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Acting

Ann Sothern

Career: Active from 1930 to 1987, busiest in 1937 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 60
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Best Man
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ann Sothern Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5
Tension
4.8, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 6
Classic Hollywood 6
Fast-Paced 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Character-Driven 4
Lighthearted Entertainment 4
Showbiz 4
Mystery 4
Witty Dialogue 3
Suspenseful 3
Classic Sitcom 3
Sentimental 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

104

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 88

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

3 titles · average score 57

The Whales of August

66

as Tisha Doughty

A Letter to Three Wives

as Ma Finney

The Little Dragons

47

as Angel

1970s

15 titles · average score 61

The Manitou

43

as Mrs. Karmann

Flying High

TV show · as Miss Kirkeby

Captains and the Kings

83

TV show · as Mrs. Finch

Crazy Mama

70

as Sheba

Medical Story

TV show · as Mrs. Metulski

The Killing Kind

53

as Thelma Lambert

The Weekend Nun

as Mother Bonaventure

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Aunt Margaret Bancroft

The Chicago Teddy Bears

TV show

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

as Ethel Gaines

A Death of Innocence

as Annie La Cossit

1960s

14 titles · average score 52

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Mrs. Devlin

The Greatest Mother of 'em All

as Dolly Murdock

Chubasco

49

as Angela

The Outsider

as Mrs. Kozzek

Family Affair

45

TV show

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

38

TV show · as Aunt Magda

My Mother the Car

31

TV show · as Gladys Crabtree

Lady in a Cage

42

as Sade

The Best Man

89

as Sue Ellen Gamadge

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Helen Cox

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Della Spencer

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Rosie Harrigan

1950s

12 titles · average score 68

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

72

TV show · as Martha

The Ann Sothern Show

76

TV show · as Katy O'Connor

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

56

TV show · as Susie MacNamara

MGM Parade

TV show

Lady in the Dark

as Liza

Private Secretary

69

TV show · as Susie McNamara

The Blue Gardenia

74

as Crystal Carpenter

The Ford Television Theatre

74

TV show · as Christine Emerson

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show · as Liz Quiz

Shadow on the Wall

63

as Dell Faring

Nancy Goes to Rio

55

as Frances Elliott

1940s

22 titles · average score 62

A Letter to Three Wives

89

as Rita Phipps

Undercover Maisie

71

as Maisie Ravier

The Judge Steps Out

68

as Peggy

Maisie Goes to Reno

64

as Maisie Ravier

Cry 'Havoc'

61

as Pat

You, John Jones!

64

as Mary Jones

Three Hearts for Julia

61

as Julia Seabrook

Maisie Gets Her Man

65

as Maisie Ravier

Ringside Maisie

51

as Maisie Ravier

Maisie Was a Lady

68

as Maisie Ravier

Lady Be Good

53

as Dixie Donegan Crane

Brother Orchid

66

as Florence 'Flo' Addams

1930s

35 titles · average score 61

Maisie

57

as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor

Fast and Furious

65

as Garda Sloane

Super-Sleuth

42

as Mary Strand

She's Got Everything

59

as Carol Rogers

Danger – Love at Work

66

as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton

There Goes My Girl

66

as Connie Taylor

My American Wife

as Mary Cantillon

Folies Bergère de Paris

62

as Mimi

Grand Exit

64

as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell

Kid Millions

63

as Joan Larrabee

Blind Date

70

as Kitty Taylor

Let's Fall in Love

as Jean

1920s

2 titles · average score 62

The Show of Shows

62

as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)

Broadway Nights

as Showgirl (uncredited)