Ann Rutherford
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-11-02 (95 years old)
Deathday
2012-06-11
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Also known As
Therese Ann Rutherford
Ann Rutherford
Biography
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 screen appearance in Waterfront Lady (1935). Ann's talent was readily apparent, and she was signed to three films in 1935: Waterfront Lady (1935), Melody Trail (1935), and The Fighting Marines (1935). By now, she was a leading lady in the fabled Weste...
Acting
1939
as Carreen O'Hara
1946
as Claire Norton
1938
as Spirit of Christmas Past
1948
as Donna Elena
1947
as Gertrude Griswold
1946
as Linda 'Morgan' North
1945
as Lola Cross
1942
as Polly Benedict
1942
as Connie Ward Abbot
1941
as Polly Benedict
1945
as Patty Mitchell
1941
as Polly Benedict
1940
as Polly Benedict
1940
as Lydia Bennet
1939
as Polly Benedict
1938
as Polly Benedict
1972
as Gloria
1942
as Clara's Student
1942
as Polly Benedict
1941
as Carol Lambert
1942
as Carol Lambert
1943
as Carol Lambert
1941
as Anne Grayson
1942
as Katherine 'Kit' White
1938
as Polly Benedict
1939
as Polly Benedict
1936
as Janet Carter
1946
as Gracie
1939
as Patricia 'Pat' Page
1938
as Annie Hawks
1940
as Billie Adams
1937
as Polly Benedict
1936
as Virginia Terry
1935
as Lettie Morgan
1935
as Joan O'Brien
1937
as Helen Morgan
1935
as Frances Schiller
1950
as Clara Masters
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Yvonne
1939
as Mary Rose Wilston
1936
as Helen Pappas
1936
as Dolores Moreno
1935
as Millicent Thomas
1936
as Ruth Jameson
1938
as Polly Benedict
1943
as Lenore Prentiss
1941
as Laurie Claymore
1937
as Kitty Wooster
1936
as Joan Dugan
1940
as Mary Thomas
1940
as Lucy Kincaid
1939
as Polly Benedict
1939
as Eve Greeley
1936
as Anne Ridgeley
1937
as Train Passenger
1940
as Polly Benedict (uncredited)
1944
as Constance Martin
1939
as Sister of Dead Soldier (uncredited)
1936
as Annie Laurie
1937
as Lisette
1934
as Student
1943
as Self
1940
1940
1976
as Grayson's Studio Secretary
1988
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1937
as Third Peasant Girl (uncredited)
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