Anna Laughlin (October 11, 1883 – April 5, 1937[1]) was an American actress on stage and in silent films.

In 1902, at age 19, she played Dorothy Gale in a musical production of The Wizard of Oz that started in Chicago and ran on Broadway through 1904.

[4] Other shows featuring Laughlin included His Majesty (1906), The Top o' th' World (1907),[5] Mama's Boy (1912), When Claudia Smiles (1914).

"Miss Laughlin is such a demure, pretty, and winsome little body that her appearance alone is sufficient to please the most hardened playgoer or vaudeville attendant," commented a New York reviewer, "but when combined with her truly artistic singing, it is a treat that none can fail to enjoy.

[7] Laughlin appeared in more than a dozen silent films, all made between 1913 and 1915, including The Rebellious Pupil (1913, a short), Northern Lights (1914), The Greyhound (1914), The Amazing Mr. Fellman (1915), and What Happened to Father (1915), Crooky Scruggs (1915) and The Crown Prince's Double (1916).