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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 22, 1909
Died
March 15, 2001
Place of Birth
Valley City, North Dakota, USA
Also Known As
- Harriet Byron
- Harriette Lake
- Joan Larrabee
- Foxy McNamara
- Ann Southern
- Harriette Arlene Lake
Ann Sothern
1.2 Popularity
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."
Known For
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.0
Tisha Doughty
The Whales of August
1987
1.7
Ma Finney
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
4.7
Angel
The Little Dragons
1980
4.5
Flying High
1978
5.4
Mrs. Karmann
The Manitou
1978
8.3
Mrs. Finch
Captains and the Kings
1976
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
3.0
Medical Story
1975
5.4
Sheba
Crazy Mama
1975
Credits
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
The Whales of August
as Tisha Doughty
1987
7.0
A Letter to Three Wives
as Ma Finney
1985
1.7
The Little Dragons
as Angel
1980
4.7
Flying High
1978
4.5
The Manitou
as Mrs. Karmann
1978
5.4
Captains and the Kings
as Mrs. Finch
1976
8.3
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Medical Story
1975
3.0
Crazy Mama
as Sheba
1975
5.4
Golden Needles
as Finzie
1974
4.7
The Killing Kind
as Thelma Lambert
1974
5.7
The Weekend Nun
as Mother Bonaventure
1972
6.3
The Great Man's Whiskers
as Aunt Margaret Bancroft
1972
0.0
Fol-de-Rol
as Queen Gertrude
1972
0.0
A Death of Innocence
as Annie La Cossit
1971
7.0
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
as Ethel Gaines
1971
6.0
🎬
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
5.5
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
as Dolly Murdock
1969
0.0
Love, American Style
as Mrs. Devlin
1969
6.1
Chubasco
as Angela
1968
3.0
The Outsider
as Mrs. Kozzek
1967
6.0
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Aunt Magda
1966
6.6
Family Affair
1966
6.7
My Mother the Car
as Gladys Crabtree
1965
4.3
The Legend of Jesse James
as Widow Fay
1965
4.8
Sylvia
as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona
1965
6.2
Lady in a Cage
as Sade
1964
6.1
The Best Man
as Sue Ellen Gamadge
1964
7.2
The Match Game
as Herself
1962
8.1
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Rosie Harrigan
1962
7.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Helen Cox
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Della Spencer
1962
6.4
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Martha
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Ann Sothern Show
as Katy O'Connor
1958
6.5
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Susie MacNamara
1957
8.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
Lady in the Dark
as Liza
1954
8.0
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953
6.5
The Blue Gardenia
as Crystal Carpenter
1953
6.5
Private Secretary
as Susie McNamara
1953
5.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Christine Emerson
1952
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Liz Quiz
1951
7.2
Shadow on the Wall
as Dell Faring
1950
6.6
Nancy Goes to Rio
as Frances Elliott
1950
5.7
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
A Letter to Three Wives
as Rita Phipps
1949
7.2
Words and Music
as Joyce Harmon
1948
5.7
April Showers
as June Tyme
1948
6.0
The Judge Steps Out
as Peggy
1947
7.0
Undercover Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1947
8.0
Up Goes Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1946
6.7
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Maisie Ravier
1944
6.2
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Cry 'Havoc'
as Pat
1943
6.3
Swing Shift Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1943
6.5
Thousands Cheer
as Ann Sothern
1943
6.4
Three Hearts for Julia
as Julia Seabrook
1943
6.0
You, John Jones!
as Mary Jones
1943
6.0
Panama Hattie
as Hattie Maloney
1942
4.0
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Maisie Ravier
1942
6.5
Lady Be Good
as Dixie Donegan Crane
1941
5.4
Ringside Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1941
4.5
Maisie Was a Lady
as Maisie Ravier
1941
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
Dulcy
as Dulcy Ward
1940
5.8
Gold Rush Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1940
6.5
Brother Orchid
as Florence 'Flo' Addams
1940
6.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Congo Maisie
as Maisie Ravier
1940
3.7
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Ethel Turp
1939
2.0
Fast and Furious
as Garda Sloane
1939
4.7
Hotel for Women
as Ellen Connelly
1939
6.0
Maisie
as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor
1939
4.4
Trade Winds
as Jean Livingstone
1938
6.3
She's Got Everything
as Carol Rogers
1937
5.3
There Goes the Groom
as Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell
1937
5.3
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Herself
1937
5.9
Danger – Love at Work
as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton
1937
7.3
Super-Sleuth
as Mary Strand
1937
5.0
Fifty Roads to Town
as Millicent Kendall
1937
0.0
There Goes My Girl
as Connie Taylor
1937
5.0
Dangerous Number
as Eleanor
1937
4.3
Smartest Girl in Town
as Frances Cooke
1936
5.5
Walking on Air
as Kit Bennett
1936
5.8
My American Wife
as Mary Cantillon
1936
0.0
Don't Gamble with Love
as Ann Edwards
1936
0.0
Hell-Ship Morgan
as Mary Taylor
1936
5.5
You May Be Next!
as Fay Stevens
1936
2.5
Grand Exit
as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell
1935
6.4
The Girl Friend
as Linda Henry
1935
0.0
Hooray for Love
as Patricia Thatcher
1935
4.7
Eight Bells
as Marge Walker
1935
6.0
Folies Bergère
as Mimi
1935
5.6
Kid Millions
as Joan Larrabee
1934
6.5
The Party's Over
as Ruth Walker
1934
3.0
Blind Date
as Kitty Taylor
1934
7.0
The Hell Cat
as Geraldine Sloane
1934
6.0
Melody in Spring
as Jane Blodgett
1934
6.0
Let's Fall in Love
as Jean
1933
7.5
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Singer
1933
5.7
Whoopee!
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1930
6.4
Madam Satan
as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
1930
5.6
The March of Time
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1930
0.0
Good News
as Student
1930
5.0
Song of the West
as Bit Part
1930
0.0
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)
1929
5.5
Broadway Nights
as Showgirl (uncredited)
1927
6.0