Somehow I missed this last week, but - Ann Blyth, who had one of the top 5 smiles to ever hit the silver screen, has passed at the age of 98.
I became aware of Blyth at the same time I became aware of the sheer magnificence that is Joan Crawford as an actor rather than a punchline when I watched Mildred Pierce back in college. In what is her most enduring role, the lovely Blyth played the absolute worst person as Crawford's b of a daughter. She is *stellar* in this movie.
The only other movies she starred in I think I've seen are Brute Force (great prison movie. Check it out.) and Kismet, which is worth seeing some time just for the visuals.
But, once you've seen Blyth's Colgate smile, you do not forget it.
Blyth was very generous with TCM and was interviewed by Robert Osbourne. Here's a tribute TCM released.
