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Anne Gilbreth Barney Anne Moller Gilbreth was born September 9, 1905 to Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth in Providence, Rhode Island. She was the oldest of twelve children. The children, in descending order were named Anne, Mary, Ernestine, Martha, Frank, William, Lillian, Frederick, Daniel, John, Robert and Jane. The family became the subject of two books, Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes, which were written by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. These both became movies in the 1950s, in which Anne was portrayed by Jeanne Crain. Anne attended the University of Michigan, and lived in the Martha Cook Dormitory. In 1924, when Anne was 19, her father died of a heart attack at the age of 55. Anne married Dr. Robert E. Barney at the age of 21, and changed her name to Anne Gilbreth Barney. They had three children, Peter, Frank and Robert. Anne was a homemaker all of her life. She died at the age of 81.