Classically trained singer who briefly appeared in several films from the late 1920s before making her mark... (Learn more)
Top Projects: The Ann Sothern Show, My Mother the Car, Private Secretary (View All)
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Ann Sothern’s Milestones
| Nomadic childhood, following mother's travels as a concert singer | |
| Provided the voice of a woman reincarnated as an automobile on the sitcom "My Mother, the Car" | |
| Starred on first TV series, "Private Secretary" | |
| Toured in "The Glass Menagerie", "Gypsy" and "The Solid Gold Cadillac" | |
| 1929 | Had bit in early sound musical, "The Show of Shows" (as Harriet Lake) |
| 1930 | Broadway debut in chorus of Florenz Ziegfeld's "Smiles" |
| 1931 | First leading role on Broadway in Rodgers and Hart's "America's Sweetheart" |
| 1933 | Returned to Hollywood and appeared (unbilled) in "Broadway Through a Keyhole" |
| 1933 | Signed contract with Columbia; dyed hair from red to platinum blonde |
| 1934 - 1935 | Began achieving success in leading roles |
| 1936 | Left Columbia and signed seven-year contract with RKO; acted opposite Gene Raymond in several popular comedies and musicals |
| 1939 | Sought to be released from RKO contract and joined MGM in first of series of "Maisie" films |
| 1947 | Last film as Maisie, "Undercover Maisie" |
| 1950 | Left MGM; last films there, "Nancy Goes to Rio" and "Shadow on the Wall" |
| 1987 | Returned to films to play supporting role in "The Whales of August"; received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination |
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