Person
Ann Harding
Acting · 1902–1981 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
Ann Harding (born Dorothy Walton Gatley; August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American actress. A regular performer on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, she gained fame in film with the rise of the new medium of "talking pictures". Harding was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday (1930). She was also prolific in radio and television, and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film and television each.
Known for
Climax!
Lady Bertha Wetherby
Burke's Law
Annabelle Rogers
Ben Casey
Edith Sommers
Dr. Kildare
Mae Priest
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sarah Hale
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Abigail Clay
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Naomi
Lux Video Theatre
Henrietta Mekker
Filmography
- 2022A Compassionate SpySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage)
- 1963Burke's LawAnnabelle Rogers
- 1961Ben CaseyEdith Sommers
- 1961Dr. KildareMae Priest
- 1959Play of the WeekAaronetta
- 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonNaomi
- 1957Armored Attack!as Sophia Pavlov
- 1956Strange IntruderMary Carmichael
- 1956I've Lived BeforeMrs. Jane Stone
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitHelen Hopkins
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourAbigail Clay
- 1955Playwrights '56Augusta
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSarah Hale
- 1954Climax!Lady Bertha Wetherby
- 1953General Electric Theater
- 1952The Ford Television Theatre
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaMrs. Milgrim
- 1951The Unknown ManStella Masen
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsNettie
- 1950The Magnificent YankeeFanny Bowditch Holmes
- 1950Two Weeks with LoveKatherine Robinson
- 1950Lux Video TheatreHenrietta Mekker
- 1949The Art DirectorSelf - from unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1947Christmas EveAunt Matilda Reed
- 1947It Happened on Fifth AvenueMary O'Connor
- 1946Janie Gets MarriedLucille Conway
- 1945Those Endearing Young CharmsMrs. Brandt (Captain)
- 1944JanieLucille Conway
- 1944Nine GirlsGracie Thorton
- 1943The North StarSophia Pavlov
- 1943Mission to MoscowMarjorie Davis
- 1942Eyes in the NightNorma Lawry
- 1937Love from a StrangerCarol Howard
- 1936The Witness ChairPaula Young
- 1936The Lady ConsentsAnne Talbot
- 1935Peter IbbetsonMary, Duchess of Towers
- 1935The Flame WithinDr. Mary White
- 1935Enchanted AprilMrs. Lotty Wilkins
- 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlMarion Forsythe
- 1934The Hollywood Gad-AboutSelf (uncredited)
- 1934The FountainJulie von Marwitz
- 1934The Life of Vergie WintersVergie Winters
- 1933Gallant LadySally Wyndham
- 1933The Right To RomanceDr. Margaret Simmons
- 1933Double HarnessJoan Colby Fletcher
- 1933When Ladies MeetClare
- 1932The Animal KingdomDaisy
- 1932The ConquerorsCaroline Ogden Standish
- 1932Westward PassageOlivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf
- 1932PrestigeTherese Du Flos
- 1931DevotionShirley Mortimer
- 1931East LynneLady Isabella
- 1930The Girl of the Golden WestMinnie
- 1930HolidayLinda Seton
- 1929Condemned!Madame Vidal
- 1929Her Private AffairVera Kessler
- 1929Paris BoundMary Hutton
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