Ann Sothern

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Close friends with Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr and Ann Sheridan. Ann and Lucille met in 1933.
 

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    Name Ann Sothern
    (Harriette Lake)
    Height 5' 1½"  (156 cm)
    Build Slim
    Hair Color Blonde
    Date of Birth January 221909
    Birthplace Valley City, North Dakota
    Star Sign Aquarius
    Died March 15, 2001 (Aged 92)
    Location of Death Ketchum, Idaho
    Cause of Death Heart Failure
    Nationality United States
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index An
    Claim to Fame Maisie

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Virginia O`Brien [Friend] :: Bonnie Lake [Sister] :: Marion Lake [Sister] :: Simon Lake [Grandfather]

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  • Ex-daughter-in-law of `Arthur Pryor`.
  • Her younger sister was the prolific singer/songwriter Bonnie Lake who wrote several popular standards such as "Sandman", "I`ve Got Your Number" and "Gracias" - songs later recorded by such big band stars as Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. In the 1940s, Bonnie founded the Bonnie Lake Music Publishing Company.
  • A singer in her early career, she sang with Artie Shaw among others. She was also a published songwriter and recorded two albums.
  • Had been so busy in the entertainment industry for so many years, once quipped that she had done everything in the business except rodeo.
  • Her mother was a concert singer who traveled; Ann followed suit studying singing and musical composition. In later years her mother became a diction and vocal coach and taught microphone technique for talking pictures.
  • Her paternal grandfather, Simon Lake, was the inventor of the modern submarine.
  • Her sister Marion was once a secretary to columnist Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby").
  • In 1953, her film career waned and she decided to give TV a try. When a TV series based on her popular "Maisie" film character failed to materialize, she made her series debut with Suzie McNamara on "Private Secretary" (1953).
  • 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" (1953) and "The Ann Sothern Show" (1958).
  • 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.
  • Portrayed Maisie Ravier on Mutual Radio`s "The Adventures of Maisie" (1949- 1951).
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