Ann Blyth—one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood—has reportedly died at the age of 98.
Blyth is best known for her role opposite Joan Crawford in 1945's Mildred Pierce, for which she earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
According to KABC's George Pennacchio, Blyth died on Wednesday, June 24, from "natural causes."
"She was only 16 when she was nominated for an Oscar! Actress Ann Blyth died peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday at the age of 98, less than two months before her 99th birthday," Pennacchio wrote on Facebook on Thursday, June 25.
Blyth was born Anne Blythe in Mount Kisco, N.Y., in 1928, later dropping the "e" from both her first and last names. The actress began working in radio at 5 years old and joined the New York Children's Opera Company at age 9.
"Life was one big struggle then, but mother managed somehow to keep me in parochial school and later in professional school," Blyth told The New York Times in 1952. "She provided me with singing and dramatic lessons besides."
Blyth starred in her first film role in 1944's Chip Off the Old Block, a musical comedy, then followed it up with three more films that year, all musicals: The Merry Monahans, Babes on Swing Street and Bowery to Broadway.
She then appeared in Mildred Pierce alongside Crawford, who played the titular character, while Blyth portrayed Veda Pierce, Mildred's bratty, entitled teenage daughter. The film received six Academy Award nominations, and Crawford won Best Actress for her performance.
“I always had a terrific imagination and the ability to be somebody else,” Blyth told the Los Angeles Times of her performance in 2013.
In 1996, Mildred Pierce was selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.
Blyth continued to work at a fast pace, appearing in 26 films over the next 10 years following Mildred Pierce. Those films included 1947's Killer McCoy, 1949's Top o' the Morning, 1951's The Great Caruso, 1954's Rose Marie and 1955's Kismet. Her last film was 1957's The Helen Morgan Story, alongside Paul Newman.
After moving away from film, Blyth appeared in theater productions around the country. She married James McNulty, a doctor, in 1953, and the pair welcomed five children together: Timothy, Maureen, Kathleen, Terence and Eileen. McNulty died in 2007.
Blyth is survived by her children.
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