Codee in Drums of the Desert (1940) | birth_name = Anna Maria Van Huffelen | birth_date = | birth_place = Antwerp, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = Anna Cody | resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1928–1960 | spouse = | children = 2

Ann Codee (born Anna Marie Vannuefflin, 5 March 1890 – 18 May 1961) was a Belgian actress with numerous hit films on her résumé, such as Can-Can, Kiss Me Kate, and Interrupted Melody. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, her name was sometimes found in newspapers as Anna Cody.

Biography

Codee was born in Antwerp. She married actor Frank Orth around 1911. She and her husband toured American vaudeville in the 1910s and 1920s as the comedy act "Codee and Orth". The team made its film debut in 1929, appearing in a series of multilingual movie shorts. Thereafter, both Codee and Orth flourished as Hollywood character actors. Codee was seen in dozens of films as florists, music teachers, landladies, governesses and grandmothers. She played a variety of ethnic types, from the very French Mme. Poullard in Jezebel (1938) to the Gallic Tante Berthe in The Mummy's Curse (1941).

Codee's last film appearance was as a tight-corseted committeewoman in Can-Can (1960). Her career highlights include her part in the Natalie Wood film Kings Go Forth (1948) and the Oscar-nominated Ann Miller film Kiss Me Kate (1953). She also had an uncredited role as the biologist Dr. Dupree in the 1953 film The War of the Worlds.

She died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on May 18, 1961. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills next to her husband.

Partial filmography

References

References

  1. (March 30, 1920). "Fine Deal at Poli". The Scranton Republican.
  2. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

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