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Ann Todd

Ann Todd

Actor · Died May 6, 1993, aged 84 · Hartford, Cheshire, England

Dorothy Anne Todd (24 January 1907, Hartford, Cheshire – 6 May 1993, London) was an English actress and producer. She was born in Hartford, Cheshire and was educated at St. Winifrid's School, Eastbourne. She became a popular actress from appearing in such films as Perfect Strangers (1945) (as a nurse) and The Seventh Veil (1945) (as a troubled concert pianist). She is perhaps best known to American audiences as Gregory Peck's long-suffering wife in Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947). She later produced a series of travel films. Her autobiography is entitled The Eighth Veil, an allusion to the film which made her a star in Britain. Todd was known as the \"pocket Garbo\" for her diminutive, blond beauty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Todd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
January 24, 1909
Died
May 6, 1993 (aged 84)
From
Hartford, Cheshire, England
Works as
Actor
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Ann Todd's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 11

Grounded 6 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 6

Steady 5 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Casual 3 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 7

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 9
Ally
2 of 9
Herald
1 of 9
Shadow
1 of 9
Mentor
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
9
Cold
2
Bittersweet
3
Dread
2
Other
9

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ann Todd's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Ann Todd's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

39 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The McGuffin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Mrs. Forbes-Duthie

  • Maelstrom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • The Human Factor(1979)

    as Castle's Mother

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The Fiend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Birdy Wemys

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as The Woman

  • 90° in the Shade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Mrs. Kurka

  • The Son of Captain Blood(1962)

    as Arabella Blood

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Scream of Fear(1961)

    as Jane Appleby

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Sylvia Lawrence

  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Helen

  • The Lady of the Camellias (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Marguerite Gautier

  • Time Without Pity(1957)

    as Honor Stanford

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Sylvia Leeds Kent

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Jane Palmer

  • The Green Scarf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Solange Vauthier

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Cynthia Spence

  • The Sound Barrier(1952)

    as Susan Garthwaite

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Madeleine(1950)

    as Madeleine Hamilton Smith

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The Passionate Friends(1949)

    as Mary Justin

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • So Evil My Love(1948)

    as Olivia Harwood

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Daybreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Frances "Frankie" Tribe

  • The Paradine Case(1947)

    as Gay Keane

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Gaiety George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Kathryn Davis

  • The Seventh Veil(1945)

    as Francesca Cunningham

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • We Serve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • Ships with Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Kay Gordon

  • Danny Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jane Kaye

  • Poison Pen(1939)

    as Ann Rider

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • South Riding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Madge Carne

  • Murder on Diamond Row(1937)

    as Carol Stedman

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Action for Slander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Ann Daviot

  • Things to Come(1936)

    as Mary Gordon

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The Return of Bulldog Drummond(1934)

    as Phyllis Drummond

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • The Water Gipsies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Jane Bell

  • Keepers of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Millicent

  • The Ghost Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Peggy Murdock

  • These Charming People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Pamela Crawford

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 39 titles from 1931 to 1986; peak year 1961.

Film career

19311986

Peak 1961 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1936Screen debut· Things to Come
  • 1949First top-billed film· The Passionate Friends
  • 1949Career best· The Passionate Friends

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting39 of 39: 39 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score67th

By decade

1930s10 · acting1940s10 · acting1950s9 · acting1960s6 · acting1970s2 · acting1980s2 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 18% of 11 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Ann Todd's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 16 titles divides audiences: 11 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ann Todd work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ann Todd's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Lean shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers