Glenn Anders (September 1, 1889 â€" October 26, 1981) was an American
actor, most notable for his work on the stage.Glenn Anders was born in
Los Angeles, California, the son of a Swedish immigrant father. He
attended the Wallace dramatic school in California, and began his
career performing in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He arrived in
New York City in 1919 and attended Columbia University from 1919 until
1921.He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in a play entitled Just Around
the Corner. In 1921, he scored the male lead in The Demi-Virgin, a
farce that was controversial, but a hit at the box office. Anders had
a distinguished career on Broadway, appearing in three Pulitzer Prize
winning plays: Hell Bent for Heaven (1924), written by Hatcher Hughes;
They Knew What They Wanted (1924) by Sidney Howard; and Strange
Interlude (1928) by Eugene O'Neill. He only made a handful of film and
TV appearances, most famously as a scheming lawyer in Orson Welles'
The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Other film roles included M (1951), a
remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic.He died aged 92 at the Actors'
Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.
actor, most notable for his work on the stage.Glenn Anders was born in
Los Angeles, California, the son of a Swedish immigrant father. He
attended the Wallace dramatic school in California, and began his
career performing in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He arrived in
New York City in 1919 and attended Columbia University from 1919 until
1921.He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in a play entitled Just Around
the Corner. In 1921, he scored the male lead in The Demi-Virgin, a
farce that was controversial, but a hit at the box office. Anders had
a distinguished career on Broadway, appearing in three Pulitzer Prize
winning plays: Hell Bent for Heaven (1924), written by Hatcher Hughes;
They Knew What They Wanted (1924) by Sidney Howard; and Strange
Interlude (1928) by Eugene O'Neill. He only made a handful of film and
TV appearances, most famously as a scheming lawyer in Orson Welles'
The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Other film roles included M (1951), a
remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic.He died aged 92 at the Actors'
Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.
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