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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Female

Birthday

1902-08-07

Day of Death

1981-09-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Dorothy Gatley

Dorothy Walton Gatley

Ann Harding

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.

Known For

Acting

Armored Attack!

1957

Armored Attack!

as

as Sophia Pavlov

Love from a Stranger

1937

Love from a Stranger

as

Carol Howard

Two Weeks with Love

1950

Two Weeks with Love

as

Katherine Robinson

The Unknown Man

1951

The Unknown Man

as

Stella Masen

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as

Mary O'Connor

East Lynne

1931

East Lynne

as

Lady Isabella

Eyes in the Night

1942

Eyes in the Night

as

Norma Lawry

Peter Ibbetson

1935

Peter Ibbetson

as

Mary, Duchess of Towers

Christmas Eve

1947

Christmas Eve

as

Aunt Matilda Reed

The Magnificent Yankee

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as

Fanny Bowditch Holmes

Devotion

1931

Devotion

as

Shirley Mortimer

The Animal Kingdom

1932

The Animal Kingdom

as

Daisy Sage

Condemned!

1929

Condemned!

as

Madame Vidal

Holiday

1930

Holiday

as

Linda Seton

Strange Intruder

1956

Strange Intruder

as

Mary Carmichael

I've Lived Before

1956

I've Lived Before

as

Mrs. Jane Stone

Gallant Lady

1933

Gallant Lady

as

Sally Wyndham

Mission to Moscow

1943

Mission to Moscow

as

Marjorie Davis

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as

Marion Forsythe

Prestige

1932

Prestige

as

Therese Du Flos

Westward Passage

1932

Westward Passage

as

Olivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

as

Vergie Winters

Enchanted April

1935

Enchanted April

as

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins

Double Harness

1933

Double Harness

as

Joan Colby Fletcher

When Ladies Meet

1933

When Ladies Meet

as

Clare

The Right To Romance

1933

The Right To Romance

as

Dr. Margaret Simmons

Janie

1944

Janie

as

Lucille Conway

Janie Gets Married

1946

Janie Gets Married

as

Lucille Conway

The Conquerors

1932

The Conquerors

as

Caroline Ogden Standish

The Flame Within

1935

The Flame Within

as

Dr. Mary White

The Fountain

1934

The Fountain

as

Julie von Marwitz

The Lady Consents

1936

The Lady Consents

as

Anne Talbot

Paris Bound

1929

Paris Bound

as

Mary Hutton

The North Star

1943

The North Star

as

Sophia Pavlov

Her Private Affair

1929

Her Private Affair

as

Vera Kessler

Those Endearing Young Charms

1945

Those Endearing Young Charms

as

Mrs. Brandt (Captain)

A Compassionate Spy

2022

A Compassionate Spy

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Witness Chair

1936

The Witness Chair

as

Paula Young

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as

Self (uncredited)

Nine Girls

1944

Nine Girls

as

Gracie Thorton

Complicated Women

2003

Complicated Women

as

Self (archive footage)

The Art Director

1949

The Art Director

as

Self - from unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as

Annabelle Rogers

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Henrietta Mekker

Climax!

Climax!

as

Lady Bertha Wetherby

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

as

Mrs. Milgrim

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as

Mae Priest

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as

Julia Courtney

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Cathy Cook

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Nora Walling

Climax!

Climax!

as

Mrs. Roach

Play of the Week

Play of the Week

as

Aaronetta

Production

Crew

Directing