Ann Sothern

Actor Jan 22 (died age 92) Valley City, North Dakota, USA 1927–1994 (67 year career)

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Biography

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 Mais…

Known For

Film

A Letter to Three Wives

Rita Phipps

Film

The Whales of August

Tisha Doughty

Film

The Blue Gardenia

Crystal Carpenter

Film

The Best Man

Sue Ellen Gamadge

Film

Lady in a Cage

Sade

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Film

Brother Orchid

Florence 'Flo' Addams

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (86)

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

The Whales of August

as Tisha Doughty

A Letter to Three Wives

as Ma Finney

The Little Dragons

as Angel

The Manitou

as Mrs. Karmann

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Crazy Mama

as Sheba

Golden Needles

as Finzie

The Killing Kind

as Thelma Lambert

The Weekend Nun

as Mother Bonaventure

6.3

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972

as Aunt Margaret Bancroft

Fol-de-Rol

1972

as Queen Gertrude

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

as Ethel Gaines

A Death of Innocence

as Annie La Cossit

The Greatest Mother of 'em All

1969

as Dolly Murdock

Chubasco

as Angela

The Outsider

as Mrs. Kozzek

Sylvia

as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona

The Best Man

as Sue Ellen Gamadge

Lady in a Cage

as Sade

Lady in the Dark

as Liza

The Blue Gardenia

as Crystal Carpenter

Shadow on the Wall

as Dell Faring

Nancy Goes to Rio

as Frances Elliott

A Letter to Three Wives

as Rita Phipps

Words and Music

as Joyce Harmon

April Showers

as June Tyme

Undercover Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

The Judge Steps Out

as Peggy

Up Goes Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Maisie Ravier

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Cry 'Havoc'

as Pat

Thousands Cheer

as Ann Sothern

You, John Jones!

as Mary Jones

Swing Shift Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

Three Hearts for Julia

as Julia Seabrook

Panama Hattie

as Hattie Maloney

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Maisie Ravier

Ringside Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

Maisie Was a Lady

as Maisie Ravier

Lady Be Good

as Dixie Donegan Crane

5.4

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5

Brother Orchid

1940

as Florence 'Flo' Addams

Dulcy

as Dulcy Ward

Gold Rush Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self

Congo Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

Maisie

as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor

Fast and Furious

as Garda Sloane

Hotel for Women

as Ellen Connelly

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Ethel Turp

Trade Winds

as Jean Livingstone

Danger – Love at Work

1937

as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton

Super-Sleuth

as Mary Strand

She's Got Everything

as Carol Rogers

There Goes the Groom

as Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell

5.3

Ali Baba Goes to Town

as Herself

There Goes My Girl

as Connie Taylor

Fifty Roads to Town

as Millicent Kendall

Dangerous Number

1937

as Eleanor

4.3

My American Wife

1936

as Mary Cantillon

Don't Gamble with Love

1936

as Ann Edwards

Smartest Girl in Town

as Frances Cooke

You May Be Next!

as Fay Stevens

Hell-Ship Morgan

as Mary Taylor

Walking on Air

as Kit Bennett

Folies Bergère de Paris

as Mimi

Hooray for Love

as Patricia Thatcher

Grand Exit

as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell

6.3

The Girl Friend

1935

as Linda Henry

Eight Bells

as Marge Walker

The Party's Over

as Ruth Walker

Blind Date

as Kitty Taylor

Kid Millions

as Joan Larrabee

The Hell Cat

as Geraldine Sloane

Melody in Spring

as Jane Blodgett

Let's Fall in Love

as Jean

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Singer

Good News

as Student

Whoopee!

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

6.4

Madam Satan

1930

as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)

5.8

Song of the West

1930

as Bit Part

The March of Time

1930

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

The Show of Shows

1929

as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)

5.5

Broadway Nights

1927

as Showgirl (uncredited)

6.0

Television (26)

Flying High

1978

4.5

Captains and the Kings

as Mrs. Finch

Medical Story

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

7.0

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Love, American Style

as Mrs. Devlin

Family Affair

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

as Aunt Magda

6.6

The Legend of Jesse James

as Widow Fay

My Mother the Car

as Gladys Crabtree

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Helen Cox

The Virginian

as Della Spencer

The Lucy Show

as Rosie Harrigan

The Match Game

as Herself

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Martha

6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Ann Sothern Show

as Katy O'Connor

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Susie MacNamara

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

MGM Parade

Private Secretary

as Susie McNamara

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Christine Emerson

7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Liz Quiz

What's My Line?

as Self