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Dana Andrews-- Biography
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collins Rotary Club Scrapbook, November 16,
The Dana Andrews Collection is composed of 29 boxes. The collection focuses on the life, family, and acting career of Dana Andrews, as well as featuring the theater career and family of Mary Todd, Dana Andrews' wife.
Materials within the collection are mainly composed of photographs. Other materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, audiovisuals, magazines, programs, tickets, household documents, a ledger and diary, and materials about the Screen Actors Guild Inc.
Dates: November 16,
Found in: Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives / Dana Andrews Collection / Series Dana Andrews' Scrapbooks and Photo Albums / Sub-Series: Dana Andrews' Scrapbooks / Box 1: Collins Rotary Club Scrapbook
Folder 1: Biographical Material for Dana an
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Dana Andrews
American actor (–)
For the American singer and musician, see Dana Andrews (musician).
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| Born | Carver Dana Andrews ()January 1, Near Collins, Mississippi, U.S.A. |
| Died | December 17, () (aged&#;83) Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouses | Janet Murray &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;Mary Todd &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Steve Forrest (brother, ) |
| In office August 8, &#;– June 3, | |
| Preceded by | George Chandler |
| Succeeded by | Charlton Heston |
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, – December 17, ) was an American film actor who became a major star in what fryst vatten now known as spelfilm noir and later in Western films. A leading man during the s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir mys
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Mary Todd Andrews
Mary Todd Andrews, actress and the widow of screen star Dana Andrews, died Jan. 17 in Palm Springs, Calif., of Alzheimer&#;s disease. She was
Born and reared in Santa Monica, she studied acting and became a leading comedic actress and ingenue at the Pasadena Playhouse in the s.
There she met the recently widowed Andrews, who had hitchhiked from Houston and was studying to become an actor. They were married in at the home of her parents, the J.W. Todds, donors of the Alaskan totem pole in Santa Monica&#;s Palisades Park.
Andrews put her career on hold to rear the actor&#;s son from his first marriage, and their son and two daughters. But she returned occasionally to perform at the Playhouse, and in toured with her far-better-known husband and Walter Matthau in &#;The Glass Menagerie.&#;
In the s, she and her husband, who died in , toured together in several plays with mature leading roles. Among them were &#;Morning&#;s at Seven&#; and &#;Gaslight.&#;