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Ann Sothern January 22 1909 – March 15 2001 Was An American Film And Television Actress With A Career Spanning Six Decades. Sothern Was Born Harriette Arlene Lake In Valley City North Dakota But Was Raised In Minneapolis Minnesota Where She Graduated From Minneapolis Central High School In 1926. Sothern Left Home And Began Her Film Career As An Extra In The 1927 Film Broadway Nights At The Age Of 18. During 1929 And 1930 She Appeared As A Chorus Girl In Such Films As The Show Of Shows And Whoopee! As One Of The "Goldwyn Girls" . She Appeared On Broadway And Had A Trained Voice Occasionally Singing In Films.
On Broadway In 1931 She Had Leading Roles In America's Sweetheart 135 Performances In Which She Sang "I've Got Five Dollars" And "We'll Be The Same" And In Everybody's Welcome 139 Performances .
In 1934 Sothern Signed A Contract With Columbia Pictures But After Two Years The Studio Released Her. In 1936 She Was Signed By RKO Radio Pictures And After A String Of Films That Failed To Attract An Audience Sothern Left RKO And Was Signed To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Making Her First Film For Them In 1939.
MGM Cast Sothern In The Film Maisie 1939 As Brassy Brooklyn Burlesque Dancer Mary Anastasia O'Connor Who Also Goes By The Stage Name Maisie Ravier. In Mary C. McCall Jr.'s Screenplay Of Wilson Collison's Novel Maisie Is Stranded Penniless In A Small Wyoming Town Takes A Job As A Ranch Maid And Becomes Caught In A Web Of Romantic Entanglements. After Years Of Struggling Sothern Had Her First Major Success And A String Of "Maisie" Comedy Sequels Followed Beginning With Congo Maisie 1940 And Ending With Undercover Maisie 1947 In Which Maisie Infiltrates A Gang Of Con Men Headed By A Phony Swami. A Review Of Swing Shift Maisie 1943 By Time Magazine Praised Sothern And Described Her As "one Of The Smartest Comediennes In The Business".
On November 24 1941 Sothern Performed In The Lux Radio Theater Adaptation Of Maisie Was A Lady And The Popularity Of The Film Series Led To Her Own Radio Program The Adventures Of Maisie Broadcast On CBS From 1945 To 1947 On Mutual Broadcasting System In 1952 And In Syndication From 1949 To 1953.
In 1949 Sothern Appeared In The Oscar Winning Film A Letter To Three Wives. The Film Earned Her Excellent Reviews But Failed To Stimulate Her Career. During The 1950s She Made A Few Movies Including The Blue Gardenia 1953 But Mainly Appeared On Television Shows. In 1953 She Landed The Lead In The Series Private Secretary. After Private Secretary Ended In 1957 Due To A Contract Dispute Between Sothern And Producer Jack Chertok She Appeared In Her Own Show The Ann Sothern Show From 1958 To 1961. Both Were Successful And Earned Sothern Four Emmy Award Nominations. Ann Tyrrell And Don Porter Were Her Co-Stars In Both Series.
Later Career
Previously A Beauty Sothern Had A Bout Of Hepatitis Which Left Her With A Bloated Overweight Appearance So She Preferred Not To Be Seen. In Addition She Suffered An Injury To Her Back After A Fall During A Stage Production Which Left Her Disabled. In 1965 She Was Heard As The Voice Of Gladys Crabtree The Car In The Short-Lived Series My Mother The Car Which Co-Starred Jerry Van Dyke. That Year She Appeared In The Title Role Of "The Widow Fay" Episode Of ABC's Western Series The Legend Of Jesse James Starring Christopher Jones In The Title Role Of The Outlaw Jesse James.
During This Period Sothern Made Occasional Guest Appearances On The Lucy Show With Her Old RKO And MGM Cohort Lucille Ball. After Vivian Vance Left The Show Sothern Was Considered To Replace Vance. In 1967 Her Former Boss Desi Arnaz Approached Her To Co-Star With Eve Arden As Battling Neighbors In The Mothers-In-Law. However NBC Felt That Sothern's Style Was Too Similar To Arden's.
She Resumed Working Sporadically On Television Until The Mid-1980s Including A Remake Of Her Earlier Success A Letter To Three Wives. Her Final Film Role Was In The Whales Of August In 1987. Her Role As The Neighbor Of Elderly Sisters Played By Lillian Gish And Bette Davis Brought Sothern Her Only Best Supporting Actress Academy Award Nomination.
Sothern Was Married To Actor Roger Pryor From 1936 Until May 17 1943. Less Than A Week After Her Divorce She Married Actor Robert Sterling. The Couple Had One Daughter Actress Tisha Sterling Before Divorcing Six Years Later. 2 In 1987 Sothern Retired From Acting And Moved To Ketchum Idaho Where She Spent Her Remaining Years. On March 15 2001 Sothern Died From Heart Failure At 92. She Has Two Stars On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame For Motion Pictures Found At 1612 Vine Street And Television Found At 1634 Vine Street .
