Ann Blyth appeared in an episode of Murder, She Wrote called "Reflections of the Mind" in 1985. It was her last television acting role. It will be rerun today on the COZI-TV cable channel at 4 p.m. Eastern. Check your cable provider listings.
The above photo shows Angela Lansbury, who stars as the mystery writer and sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, comforting her old pal, because Ann is going crazy, and tried to stab her husband, and maybe killed people. I'm not telling you here, but you can get more info on the episode - warning, with a spoiler -- at my post at Another Old Movie Blog here.
This is from my book, Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.:
Most especially enjoyable to fans was the matchup of Ann and Angela, who four decades earlier were both nominated in the same Best Supporting Actress category for the 1945 Oscars. Ann, seventeen years old, had been nominated for Mildred Pierce. Miss Lansbury, twenty years old, had been nominated for The Picture of Dorian Gray. Both lost out to veteran actress Anne Revere.
A fond and teasing reference to their earlier careers must be the framed photograph we see at the very beginning of the episode of a young Ann and Angela standing together before what appears to be a microphone, possibly in the early 1950s.
Martin Milner and Ben Murphy also appear in this episode. Remember to tune in, or set your recorder!
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