{{Short description|American actress (1890–1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Anna Lehr | image = The Truth About Husbands (1920) - 3.jpg | caption = Lehr in ''The Truth About Husbands'' (1920) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|11|17|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|1|22|1890|11|17|mf=yes}} | death_place = Santa Monica, California. U.S. | education = | occupation = Actress | years_active = | spouse = Edwin McKim (divorced) | children = Ann Dvorak }} '''Anna Lehr''' (November 17, 1890 – January 22, 1974) was an American silent film and stage actress.<ref name=majestic>''At The Majestic'', ''Sheboygan Press'', May 24, 1916, p. 2</ref>

==Biography== Born in New York City to Austrian immigrant parents, Frank Lehr and Emilie Freisinger, Anna Lehr filmed ''Civilization's Child'' (1916) for Thomas Ince, a Triangle–Kay Bee feature.<ref name=majestic/> The screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.<ref>"Smashing Photoplay", ''Ogden Standard'', June 3, 1916, p. 9</ref> There is a scene in which Russian cavalry charge over her as she lies prostrate on the ground. Lehr's fear was abated somewhat by her belief that horses will not step on people except by accident.<ref name=majestic/> She played "Doris Ames" in the silent film ''Grafters'' (1917), which was directed by Allan Dwan.<ref>"Palace Theater", ''Grand Rapids, Wisconsin Daily Leader'', October 20, 1917, p. 2</ref>

[[File:Upside Down (1919) - 1.jpg|thumb|right|Lehr and Taylor Holmes in ''Upside Down'' (1919)]] In 1919, Lehr was chosen by David Powell to play in ''Teeth of the Tiger''. She was forced to withdraw due to ptomaine poisoning. The movie was being filmed by Famous Players–Lasky in New York City. Lehr's continued absence necessitated the retaking of scenes which she had completed.<ref>''News Notes From Movieland'', ''Madison Capital Times'', July 31, 1919, p. 4</ref>

She was sued by Chappell, Inc., in 1921 for nonpayment of $916.85 worth of hats, gowns, and cloaks. Lehr testified that she had intended to pay for the merchandise but delayed after a sheriff and collectors began bothering her. Chappell contended that when she did not return to their store to make arrangements for payment, they had a right to send out to collect the amount owed them. Her attorney sought dismissal of the case on the grounds that Edwin McKim was made a party to the suit, but had not been served; McKim was in New York City at the time. The case was carried out in the Los Angeles, California court of Judge J.P. Wood.<ref name=anna>"Wants Husband Protected", ''Los Angeles Times'', July 23, 1921</ref>

==Family== She was married to Edwin McKim;<ref name="ann">{{Cite web|url=https://www.anndvorak.com/cms/biography/|title=Biography &#124; Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel|date=November 11, 2007}}</ref> their daughter was actress Ann Dvorak.<ref name=anna/><ref>"Theatrical News; Regis Veiled Marriage", ''Trenton Evening Times'', February 13, 1920, p. 15</ref> The couple divorced when Dvorak was nine or ten years old, and she and her father had no contact with each other for nearly 14 years. She finally reconnected with him "through a newspaper appeal" in 1934.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ann Dvorak Finds Father After 14 Years' Silence |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/101070794 |access-date=November 4, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=February 5, 1934 |page=19|id={{ProQuest|101070794}} }}</ref>

==Death== {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2021}} Lehr died in Santa Monica, California, aged 83, in 1974, predeceasing her daughter, Ann Dvorak, by only five years.

==Partial filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- !style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year !style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title !style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role !style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1912 || ''A Simple Life'' ||Marie Smith || |- |1914 || ''Should a Woman Divorce?'' || || |- |1915 || ''The White Scar''<ref name="ws">Cozad, W. Lee. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0kFYieOZFj8C&pg=PA17 Those Magnificent Mountain Movies: (The Golden Years) 1911–1939]'', pp. 17–18 (2002)</ref> ||Wehnonah || |- |1916 || ''Civilization's Child'' ||Berna || |- |rowspan=2|1917 || ''Grafters'' ||Doris Ames|| |- | ''Parentage'' ||Mrs. Brown || |- |rowspan=6|1918 || ''The Other Woman'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009460/?ref_=fn_al_tt_11|title=The Other Woman|date=February 3, 1918|via=IMDb}}</ref>||Mrs. Harrington || |- |''My Own United States'' ||Agnes Churchill || |- | ''Men'' ||Laura Burton ||'''Lost film''' |- | ''The Yellow Ticket'' ||Mary Varenka ||'''Lost film''' |- | ''Laughing Bill Hyde'' ||Ponotah || |- | ''The Birth of a Race''|| || |- |rowspan=2|1919 || ''Thunderbolts of Fate'' || Eleanor Brewster || |- | ''Home Wanted'' ||Letty Thompson || |- |rowspan=3|1920 || ''A Child for Sale''||Catherine Bell || |- | ''The Truth About Husbands''||Janet Preece|| |- | ''The Valley of Doubt'' || Annice |- |rowspan=2|1921 || ''Cheated Hearts'' ||Naomi || '''Lost film''' |- | ''Mr. Barnes of New York'' ||Marina Paoli || |- |1923 || ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' || Mrs. Belknap-Jackson || |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Anna Lehr}} * {{iMDb name|0499850}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151010001830/http://anndvorak.com/cms/Anna%20Lehr/?directory=Anna%20Lehr&currentPic=0 Anna Lehr] Gallery at Ann Dvorak.com * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222229/http://mmgcollectibles.com/images/B/BC/BC436f.jpg Later photo of Ann Lehr] with Nat Sherman and Hedda Hopper

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