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Ann Sothern

1909 - 2001

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Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Sothern has received more than 1,738,025 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ann Sothern is the 6,450th most popular actor (down from 5,533rd in 2019), the 9,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,255th in 2019) and the 2,961st most popular American Actor.

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  • 44.27

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

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  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ann Sothern ranks 6,450 out of 13,578. Before her are Nana Mizuki, Douglas Rain, Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Calleia, Aisha Tyler, and Sidney Fox. After her are Shin Se-kyung, G. D. Spradlin, Maurice LaMarche, Nicollette Sheridan, Fredric Lehne, and Sami Bouajila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ann Sothern ranks 369. Before her are Octacílio, Frances Dee, Milt Kahl, Yelena Kuzmina, Valerio Perentin, and Andrei Bărbulescu. After her are Heather Angel, Frank Shields, Don Finlay, Richard Maibaum, Frank Henry, and Friedrich Scherfke. Among people deceased in 2001, Ann Sothern ranks 279. Before her are Larry Adler, Boris Stenin, Kira Ivanova, Anthony Shaffer, Andreas Kupfer, and Zoltán Nemere. After her are Mohammad Rabbani, Otto Stuppacher, Cássia Eller, William T. Stearn, Les Brown, and Marita Petersen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Sothern ranks 9,478 out of 20,380. Before her are Aisha Tyler (1970), Tim LaHaye (1926), Bob Knight (1940), James Meredith (1933), Abigail Johnson (1961), and William H. McRaven (1955). After her are Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), Alvah Bessie (1904), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), G. D. Spradlin (1920), and Don Williams (1939).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ann Sothern ranks 2,961. Before her are Barry Shabaka Henley (1954), Eric Douglas (1958), Norman Kerry (1894), Larry Miller (1953), Wanda Hendrix (1928), and Aisha Tyler (1970). After her are G. D. Spradlin (1920), Fredric Lehne (1959), Amy Yasbeck (1962), Emile Hirsch (1985), Maitland Ward (1977), and Julie Strain (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Letter to Three Wives
Rita Phipps
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Jan 20th 19497.197 / 10
The Killing Kind
Thelma Lambert
Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women pop up dead.
Mar 20th 19746 / 10
The Blue Gardenia
Crystal Carpenter
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Mar 20th 19536.489 / 10