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Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake) had a career that spanned seven decades, beginning with bit parts in film in the late 1920s. She starred in a series of 'Maisie' films through the 1930s and 1940's, and became a presence in TV's golden era as the star of two CBS comedy series, Private Secretary and The Ann Sothern Show. She acted in more than 70 films, earning an Oscar nomination at age 78 for her role as Tisha Doughty in The Whales of August

Aliases
  • Harriet Byron
English
Filmography
  • Born In Valley City, North Dakota, USA
  • Born January 22, 1909
  • Died March 15, 2001
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A Death of Innocence

1971
as Annie La Cossit

A Letter to Three Wives

1985
as Ma Finney

A Letter to Three Wives

1949
as Rita Phipps

April Showers

1948
as June Tyme

Blind Date

1934
as Kitty Taylor

Broadway Nights

1927
as Showgirl

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933
as Singer

Brother Orchid

1940
as Florence 'Flo' Addams

Chubasco

1967
as Angela

Congo Maisie

1940
as Maisie Ravier

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

1971
as Ethel Gaines

Crazy Mama

1975
as Sheba

Cry 'Havoc'

1943
as Pat

Danger - Love at Work

1937
as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton

Dangerous Number

1937
as Eleanor

Don't Gamble with Love

1936
as Ann Edwards

Dulcy

1940
as Dulcy Ward

Eight Bells

1935
as Marge Walker

Fast and Furious

1939
as Garda Sloane

Fifty Roads to Town

1937
as Millicent Kendall

Folies Bergère de Paris

1935
as Mimi

Gold Rush Maisie

1940
as Maisie Ravier

Golden Needles

1974
as Fenzie

Good News

1930
as Student

Grand Exit

1935
as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell

Hell-Ship Morgan

1936
as Mary Taylor

Hooray for Love

1935
as Patricia Thatcher

Hotel for Women

1939
as Ellen Connelly

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939
as Ethel Turp

Kid Millions

1934
as Joan Larrabee

Lady Be Good

1941
as Dixie Donegan Crane

Lady in a Cage

1964
as Sade

Let's Fall in Love

1933
as Jean

Madam Satan

1930
as Zeppelin Reveler

Maisie

1939
as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942
as Maisie Ravier

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944
as Maisie Ravier

Maisie Was a Lady

1941
as Maisie Ravier

Melody in Spring

1934
as Jane Blodgett

My Mother the Car

1965

Nancy Goes to Rio

1950
as Frances Elliott

Panama Hattie

1942
as Hattie Maloney

Private Secretary

1953

Ringside Maisie

1941
as Maisie Ravier

Shadow on the Wall

1950
as Dell Faring

She's Got Everything

1937
as Carol Rogers

Show of Shows

1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)

Show of Shows

1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers

Smartest Girl in Town

1936
as Frances Cooke

Super-Sleuth

1937
as Mary Strand

Swing Shift Maisie

1943
as Maisie Ravier

Sylvia

1965
as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona

That's Entertainment! III

1994
as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
as (archive footage)

The Ann Sothern Show

1958

The Best Man

1964
as Sue Ellen Gamadge

The Blue Gardenia

1953
as Crystal Carpenter

The Girl Friend

1935
as Linda Henry

The Great Man's Whiskers

1972
as Aunt Margaret Bancroft

The Hell Cat

1934
as Geraldine Sloane

The Judge Steps Out

1947
as Peggy

The Killing Kind

1973
as Thelma Lambert

The Little Dragons

1980
as Angel

The Manitou

1978
as Mrs. Karmann

The Miracle of Sound

1940
as Herself

The Party's Over

1934
as Ruth Walker

The Weekend Nun

1972
as Mother Bonaventure

The Whales of August

1987
as Tisha Doughty

There Goes My Girl

1937
as Reporter Connie Taylor

There Goes the Groom

1937
as Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell

Thousands Cheer

1943
as Ann Sothern

Three Hearts For Julia

1943
as Julia Seabrook

Trade Winds

1938
as Jean Livingstone

Undercover Maisie

1947
as Maisie Ravier

Up Goes Maisie

1946
as Maisie Ravier

Walking on Air

1936
as Kit Bennett

Words and Music

1948
as Joyce Harmon

You May Be Next

1936
as Fay Stevens

You, John Jones!

1943
as Mary Jones

Guest Star

Episode The Match Game
ANN SOTHERN & ALLAN SHERMAN 		1964
Episode The Match Game
ANN SOTHERN & ALLAN SHERMAN 		1964
Episode The Match Game
ANN SOTHERN & ALLAN SHERMAN 		1964
Episode The Match Game
ANN SOTHERN & ALLAN SHERMAN 		1964
Episode The Match Game
ANN SOTHERN & ALLAN SHERMAN 		1964
Episode What's My Line?
Ann Sothern 		1953
Episode I've Got a Secret
Ann Sothern 		1962
Episode I've Got a Secret
Ann Sothern 		1963
Episode What's My Line?
Ann Sothern 		1965
Episode The Name's the Same
Ann Sothern 		1953
Episode The Fred Waring Show
Episode #4.15 		1951
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
Everything Else You Can Steal 		1971
Episode Flying High
High Rollers 		1978
Episode My Mother the Car
I'd Rather Do It Myself, Mother 		1966
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy Helps the Countess 		1965
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy and the Countess 		1965
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest 		1965
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy and the Countess Lose Weight 		1965
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy and the Old Mansion 		1965
Episode The Lucy Show
Lucy and the Undercover Agent 		1965
Episode The Match Game
Miss Ann Sothern & Mr. Milt Kamen 		1963
Episode The Match Game
Miss Ann Sothern & Mr. Milt Kamen 		1963
Episode The Match Game
Miss Ann Sothern & Mr. Milt Kamen 		1963
Episode The Match Game
Miss Ann Sothern & Mr. Milt Kamen 		1963
Episode The Match Game
Miss Ann Sothern & Mr. Milt Kamen 		1963
Episode The Lucy Show
My Fair Lucy 		1965
Episode The June Allyson Show
Night Out 		1959
Episode The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Carpathian Killer Affair 		1967
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Water's Edge 		1964