Ann Sothern

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for Motion Pictures, at 1612 Vine St, and for Television, at 1634 Vine St.  
 
 
. She retired from acting, and died at her home in Ketchum, Idaho from heart failure. She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, Sweden, short of her 78th birthday. Her role as the neighbour of elderly sisters, played by Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, with romantic interest provided by Vincent Price, brought Sothern an Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination. In her later years she lived in Rome, Italy. Her final film role was in The Whales of August in 1987. For years she worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, where she developed her personal style, acting with neurotic intensity like in The Silence (1963) or Cries and Whispers (1972), making her the third actress of world fame coming from Sweden (after Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman).

She resumed working sporadically on television until the mid 1980s, including a television remake of her earlier success A Letter To Three Wives. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre's School in 1948. In 1965 she was heard as the voice of the car in the series My Mother The Car. She was born as a fisherman's daughter in Sollefteå, Ångermanland in northern Sweden. Both programs were very successful and earned Sothern four Emmy Award nominations, but a bout of hepatitis had left her with a bloated and overweight appearance, and she preferred not to be seen. Ingrid Thulin (January 27, 1926 – January 07, 2004) was a Swedish actress. She was the lead in the series Private Secretary from 1953 until 1957, and The Ann Sothern Show from 1958 until 1959. ISBN 0-498-02013-4.

By the fifties she was rarely seen in films and was appearing regularly in television. Stars and Players.
London: The Tantivy Press. She appeared in A Letter to Three Wives in (1949) and the film earned her excellent reviews, but did not stimulate her career. Cowie, Peter (1977): Film in Sweden. After years of trying, Sothern had her first real success, and a string of "Maisie" film sequels and radio plays took her through to the late forties. SBN 302-02010-1. In a role originally intended for Jean Harlow, Sothern was cast as "Maisie", a bold, brassy but somewhat scatter-brained showgirl who was also an amateur detective. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series).

After a string of films that failed to attract an audience, Sothern left RKO and was signed to MGM, making her first film for them in 1939. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Themes, Trends, and Directors in Swedish Cinema.
London: A. Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, Sothern began her film career as an extra in silent films in 1927. In 1934 she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures but after two years the studio released her from this contract, and she was signed by RKO Pictures in 1936. Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 2. Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 - March 15, 2001) was a American film actress. SBN 302-02009-8. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series).

to the Work of the Leading Directors, Players, Technicians, and other Key Figures in Swedish Cinema, with Credits and Plot outlines to more than seventy important Films, and Index to 1,000 Titles.
London: A. An Illustrated Guide .. Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 1. Il Giorno Prima / Contrôle (1987)
with Ben Gazzara, Mike Zella, Kate Nelligan, Sarah Howell, Kate Reid, Camille Dupont, Burt Lancaster.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo.