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Ann Harding

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Ann Harding

Born August 7, 1902 in San Antonio, Texas, USADied September 1, 198140 films

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.

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue posterFirst watchIt Happened on Fifth Avenue19477.1as Mary O'ConnorA 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.View film

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Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. 1957Armored Attack!as Sophia Pavlov
  2. 1956Strange IntruderMary Carmichael
  3. 1956I've Lived BeforeMrs. Jane Stone
  4. 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitHelen Hopkins
  5. 1951The Unknown ManStella Masen
  6. 1950The Magnificent YankeeFanny Bowditch Holmes
  7. 1950Two Weeks with LoveKatherine Robinson
  8. 1947Christmas EveAunt Matilda Reed
  9. 1947It Happened on Fifth AvenueMary O'Connor
  10. 1946Janie Gets MarriedLucille Conway
  11. 1945Those Endearing Young CharmsMrs. Brandt (Captain)
  12. 1944JanieLucille Conway
  13. 1944Nine GirlsGracie Thorton
  14. 1943The North StarSophia Pavlov
  15. 1943Mission to MoscowMarjorie Davis
  16. 1942Eyes in the NightNorma Lawry
  17. 1937Love from a StrangerCarol Howard
  18. 1936The Witness ChairPaula Young
  19. 1936The Lady ConsentsAnne Talbot
  20. 1935Peter IbbetsonMary, Duchess of Towers
  21. 1935The Flame WithinDr. Mary White
  22. 1935Enchanted AprilMrs. Lotty Wilkins
  23. 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlMarion Forsythe
  24. 1934The FountainJulie von Marwitz
  25. 1934The Life of Vergie WintersVergie Winters
  26. 1933Gallant LadySally Wyndham
  27. 1933The Right To RomanceDr. Margaret Simmons
  28. 1933Double HarnessJoan Colby Fletcher
  29. 1933When Ladies MeetClare Woodruff
  30. 1932The Animal KingdomDaisy
  31. 1932The ConquerorsCaroline Ogden Standish
  32. 1932Westward PassageOlivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf
  33. 1932PrestigeTherese Du Flos
  34. 1931DevotionShirley Mortimer
  35. 1931East LynneLady Isabella
  36. 1930The Girl of the Golden WestMinnie
  37. 1930HolidayLinda Seton
  38. 1929Condemned!Madame Vidal
  39. 1929Her Private AffairVera Kessler
  40. 1929Paris BoundMary Hutton