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Ann Sothern  (January 22, 1909 – March 15,
2001) was an United States|American film
actor|actress.

Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North
Dakota, Sothern left home very young and began her
film career as an extra in silent films in 1927.
During 1929 and 1930, she appeared as a chorus
girl in such films as The Show of Shows and
Whoopee! (as one of the "Goldwyn Girls"). In 1934
she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures but
after two years the studio released her from this
contract, and she was signed by RKO Pictures in
1936. After a string of films that failed to
attract an audience, Sothern left RKO and was
signed to MGM, making her first film for them in
1939.

In a role originally intended for Jean Harlow,
Sothern was cast as "Maisie", a bold, brassy but
somewhat scatter-brained showgirl who was also an
amateur detective. After years of trying, Sothern
had her first real success, and a string of
"Maisie" film sequels and radio plays took her
through to the late forties. She appeared in A
Letter to Three Wives in (1949) and the film
earned her excellent reviews, but did not
stimulate her career.

By the fifties she was rarely seen in films and
was appearing regularly in television.  She was
the lead in the series Private Secretary from 1953
until 1957, and The Ann Sothern Show  from 1958
until 1959. Both programs were very successful and
earned Sothern four Emmy Award nominations, but a
bout of hepatitis had left her with a bloated and
overweight appearance, and she preferred not to be
seen. In 1965 she was heard as the voice of Mom in
the bizarrely campy and quite unsuccessful series
My Mother The Car. 

She resumed working sporadically on television
until the mid 1980s, including a television remake
of her earlier success A Letter To Three Wives.
Her final film role was in The Whales of August in
1987. Her role as the neighbour of elderly
sisters, played by Lillian Gish and Bette Davis,
with romantic interest provided by Vincent Price,
brought Sothern her first and only Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting
Actress Academy Award nomination after 60 years in
the business.

She had been married to actor Robert Sterling and
had a daughter, actress Tisha Sterling.  

She retired from acting, and died at her home in
Ketchum, Idaho|Ketchum, Idaho from heart failure
at the age of 92. 

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -
for Motion Pictures,
at 1612 Vine St, and for Television,  at 1634 Vine
St.

==Filmography==
*Broadway Nights (1927)
*Hearts in Exile (1929)
*The Show of Shows (1929)
*Song of the West (1930)
*Hold Everything (1930)
*Doughboys (1930)
*Whoopee! (1930)
*Footlight Parade (1933)
*Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933)
*Let's Fall in Love (1933)
*Melody in Spring (1934) 
*The Hell Cat (1934)
*The Party's Over (1934)
*Blind Date (1934)
*Kid Millions (1934)
*Folies-Bergere de Paris (1935)
*Eight Bells (1935)
*Hooray for Love (1935)
*The Girl Friend (1935)
*Grand Exit (1935)
*You May Be Next (1936)
*Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
*Don't Gamble with Love (1936)
*My American Wife (1936)
*Walking on Air (1936)
*Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
*Dangerous Number (1937)
*There Goes My Girl (1937)
*Fifty Races to Town (1937)
*Super-Sleuth (1937)
*Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) (Cameo)
*There Goes the Groom (1937)
*She's Got Everything (1937)
*Trade Winds (1938)
*Maisie (1939)
*Hotel for Women (1939)
*Fast and Furious (1939)
*Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
*Congo Maisie (1940)
*Brother Orchid (1940)
*Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
*Dulcy (1940)
*Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
*Ringside Maisie (1941)
*Lady Be Good (1941)
*Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
*Panama Hattie (1942)
*You, John Jones (1943) (short subject)
*Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
*Thousands Cheer (1943)
*Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
*Cry 'Havoc (1943)
*Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
*Up Goes Maisie (1946)
*Undercover Maisie (1947)
*April Showers (1948)
*Words and Music (1948)
*A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
*The Judge Steps Out (1949)
*Tension (1950) (appears on magazine cover)
*Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
*Shadow on the Wall (1950)
*The Blue Gardenia (1953)
*The Best Man (1964)
*Lady in a Cage (1964)
*Sylvia (1965)
*Chubasco (1968)
*The Killing Kind (1973)
*Golden Needles (1974)
*Crazy Mama (1975)
*The Manitou (1978)
*The Little Dragons (1980)
*The Whales of August (1987)