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Ann Sothern

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American actress (1909-2001)

United StatesActorsLived 1909 to 2001 · aged 92
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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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Guest starring as "Susie McNamara" on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana", L-R: Ann Sothern, Rudy Vallee, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Cesar Romero, Vivian Vance and William Frawley (1957)Guest starring as "Susie McNamara" on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana", L-R: Ann Sothern, Rudy Vallee, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Cesar Romero, Vivian Vance and William Frawley (1957)Sothern and Robert Sterling at a Hollywood Stars baseball game (1942)Sothern and Robert Sterling at a Hollywood Stars baseball game (1942)

Filmography 40

A Letter to Three Wives1949 · ★ 7.2
The Blue Gardenia1953 · ★ 6.5
The Whales of August1987 · ★ 7.0
Lady in a Cage1964 · ★ 6.1
The Manitou1978 · ★ 5.4
The Best Man1964
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
Brother Orchid1940
That's Entertainment! III1994
The Killing Kind1974
Crazy Mama1975
Madam Satan1930
Words and Music1948
Thousands Cheer1943
Shadow on the Wall1950
Ali Baba Goes to Town1937
Whoopee!1930
Cry 'Havoc'1943
Golden Needles1974
Lady Be Good1941
Fast and Furious1939
Sylvia1965
Maisie1939
Trade Winds1938
Folies Bergère de Paris1935
The Little Dragons1980
Kid Millions1934
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940
Maisie Goes to Reno1944
Congo Maisie1940
You, John Jones!1943
Grand Exit1935
Dangerous Number1937
Swing Shift Maisie1943
Walking on Air1936
Gold Rush Maisie1940
Super-Sleuth1937
Dulcy1940
Danger - Love at Work1937
Ringside Maisie1941

112 credits on file

Television 24

What's My Line?1950
The Virginian1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962
Love, American Style1969
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Lucy Show1962
Family Affair1966
Alias Smith and Jones1971
The Steve Allen Show1956
The Ford Television Theatre1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966
The Match Game1962
The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour1957
Medical Story1975
My Mother the Car1965
Letter to Loretta1953
The Legend of Jesse James1965
Flying High1978
MGM Parade1955
Captains and the Kings1976
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
The Chicago Teddy Bears1971

Awards 2

1959Golden Globe Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 2

Connected to Ann 6

Nancy ReaganAlso in Shadow on the Wall (1950)Cecil B. DeMilleAlso in Madam Satan (1930)Mahalia JacksonAlso in The Best Man (1964)Curtis HansonAlso in The Little Dragons (1980)Ruth RomanAlso in The Killing Kind (1974)George ReevesAlso in The Blue Gardenia (1953)

About this person

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. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 2001 · aged 92
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