Ann Harding
Acting
Biography
Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of "talking pictures", and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in Holiday.
Born: August 7, 1902
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Known For
The Fountain
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Peter Ibbetson
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
Devotion
A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Condemned!
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Annabelle Rogers
as Edith Sommers
as Mae Priest
as Aaronetta
as as Sophia Pavlov
as Mary Carmichael
as Mrs. Jane Stone
as Helen Hopkins
as Abigail Clay
as Sarah Hale
as Lady Bertha Wetherby
as Mrs. Roach
as Julia Courtney
as Mrs. Milgrim
as Stella Masen
as Nettie
as Julia Courtney
as Fanny Bowditch Holmes
as Katherine Robinson
as Self - from unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Aunt Matilda Reed
as Mary O'Connor
as Lucille Conway
as Mrs. Brandt (Captain)
as Lucille Conway
as Gracie Thorton
as Sophia Pavlov
as Marjorie Davis
as Norma Lawry
as Carol Howard
as Paula Young
as Anne Talbot
as Mary, Duchess of Towers
as Dr. Mary White
as Mrs. Lotty Wilkins
as Marion Forsythe
as Self (uncredited)
as Julie von Marwitz
as Vergie Winters
as Sally Wyndham
as Dr. Margaret Simmons
as Joan Colby Fletcher
as Clare
as Daisy Sage
as Caroline Ogden Standish
as Olivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf
as Therese Du Flos
as Shirley Mortimer
as Lady Isabella
as Minnie
as Linda Seton
as Madame Vidal
as Vera Kessler
as Mary Hutton