Ann Sothern

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) 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, based on the Maisie short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series (Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie, Up Goes Maisie, etc.) and a network radio series (The Adventures of Maisie). In 1953, Sothern moved into television as the star of her own sitcom Private Secretary. The series aired for five seasons on CBS and earned Sothern three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1958, she starred in another sitcom for CBS, The Ann Sothern Show, which aired for three seasons. From 1965 to 1966, Sothern provided the voice of Gladys Crabtree, the title character in the sitcom My Mother the Car. She continued her career throughout the late 1960s with stage and film appearances and guest-starring roles on television. Due to health issues, she worked sporadically during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1987, Sothern appeared in her final film The Whales of August, starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish. Sothern earned her first and only Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. After filming concluded, she retired to Ketchum, Idaho, where she spent her remaining years before her death from heart failure in March 2001. Lucille Ball called Sothern "the best comedian in the business, bar none."

Known For: Acting

Born: Valley City, North Dakota, USA, 1909-01-22

Died: 2001-03-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1927	Broadway Nights	Showgirl (uncredited)	60
2	1929	Show of Shows	Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)	55
3	1930	Song of the West	Bit Part	0
4	1930	Good News	Student	50
5	1930	The March of Time	Chorus Girl (uncredited)	0
6	1930	Madam Satan	Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)	59
7	1930	Whoopee!	Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)	65
8	1933	Broadway Thru a Keyhole	Singer	57
9	1933	Let's Fall in Love	Jean	75
10	1934	Melody in Spring	Jane Blodgett	60
11	1934	The Hell Cat	Geraldine Sloane	60
12	1934	Blind Date	Kitty Taylor	70
13	1934	The Party's Over	Ruth Walker	30
14	1934	Kid Millions	Joan Larrabee	65
15	1935	Folies Bergère	Mimi	55
16	1935	Eight Bells	Marge Walker	60
17	1935	Hooray for Love	Patricia Thatcher	47
18	1935	The Girl Friend	Linda Henry	0
19	1935	Grand Exit	Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell	64
20	1936	You May Be Next!	Fay Stevens	25
21	1936	Hell-Ship Morgan	Mary Taylor	55
22	1936	Don't Gamble with Love	Ann Edwards	0
23	1936	My American Wife	Mary Cantillon	0
24	1936	Walking on Air	Kit Bennett	58
25	1936	Smartest Girl in Town	Frances Cooke	55
26	1937	Dangerous Number	Eleanor	50
27	1937	There Goes My Girl	Connie Taylor	0
28	1937	Fifty Roads to Town	Millicent Kendall	0
29	1937	Super-Sleuth	Mary Strand	50
30	1937	Danger – Love at Work	Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton	73
31	1937	There Goes the Groom	Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell	53
32	1937	Ali Baba Goes to Town	Herself	61
33	1937	She's Got Everything	Carol Rogers	53
34	1938	Trade Winds	Jean Livingstone	63
35	1939	Maisie	Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor	47
36	1939	Hotel for Women	Ellen Connelly	60
37	1939	Fast and Furious	Garda Sloane	51
38	1939	Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President	Ethel Turp	20
39	1940	Congo Maisie	Maisie Ravier	42
40	1940	Hollywood: Style Center of the World	Self	55
41	1940	Brother Orchid	Florence 'Flo' Addams	64
42	1940	Gold Rush Maisie	Maisie Ravier	65
43	1940	Dulcy	Dulcy Ward	58
44	1940	A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound	Self	67
45	1941	Maisie Was a Lady	Maisie Ravier	68
46	1941	Ringside Maisie	Maisie Ravier	70
47	1941	Lady Be Good	Dixie Donegan Crane	54
48	1942	Maisie Gets Her Man	Maisie Ravier	65
49	1942	Panama Hattie	Hattie Maloney	40
50	1943	You, John Jones!	Mary Jones	60
51	1943	Three Hearts for Julia	Julia Seabrook	60
52	1943	Thousands Cheer	Ann Sothern	63
53	1943	Swing Shift Maisie	Maisie Ravier	65
54	1943	Cry 'Havoc'	Pat	63
55	1944	Twenty Years After	(archive footage)	60
56	1944	Maisie Goes to Reno	Maisie Ravier	62
57	1946	Up Goes Maisie	Maisie Ravier	67
58	1947	Undercover Maisie	Maisie Ravier	80
59	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Peggy	70
60	1948	April Showers	June Tyme	60
61	1948	Words and Music	Joyce Harmon	57
62	1949	A Letter to Three Wives	Rita Phipps	72
63	1950	Nancy Goes to Rio	Frances Elliott	57
64	1950	Shadow on the Wall	Dell Faring	66
65	1953	The Blue Gardenia	Crystal Carpenter	66
66	1954	Lady in the Dark	Liza	80
67	1964	The Best Man	Sue Ellen Gamadge	73
68	1964	Lady in a Cage	Sade	62
69	1965	Sylvia	Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona	62
70	1967	The Outsider	Mrs. Kozzek	60
71	1968	Chubasco	Angela	35
72	1969	The Greatest Mother of 'em All	Dolly Murdock	0
73	1971	Congratulations, It's a Boy!	Ethel Gaines	60
74	1971	A Death of Innocence	Annie La Cossit	70
75	1972	Fol-de-Rol	Queen Gertrude	0
76	1972	The Great Man's Whiskers	Aunt Margaret Bancroft	0
77	1972	The Weekend Nun	Mother Bonaventure	63
78	1974	The Killing Kind	Thelma Lambert	60
79	1974	Golden Needles	Fenzie	43
80	1975	Crazy Mama	Sheba	57
81	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
82	1978	The Manitou	Mrs. Karmann	55
83	1980	The Little Dragons	Angel	47
84	1985	A Letter to Three Wives	Ma Finney	20
85	1987	The Whales of August	Tisha Doughty	70
86	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	What's My Line?	Self	68
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Liz Quiz	70
3	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Christine Emerson	70
4	1953	Private Secretary	Susie McNamara	50
5	1953	Letter to Loretta	Self - Guest Host	62
6	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	50
7	1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Susie MacNamara	86
8	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		53
9	1958	The Ann Sothern Show	Katy O'Connor	65
10	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Martha	63
11	1962	The Virginian	Della Spencer	64
12	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Helen Cox	78
13	1962	The Lucy Show	Rosie Harrigan	70
14	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
15	1962	The Match Game	Herself	78
16	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Widow Fay	48
17	1965	My Mother the Car	Gladys Crabtree	36
18	1966	Family Affair		66
19	1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.		66
20	1969	Love, American Style	Mrs. Devlin	60
21	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
22	1971	The Chicago Teddy Bears		55
23	1975	Medical Story		50
24	1976	Captains and the Kings	Mrs. Finch	83
25	1978	Flying High		45