Ann Sothern

Known for ActingBorn 1909-01-22Died 2001-03-15Valley City, North Dakota, USA

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."Read more

Movies & web series

Fifty Roads to Town

Don't Gamble with Love

MGM Parade

Captains and the Kings

Song of the West

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Match Game

The Great Man's Whiskers

The Outsider

Undercover Maisie

Twenty Years After

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Hell Cat

Blind Date

Melody in Spring

Let's Fall in Love

Broadway Nights

The Ford Television Theatre

Lady in the Dark

The Ann Sothern Show

That's Entertainment! III

The Best Man

Hotel for Women

The Whales of August

There Goes My Girl

My American Wife

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Weekend Nun

The Lucy Show

A Death of Innocence

Alias Smith and Jones

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

A Letter to Three Wives

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

What's My Line?

The Judge Steps Out

Maisie Was a Lady

Family Affair

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Danger – Love at Work

The Girl Friend

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The March of Time

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Gold Rush Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

The Merv Griffin Show

Up Goes Maisie