Ann Sothern papers, 1954-1961

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Summary

Creators:
Sothern, Ann, 1909-
Abstract:
Extent:
9.0 linear ft. (22 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ann Sothern Papers (Collection PASC 144). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of material related to the career of actress Ann Sothern. Includes scripts, business records, and production material for The Ann Sothern Show , along with correspondence, proposals for television series and pilots, production records for summer stock and night club acts, handwritten scores, and sheet music. Also includes a small number of audio recordings, photographs, and one scrapbook.

Biographical / historical:

Harriet Lake, later changed to Ann Sothern, was born on January 22, 1909 in Valley City, North Dakota. She was educated at the University of Washington and was trained as a vocalist by her mother. In 1929, under her real name, Sothern made her film debut playing small parts. She headed for Broadway where she quickly rose from small parts to leads. She returned to films in 1933 and under her new name, she found her niche playing lighthearted heroines in B pictures for Columbia and RKO. She moved to MGM in 1939 and gained popularity in the comedy-adventure series Maisie . She demonstrated her vocal, comedic, and dramatic talents in films such as Cry Havoc, Lady Be Good , A Letter to Three Wives , and Panama Hattie , among many others.

In the early 1950s she made the transition to television and launched a successful career starring in her own television shows, Private Secretary and later The Ann Sothern Show . She also toured with stage plays. In the mid-1960s she returned to films with occasional character roles. She also resumed series television with her role in My Mother the Car and appearing on several episode of The Lucy Show. Her made her final film appearance in 1987 in The Whales of August which brought her a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ann Sothern, 1980.
Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ann Sothern Papers (Collection PASC 144). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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