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Ann Sothern January 22 1909 – March 15 2001 Was An American Film And Television Actress With A Career Spanning Six Decades. Sothern Was Born Harriette Arlene Lake In Valley City North Dakota But Was Raised In Minneapolis Minnesota Where She Graduated From Minneapolis Central High School In 1926. Sothern Left Home And Began Her Film Career As An Extra In The 1927 Film Broadway Nights At The Age Of 18. During 1929 And 1930 She Appeared As A Chorus Girl In Such Films As The Show Of Shows And Whoopee! As One Of The "Goldwyn Girls" . She Appeared On Broadway And Had A Trained Voice Occasionally Singing In Films.
On Broadway In 1931 She Had Leading Roles In America's Sweetheart 135 Performances In Which She Sang "I've Got Five Dollars" And "We'll Be The Same" And In Everybody's Welcome 139 Performances .
In 1934 Sothern Signed A Contract With Columbia Pictures But After Two Years The Studio Released Her. In 1936 She Was Signed By RKO Radio Pictures And After A String Of Films That Failed To Attract An Audience Sothern Left RKO And Was Signed To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Making Her First Film For Them In 1939.
MGM Cast Sothern In The Film Maisie 1939 As Brassy Brooklyn Burlesque Dancer Mary Anastasia O'Connor Who Also Goes By The Stage Name Maisie Ravier. In Mary C. McCall Jr.'s Screenplay Of Wilson Collison's Novel Maisie Is Stranded Penniless In A Small Wyoming Town Takes A Job As A Ranch Maid And Becomes Caught In A Web Of Romantic Entanglements. After Years Of Struggling Sothern Had Her First Major Success And A String Of "Maisie" Comedy Sequels Followed Beginning With Congo Maisie 1940 And Ending With Undercover Maisie 1947 In Which Maisie Infiltrates A Gang Of Con Men Headed By A Phony Swami. A Review Of Swing Shift Maisie 1943 By Time Magazine Praised Sothern And Described Her As "one Of The Smartest Comediennes In The Business".
On November 24 1941 Sothern Performed In The Lux Radio Theater Adaptation Of Maisie Was A Lady And The Popularity Of The Film Series Led To Her Own Radio Program The Adventures Of Maisie Broadcast On CBS From 1945 To 1947 On Mutual Broadcasting System In 1952 And In Syndication From 1949 To 1953.
In 1949 Sothern Appeared In The Oscar Winning Film A Letter To Three Wives. The Film Earned Her Excellent Reviews But Failed To Stimulate Her Career. During The 1950s She Made A Few Movies Including The Blue Gardenia 1953 But Mainly Appeared On Television Shows. In 1953 She Landed The Lead In The Series Private Secretary. After Private Secretary Ended In 1957 Due To A Contract Dispute Between Sothern And Producer Jack Chertok She Appeared In Her Own Show The Ann Sothern Show From 1958 To 1961. Both Were Successful And Earned Sothern Four Emmy Award Nominations. Ann Tyrrell And Don Porter Were Her Co-Stars In Both Series.
Later Career
Previously A Beauty Sothern Had A Bout Of Hepatitis Which Left Her With A Bloated Overweight Appearance So She Preferred Not To Be Seen. In Addition She Suffered An Injury To Her Back After A Fall During A Stage Production Which Left Her Disabled. In 1965 She Was Heard As The Voice Of Gladys Crabtree The Car In The Short-Lived Series My Mother The Car Which Co-Starred Jerry Van Dyke. That Year She Appeared In The Title Role Of "The Widow Fay" Episode Of ABC's Western Series The Legend Of Jesse James Starring Christopher Jones In The Title Role Of The Outlaw Jesse James.
During This Period Sothern Made Occasional Guest Appearances On The Lucy Show With Her Old RKO And MGM Cohort Lucille Ball. After Vivian Vance Left The Show Sothern Was Considered To Replace Vance. In 1967 Her Former Boss Desi Arnaz Approached Her To Co-Star With Eve Arden As Battling Neighbors In The Mothers-In-Law. However NBC Felt That Sothern's Style Was Too Similar To Arden's.
She Resumed Working Sporadically On Television Until The Mid-1980s Including A Remake Of Her Earlier Success A Letter To Three Wives. Her Final Film Role Was In The Whales Of August In 1987. Her Role As The Neighbor Of Elderly Sisters Played By Lillian Gish And Bette Davis Brought Sothern Her Only Best Supporting Actress Academy Award Nomination.
