She had two younger sisters, Marion and Bonnie.

Lucille Ball, whom she appeared alongside on Ball's program The Lucy Show on multiple occasions, called Sothern 'the best comedian in the business, bar none.' īorn in Valley City, North Dakota, Harriette Arlene Lake was the oldest of three daughters born to Walter J. After filming concluded, she retired to Ketchum, Idaho, where she spent her remaining years before her death from heart failure in March 2001. Sothern earned her only Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. In 1987, Sothern appeared in her final film The Whales of August, starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish. Due to health issues, she worked sporadically during the 1970s and 1980s. She continued her career throughout the late 1960s with stage and film appearances and guest-starring roles on television. From 1965 to 1966, Sothern provided the voice of Gladys Crabtree, the title character in the sitcom My Mother the Car. In 1958, she starred in another sitcom for CBS, The Ann Sothern Show, which aired for three seasons. The series aired for five seasons on CBS and earned Sothern three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1953, Sothern moved into television as the star of her own sitcom Private Secretary.

The character, based on the Maisie short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series ( Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie, Up Goes Maisie, etc.) and a network radio series ( The Adventures of Maisie). In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl.

In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. 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.

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