Acting

Ann Rutherford

Born November 2, 1917 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died June 11, 2012 · aged 94

Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The daughter of a former Metropolitan Opera singer, John Rutherford, and her actress mother, Lillian Mansfield, Ann was destined for show business. Not long after her birth, her family moved to California, where she made her stage debut in 1925. Ann appeared in many plays and on radio for the next nine years before making her first s…

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice · 1940

Pride and Prejudice

MovieDramaRomance

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol · 1938

A Christmas Carol

MovieDramaFantasy

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan · 1948

Adventures of Don Juan

MovieAdventureRomance

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

MovieComedyFantasy

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn · 1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

MovieComedyCrime

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters · 1972

They Only Kill Their Masters

MovieMysteryRomance

An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the scattered trail of evidence ranges from a mysterious photograph to the victim's own dog. During the investigation, the sheriff meets and becomes romantically involved with a woman whose connection to the murder is ambiguous.

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Carreen O'Hara

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice · 1940

Pride and Prejudice

MovieDramaRomance

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.

Lydia Bennet

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Grayson's Studio Secretary

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol · 1938

A Christmas Carol

MovieDramaFantasy

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Spirit of Christmas Past

Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan · 1948

Adventures of Don Juan

MovieAdventureRomance

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.

Donna Elena

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

MovieComedyFantasy

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Gertrude Griswold

Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn · 1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

MovieComedyCrime

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

Carol Lambert

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters · 1972

They Only Kill Their Masters

MovieMysteryRomance

An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relationships centering on the victim; the scattered trail of evidence ranges from a mysterious photograph to the victim's own dog. During the investigation, the sheriff meets and becomes romantically involved with a woman whose connection to the murder is ambiguous.

Gloria

Of Human Hearts

Of Human Hearts · 1938

Of Human Hearts

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

Annie Hawks

Happy Land

Happy Land · 1943

MovieDramaFantasy

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.

Lenore Prentiss

Murder in the Music Hall

Murder in the Music Hall · 1946

Murder in the Music Hall

MovieCrimeMusic

An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

Gracie

These Glamour Girls

These Glamour Girls · 1939

These Glamour Girls

MovieComedyDrama

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

Mary Rose Wilston

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · 1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

MovieComedyFamily

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Polly Benedict

Bermuda Mystery

Bermuda Mystery · 1944

Bermuda Mystery

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

Constance Martin

Keeping Company

Keeping Company · 1940

Keeping Company

MovieDramaFamily

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

Mary Thomas

The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving · 1937

The Devil Is Driving

In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodramatic fashion. In his first true portrayal of a "little creep," Elisha Cook Jr. stars as Tony, the spoiled-rotten son of the wealthy and influential Mr. Stevens.

Kitty Wooster

Out West with the Hardys

Out West with the Hardys · 1938

Out West with the Hardys

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.

Polly Benedict

The Lawless Nineties

The Lawless Nineties · 1936

The Lawless Nineties

Federal Agents Tipton and Bridger have been sent to Wyoming where the vote on statehood is imminent. Plummer and his gang are out to make sure the vote fails. When Plummer's men kill Bridger, Tipton fights on. He sends fake telegrams that trap some of Plummer's men. Then he organizes the ranchers and on election day they descend on the town barricaded by Plummer's gang.

Janet Carter

Badlands of Dakota

Badlands of Dakota · 1941

Badlands of Dakota

In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping heads over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson. While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane.

Anne Grayson

Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.

Eve Greeley

Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives · 1942

Orchestra Wives

MovieDramaMusic

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.

Connie Ward Abbot

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White · 1939

Four Girls in White

MovieComedyDrama

Four student nurses at a large urban hospital cope with life's problems and career issues.

Patricia 'Pat' Page

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark · 1941

Whistling in the Dark

MovieComedyMystery

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

Carol Lambert

Two O'Clock Courage

Two O'Clock Courage · 1945

Two O'Clock Courage

MovieMysteryCrime

A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's a murder suspect as she falls for him.

Patty Mitchell

Perry Mason

Perry Mason · 1957

SeriesMysteryDrama

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Evelyn Cartright Forbes

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show · 1958

The Donna Reed Show

SeriesComedyFamily

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents · 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

Lacy Holden

Love, American Style

Love, American Style · 1969

Love, American Style

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Mrs. Glassmire

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show · 1972

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

Aggie Harrison

Climax!

Climax! · 1954

SeriesDramaMystery

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Edith Enders

Suspense

Suspense · 1949

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed.

Sally Hastings

Panic!

A short-lived anthology series narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Each episode tells its own thriller story and featured its own unique cast.

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater · 1953

General Electric Theater

SeriesComedyDrama

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Joan