Ann Forrest

Ann Forrest
Born	Ann Kroman 14 April 1895 Sønderho, Denmark
Died	25 October 1985 San Diego, California
Other names	Anne Kornan Ann Kornan Anne Kroman Anna Kromann Ann Kromarm Ann Kronan
Years active	1915-1931

Ann Forrest (known also by her birth name Anna Kromann^[1] and as Ann Kroman or Ann Kornan) was a Danish actress of Hollywood silent films.

Biography

Forrest was born 14 April 1895 in Sønderho, Denmark and died 25 October 1985 in San Diego, California, USA. Between 1915 and 1925 she appeared in 33 movies. According to Ruth Wing, author of the Blue Book of the Screen, Forrest enjoyed playing homely character roles, and often wept during the film. However, wanting to capitalize on her beauty, producers later cast her in society dramas.

Wing wrote, "Ann Forrest is 'different'. She is different from most screen stars in personality and beauty. But the greatest difference lies in her achievement of cinema fame. Ann wept her way to stardom."^[2]

Ann Forrest in an ad for "The Great Impersonation," 1922.^[3]

Partial filmography

• Her Decision (1918)
• The Midnight Man (1919)
• The Grim Game (1919)
• Love's Prisoner (1919)
• The Prince Chap (1920)
• A Splendid Hazard (1920)
• Behold My Wife! (1920)
• A Wise Fool (1921)
• The Great Impersonation (1921)
• Love's Boomerang (1922)
• The Man Who Played God (1922)
• If Winter Comes (1923)

References

1. Hans J. Wollstein (1994). Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press. pp. 76–85. ISBN 978-0-8108-2938-1. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
2. Ruth Wing, Blue Book of the Screen, Pacific Gravure Company, Hollywood, CA 1923
3. "Daily Illini". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Feb 1, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

• Ann Forrest at the Internet Movie Database
• Ann Forrest at Fandango
• Houdini's leading ladies: Ann Forrest at Wild About Harry