Ann Sothern
American actress (1909-2001) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 92
Ann Sothern was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930 she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles.
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That's Entertainment! IIIFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1980
The Little DragonsFilm, Angel1978
Flying HighSeries, Miss Kirkeby1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1975
Medical StorySeries, Mrs. Metulski1974
Golden NeedlesFilm, Finzie1971
Alias Smith and JonesSeries1966
Family AffairSeries1964
Lady in a CageFilm, Sade1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Helen Cox1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1959Golden GlobesAward
The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries, 1959Martha1957
The Lucy-Desi Comedy HourSeries, Susie MacNamara1955
MGM ParadeSeries1953
Letter to LorettaSeries1950
What's My Line?Series
Shadow on the WallFilm, 1950Dell Faring1948
Words and MusicFilm, Joyce Harmon1947
Undercover MaisieFilm, Maisie Ravier1943
Cry 'Havoc'Film, Pat1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm1938
Trade WindsFilm, Jean Livingstone1936
Walking on AirFilm, Kit Bennett1934
Kid MillionsFilm, Joan Larrabee1929
The Show of ShowsFilm, Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)1909Born22 January 1909People around Ann
Edwin L. Marin Directed Maisie and Maisie Was a Lady- J. Walter Ruben Produced Maisie and Maisie Was a Lady
Richard Thorpe Directed Cry "Havoc" and Three Hearts for Julia
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Show of Shows (1929)
Norman Taurog Directed Words and Music and Fifty Roads to Town
Harry Beaumont Directed Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Arthur Freed Produced Lady Be Good and Words and Music- Norman Z. McLeod Directed Lady Be Good and Panama Hattie
Roy Del Ruth Directed Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
Marsha Hunt Also in Thousands Cheer and Cry "Havoc"
Lloyd Bacon Directed Footlight Parade and Brother Orchid
Busby Berkeley Directed Fast and Furious (1939)
Connie Gilchrist Also in A Letter to Three Wives and Cry "Havoc"
Joe Pasternak Produced Thousands Cheer and Nancy Goes to Rio
Harold Alan Dinehart Also in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Joseph Santley Directed There Goes the Groom (1937)
Edgar Selwyn Produced Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Robert Young Also in Lady Be Good and Dangerous Number
Virginia O'Brien Also in Thousands Cheer and Panama Hattie
Alfred Newman Wrote A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Reginald Owen Also in Lady Be Good and Three Hearts for Julia
Paul Hurst Also in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Grant Withers Also in The Show of Shows and Hearts in Exile
Stanley Fields Also in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
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A Letter to Three Wives 1949
The Whales of August 1987
The Blue Gardenia 1953
Lady in a Cage 1964
The Manitou 1978
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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In 1939 MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series and a network radio series.