Sothern Was Married To Actor Roger Pryor From 1936 Until May 17 1943. Less Than A Week After Her Divorce She Married Actor Robert Sterling. The Couple Had One Daughter Actress Tisha Sterling Before Divorcing Six Years Later. 2 In 1987 Sothern Retired From Acting And Moved To Ketchum Idaho Where She Spent Her Remaining Years. On March 15 2001 Sothern Died From Heart Failure At 92. She Has Two Stars On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame For Motion Pictures Found At 1612 Vine Street And Television Found At 1634 Vine Street . read less
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On Broadway In 1931 She Had Leading Roles In America's Sweetheart 135 Performances In Which She Sang "I've Got Five Dollars" And "We'll Be The Same" And In Everybody's Welcome 139 Performances .
In 1934 Sothern Signed A Contract With Columbia Pictures But After Two Years The Studio Released Her. In 1936 She Was Signed By RKO Radio Pictures And After A String Of Films That Failed To Attract An Audience Sothern Left RKO And Was Signed To Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Making Her First Film For Them In 1939.
MGM Cast Sothern In The Film Maisie 1939 As Brassy Brooklyn Burlesque Dancer Mary Anastasia O'Connor Who Also Goes By The Stage Name Maisie Ravier. In Mary C. McCall Jr.'s Screenplay Of Wilson Collison's Novel Maisie Is Stranded Penniless In A Small Wyoming Town Takes A Job As A Ranch Maid And Becomes Caught In A Web Of Romantic Entanglements. After Years Of Struggling Sothern Had Her First Major Success And A String Of "Maisie" Comedy Sequels Followed Beginning With Congo Maisie 1940 And Ending With Undercover Maisie 1947 In Which Maisie Infiltrates A Gang Of Con Men Headed By A Phony Swami. A Review Of Swing Shift Maisie 1943 By Time Magazine Praised Sothern And Described Her As "one Of The Smartest Comediennes In The Business".
On November 24 1941 Sothern Performed In The Lux Radio Theater Adaptation Of Maisie Was A Lady And The Popularity Of The Film Series Led To Her Own Radio Program The Adventures Of Maisie Broadcast On CBS From 1945 To 1947 On Mutual Broadcasting System In 1952 And In Syndication From 1949 To 1953.
In 1949 Sothern Appeared In The Oscar Winning Film A Letter To Three Wives. The Film Earned Her Excellent Reviews But Failed To Stimulate Her Career. During The 1950s She Made A Few Movies Including The Blue Gardenia 1953 But Mainly Appeared On Television Shows. In 1953 She Landed The Lead In The Series Private Secretary. After Private Secretary Ended In 1957 Due To A Contract Dispute Between Sothern And Producer Jack Chertok She Appeared In Her Own Show The Ann Sothern Show From 1958 To 1961. Both Were Successful And Earned Sothern Four Emmy Award Nominations. Ann Tyrrell And Don Porter Were Her Co-Stars In Both Series.
Later Career
Previously A Beauty Sothern Had A Bout Of Hepatitis Which Left Her With A Bloated Overweight Appearance So She Preferred Not To Be Seen. In Addition She Suffered An Injury To Her Back After A Fall During A Stage Production Which Left Her Disabled. In 1965 She Was Heard As The Voice Of Gladys Crabtree The Car In The Short-Lived Series My Mother The Car Which Co-Starred Jerry Van Dyke. That Year She Appeared In The Title Role Of "The Widow Fay" Episode Of ABC's Western Series The Legend Of Jesse James Starring Christopher Jones In The Title Role Of The Outlaw Jesse James.
During This Period Sothern Made Occasional Guest Appearances On The Lucy Show With Her Old RKO And MGM Cohort Lucille Ball. After Vivian Vance Left The Show Sothern Was Considered To Replace Vance. In 1967 Her Former Boss Desi Arnaz Approached Her To Co-Star With Eve Arden As Battling Neighbors In The Mothers-In-Law. However NBC Felt That Sothern's Style Was Too Similar To Arden's.
She Resumed Working Sporadically On Television Until The Mid-1980s Including A Remake Of Her Earlier Success A Letter To Three Wives. Her Final Film Role Was In The Whales Of August In 1987. Her Role As The Neighbor Of Elderly Sisters Played By Lillian Gish And Bette Davis Brought Sothern Her Only Best Supporting Actress Academy Award Nomination.
Sothern Was Married To Actor Roger Pryor From 1936 Until May 17 1943. Less Than A Week After Her Divorce She Married Actor Robert Sterling. The Couple Had One Daughter Actress Tisha Sterling Before Divorcing Six Years Later. 2 In 1987 Sothern Retired From Acting And Moved To Ketchum Idaho Where She Spent Her Remaining Years. On March 15 2001 Sothern Died From Heart Failure At 92. She Has Two Stars On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame For Motion Pictures Found At 1612 Vine Street And Television Found At 1634 Vine Street . read less
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