Ann McCrea

Acting

Biography

Ann McCrea (born February 25, 1931, Height 5'5") is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Midge Kelsey in the American sitcom television series The Donna Reed Show. McCrea was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania to a Greek mother and Scottish father. She attended a modeling school, and became a cover girl and model. She met Bing Crosby, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood, California. McCrea began her acting career in 1952, appearing in the film Deadline – U.S.A. playing the uncredited role of "Sally Gardner". She also guest-starred in television programs including Bachelor Father, Mr. Adams and Eve, and The Twilight Zone. In 1963, McCrea was cast as Midge Kelsey in The Donna Reed Show. She remained with the series until its end in 1966. Her character was the best friend of Donna Stone (Donna Reed) and a neighbor on the show's fictional cul-de-sac. After The Donna Reed Show, McCrea continued to work in television, appearing in shows such as The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Murder, She Wrote. She also appeared in a few films, including Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) and Girls, Girls, Girls (1962). McCrea retired from acting in the early 1980s. She currently resides in California.

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

The War Wagon

6.8(0.2K)

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

Singin' in the Rain

8.1(3.5K)

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

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Singin' in the Rain

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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The Band Wagon

7.2(0.2K)

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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The Band Wagon

Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

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River of No Return

6.7(0.5K)

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

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River of No Return

Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

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Pardners

6.7(0.1K)

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

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Pardners

Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

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Artists and Models

6.7(0.1K)

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

The Ladies Man

6.3(0.1K)

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

6.8(0.1K)

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Gladys

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China Doll

7.2(0.0K)

American pilot Cliff Brandon, fighting the Japanese in China, finds himself the unintentional "owner" of a Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen. The unlikely couple falls in love and marries, but not without tragedy brought on by the war.

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China Doll

Mona Perkins