Movies List
TV Show List
The Manitou

as Mrs. Karmann

1978
Crazy Mama

as Sheba

1975
Golden Needles

as Fenzie

1974
The Killing Kind

as Thelma Lambert

1974
Congratulations, It's a Boy!

as Ethel Gaines

1971
Sylvia

as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona

1965
The Best Man

as Sue Ellen Gamadge

1964
Lady in a Cage

as Sade

1964
The Blue Gardenia

as Crystal Carpenter

1953
Shadow on the Wall

as Dell Faring

1950
Nancy Goes to Rio

as Frances Elliott

1950
A Letter to Three Wives

as Rita Phipps

1949
Words and Music

as Joyce Harmon

1948
April Showers

as June Tyme

1948
Undercover Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1947
Up Goes Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1946
Maisie Goes to Reno

as Maisie Ravier

1944
Cry 'Havoc'

as Pat

1943
You, John Jones!

as Mary Jones

1943
Three Hearts for Julia

as Julia Seabrook

1943
Maisie Gets Her Man

as Maisie Ravier

1942
Ringside Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1941
Brother Orchid

as Florence 'Flo' Addams

1940
Congo Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1940
Gold Rush Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1940
Trade Winds

as Jean Livingstone

1938
Ann Sothern Ann Sothern

Birthday

1909-01-22

Place of Birth

Valley City, North Dakota USA

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 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."
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