Ann Sothern Signed Starline Hollywood card - Pose 2

This is an autographed 1991 Starline Hollywood trading card of Ann Sothern.The signature is not a reprint. The card in the scan is the actual card you will be receiving. Please email me at with any questions you may have.

Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American whose career spanned six decades.

Early life and career

Sothern was born Harriette Arlene Lake in , but was raised in , where she graduated from in 1926. Sothern left home and began her film career as an extra in the film Broadway Nights at the age of 18. During and , she appeared as a chorus girl in such films as and (as one of the ""). She appeared on and had a trained voice, occasionally singing in films.

On Broadway in 1931, she had leading roles in (135 performances in which she sang "I've Got Five Dollars" and "We'll Be The Same") and in (139 performances).

In 1934, Sothern signed a contract with , but after two years the studio released her. In 1936, she was signed by and after a string of films that failed to attract an audience, Sothern left RKO and was signed to , making her first film for them in 1939.

MGM cast Sothern in the film (), as brassy dancer Mary Anastasia O'Connor who also goes by the stage name Maisie Ravier. In Mary C. McCall Jr.'s screenplay of Wilson Collison's novel, Maisie is stranded penniless in a small town, takes a job as a ranch maid and becomes caught in a web of romantic entanglements. After years of struggling, Sothern had her first major success, and a string of "Maisie" comedy sequels followed, beginning with Congo Maisie (), and ending with Undercover Maisie () in which Maisie infiltrates a gang of con men headed by a phony . A review of Swing Shift Maisie () by praised Sothern and described her as "one of the smartest comediennes in the business".

On November 24, 1941, Sothern performed in the adaptation of Maisie Was a Lady, and the popularity of the film series led to her own radio program, , broadcast on from 1945 to 1947, on in 1952 and in syndication from 1949 to 1953.

In , Sothern appeared in the , . The film earned her excellent reviews, but failed to stimulate her career. During the 1950s, she made a few movies, including (1953), but mainly appeared on television shows. In 1953, she landed the lead in the series . After Private Secretary ended in 1957 due to a contract dispute between Sothern and producer , she appeared in her own show, , from 1958 to 1961. Both were successful and earned Sothern four nominations. and were her co-stars in both series.

[] Later career

Previously a beauty, Sothern had a bout of which left her with a bloated, overweight appearance from the waist down. From this point on, she wore black, high-waisted flaring dresses to hide her appearance. In addition, she suffered an injury to her back after a fall during a stage production which left her disabled.

She co-starred with in a 1964 dramatic film, , as a woman whose annoying behavior must be tolerated by presidential candidates because she is considered to have considerable influence in party politics.

In 1965, she was heard as the voice of Gladys Crabtree (the car) in the short-lived series , which co-starred . That year she appeared in the title role of "The Widow Fay" episode of 's series , starring in the title role of the .

During this period, Sothern made occasional guest appearances on with her old RKO and MGM cohort, . After left the show, Sothern was considered to replace Vance. In 1967 her former boss approached her to co-star with as battling neighbors in . However, felt that Sothern's style was too similar to Arden's.

She resumed working sporadically on television until the mid-1980s, including a remake of her earlier success A Letter to Three Wives. Her final film role was in in . Her role as the neighbor of elderly sisters, played by and , brought Sothern her only nomination.

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