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'''Anne Burr''', later '''Anne Burr McDermott''' (June 10, 1920 - February 1, 2003), was an [[United States|American]] actress, known especially for her work on stage and in radio.
A [[Boston]] native, Burr began her theatrical career in [[summer stock]] before turning to [[Broadway]], making her debut there in ''[[Native Son (play)|Native Son]]'' in 1941.<ref name="auto1"></ref> She went on to appear in numerous Broadway productions through the 1940s, including such plays as ''[[Detective Story]]'' and ''[[The Hasty Heart]]''. On radio, she appeared as Regina Rawlings on ''[[Backstage Wife]]'' from 1948 until 1949; once her character was written out of the series, she returned again in a similar role as Claudia Vincent. She routinely had roles in such serials as ''[[Big Sister]]'', ''[[Wendy Warren and the News]]'' and ''[[When a Girl Marries]]''. From 1951 until 1958 she was Kate Morrow on the weekly drama ''[[City Hospital (radio program)|City Hospital]]'', reprising the part on the [[City Hospital (U.S. TV series)|television series]] from 1952 until 1953. She frequently appeared on ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]'' with [[Fletcher Markle]] from 1947 until 1948, and from time to time performed parts on other series, such as ''[[Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons]]'' and ''[[Scotland Yard (radio program)|Scotland Yard]]''. Burr's television career also encompassed the [[soap opera]]s ''[[The Greatest Gift]]'' and ''[[As the World Turns]]'',<ref name="Cox2005"></ref> as well as roles on ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]'', ''Studio One'', and ''[[Suspense (TV series)|Suspense]]''.<ref name="III2008"></ref>
Burr was briefly blacklisted during the [[Red Scare]], but was nevertheless able to return to television soon thereafter. In 1959 she moved to [[Los Angeles]] and retired from acting. In 1953 she married Tom McDermott,<ref name="auto"></ref> a principal in [[Four Star Television]]; the couple had three children, who survived her, as did five grandchildren. She died in [[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]], [[Connecticut]], of respiratory failure;<ref name="auto1"/> her husband had predeceased her in 1990.<ref name="auto"/>
==References==
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:American radio actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Boston]]
A [[Boston]] native, Burr began her theatrical career in [[summer stock]] before turning to [[Broadway]], making her debut there in ''[[Native Son (play)|Native Son]]'' in 1941.<ref name="auto1"></ref> She went on to appear in numerous Broadway productions through the 1940s, including such plays as ''[[Detective Story]]'' and ''[[The Hasty Heart]]''. On radio, she appeared as Regina Rawlings on ''[[Backstage Wife]]'' from 1948 until 1949; once her character was written out of the series, she returned again in a similar role as Claudia Vincent. She routinely had roles in such serials as ''[[Big Sister]]'', ''[[Wendy Warren and the News]]'' and ''[[When a Girl Marries]]''. From 1951 until 1958 she was Kate Morrow on the weekly drama ''[[City Hospital (radio program)|City Hospital]]'', reprising the part on the [[City Hospital (U.S. TV series)|television series]] from 1952 until 1953. She frequently appeared on ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]'' with [[Fletcher Markle]] from 1947 until 1948, and from time to time performed parts on other series, such as ''[[Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons]]'' and ''[[Scotland Yard (radio program)|Scotland Yard]]''. Burr's television career also encompassed the [[soap opera]]s ''[[The Greatest Gift]]'' and ''[[As the World Turns]]'',<ref name="Cox2005"></ref> as well as roles on ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]'', ''Studio One'', and ''[[Suspense (TV series)|Suspense]]''.<ref name="III2008"></ref>
Burr was briefly blacklisted during the [[Red Scare]], but was nevertheless able to return to television soon thereafter. In 1959 she moved to [[Los Angeles]] and retired from acting. In 1953 she married Tom McDermott,<ref name="auto"></ref> a principal in [[Four Star Television]]; the couple had three children, who survived her, as did five grandchildren. She died in [[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]], [[Connecticut]], of respiratory failure;<ref name="auto1"/> her husband had predeceased her in 1990.<ref name="auto"/>
==References==
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:American radio actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Boston]]
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