Background
Seymour, Anne was born on September 11, 1909 in New York City. Daughter of William Stanley and May Davenport (Seymour) Eckert.
Seymour, Anne was born on September 11, 1909 in New York City. Daughter of William Stanley and May Davenport (Seymour) Eckert.
After attending Saint Mary"s for "her conventional education," Seymour studied at the American Laboratory Theatre.
Stage Seymour"s first professional activity as an entertainer came with the Jitney Players, for which she earned $15 per week. She was in four Broadway productions. She played in At the Bottom and Puppet Show, both in 1930, and in The School for Scandal in 1931.
Almost three decades later, she played Mistress
Sara Delano Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello. Radio Seymour debuted on radio in Cincinnati in 1932.
In the early 1940s, she played Prudence Dane, the leading female role in the "historic serial" A Woman of America and starred as Mary Marlin in The Story of Mary Marlin, both on National Broadcasting Company.
Member American Federation of television and Radio Artists (national board directors, vice president, secretary 1927-1952, vice president Chicago chapter 1927, director 1937-1940, director New York City chapter 1940-1952), American Theatre Wing (board 1959-1962), Plays for Living (board directors 1959-1973), Plays for Living of Southern California, Veterans Hospital Radio and television Guild (1st vice president 1961), Actors Fund American (board directors West Coast, chairman West Coast committee 1982), Episcopal Actors' Guild (director 1958-1983), Theatre Authority (board directors West Coast 1977-1981), Screen Actors Guild (national board directors 1973-1981), American National Theatre and Academy (director 1974-1977).