Anna Case(1889-1984)

Former soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company (1909 - 1920) who became a successful concert soloist. She appeared in two early sound shorts for Warner Brothers, both with an eight-year-old Rita Hayworth (then Rita Cansino) playing in support. She became a social lioness and patron of the arts after marrying the much older Clarence H. Mackay, millionaire head of Postal Telegraph and member of the Metropolitan Opera Board, in 1931.