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  • Best known for her wisecracking-blonde characterizations, this likable star occasionally showed her mettle in dramatic roles, too. A highly trained vocalist who aspired to a stage career, she entered films, as Harriet Lake, with bit parts in Broadway Nights (1927), The Show of Shows (1929), Doughboys and Hold Everything (both 1930) before actually getting a Broadway break. She returned to Hollywood under contract to Columbia, billed as Ann Sothern in Let's Fall in Love (1934), in which she introduced the title tune. Columbia put her in insignificant pictures such as The Party's Over, Blind Date (both 1934), Eight Bells, Grand Exit (both 1935), You May Be Next and Don't Gamble With Love (both 1936). She fared better on loan to Samuel Goldwyn for Eddie Cantor's Kid Millions (1934), and at 20th Century in Folies Bergère (1935, opposite Maurice Chevalier). Under contract to RKO she was teamed with Gene Raymond in a number of grade-B musicals, including Hooray for Love (1935) and Walking on Air (1936), and was a fine foil for comic Jack Oakie in Super Sleuth (1937). After freelancing in such films as Danger-Love at Work (1937), Trade Winds (1938), and Hotel for Women (1939), Sothern signed with MGM. She starred in an unpretentious B called Maisie (1939), playing a brassy showgirl with a heart of gold. The film's unexpected success triggered a series, and while none of the follow-ups were as good as the opener, they were popular with audiences: Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie (both 1940), Maisie Was a Lady, Ringside Maisie (both 1941), Maisie Gets Her Man (1942), Swing Shift Maisie (1943), Maisie Goes to Reno (1944), Up Goes Maisie (1946), and Undercover Maisie (1947). She also played the part in an MGM-produced radio series. Sothern starred in two major MGM musicals, Lady Be Good (1941, in which she sang the Oscar-winning tune "The Last Time I Saw Paris") and Panama Hattie (1942), and was among the all-star ensemble cast of the wartime drama Cry Havoc (1943). But Metro never really made room for her at the top; she left the studio after playing the second female lead in Words and Music (1948). She made April Showers (1948) at Warners, and then won one of her all-time best parts, as one of the spouses (married to Kirk Douglas) in A Letter to Three Wives (1949). She spent most of the 1950s on TV, starring in the popular sitcoms "Private Secretary" (1953-57) and "The Ann Sothern Show" (1958-61). (Later, she was the voice of "My Mother, the Car," a memorably titled 1965-66 series.) In the 1960s, an overweight Sothern returned to feature-film work in blow- sy character parts, including Lady in a Cage, The Best Man (both 1964), Sylvia (1965), Chubasco (1968), The Killing Kind (1973, never released), Golden Needles (1974), Crazy Mama (1975), The Manitou (1978), and The Little Dragons (1980). In 1985 she had a bit in the TV remake of A Letter to Three Wives and then earned an Oscar nomination as the ebullient New England neighbor of Bette Davis and Lillian Gish in The Whales of August (1987). She was disappointed W_hen it didn't lead to more offers. Sothern was married to actor Robert Sterling (1943-49); daughter Tisha Sterling is an actress who played her mom as a young woman in Whales
  • Portrayed Maisie Ravier on Mutual Radio's "The Adventures of Maisie" (1949-1951).
  • Had been so busy in the entertainment industry for so many years, once quipped that she had done everything in the business except rodeo.
  • In her role as Susie McNamara on "Private Secretary" (1953) (which ran 1953-1958), Sothern played the first working woman on an American TV sitcom.
  • Left visibly overweight by a bout of hepatitis, she only wore black outfits in her 1950s sitcoms "Private Secretary" and "The Ann Sothern Show."
  • Mother of look-alike, sound-alike actress Tisha Sterling. The two appeared in 'The Whales of August' (1987), with Tisha, in the prelude scene, portraying a younger-day Ann.
  • Ann Sothern, born Harriet Lake on January 22,1909 in Valley City, North Dakota, and her film career started as an extra-bit part in the film BROADWAY NIGHTS in 1927. She would work as an extra for the next six years. It barely paid the bills. Finally Ann got her break with Columbia Pictures W_hen they signed her to a contract in 1934. Her first film for Columbia was in the film THE PARTY'S OVER. The work was getting better and a bit more lucrative as she would be in 11 movies in 1934 and 1935. It wasn't riches but it was better than being just an extra. The films weren't much to write home about either. Ann was dropped by Columbia in 1936 and she signed with RKO Pictures. With RKO, she played in a number of forgettable productions such as DANGEROUS NUMBER (1937) and SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING (1938). Ann left RKO two years later and played Jean Livingstone in TRADE WINDS which landed her a contract with MGM. In 1939, Ann starred in MAISE which would turn into a series of ten films with the last being UNDERCOVER MAISE in 1947. In between she starred in such movies as DULCY (1940), THOUSANDS CHEER (1943), and THREE HEARTS FOR JULIA (1943). During the 1950's, she played in only four films. By this time, however, Ann had turned to the relatively new medium--television, where she would attract legions of new fans. In 1953, Ann played the role of Susie in MY PRIVATE SECRETARY, which ran until 1957. The quality and comedy was quite good, but, unfortunately, it doesn't run anywhere in syndicated re-runs. In 1958 she starred in THE ANN SOTHERN SHOW, as Katy O'Connor, which ran until 1961. In 1965, she would be the voice in MY MOTHER THE CAR. This was a story about a man (Jerry Van Dyke) who bought a 1928 Porter and lo and behold, it was 'Mom". The 1970's and 1980's were drought ridden for Ann, but she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Tisha Doughty in 1987's THE WHALES OF AUGUST. For Ann, it was a wonderful way to leave show business. At 90, Ann lives in quiet retirement.
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