Ann Harding Overview:

Legendary actress, Ann Harding, was born Dorothy Walton Gatley on Aug 7, 1901 in Fort Sam Houston, TX. Harding died at the age of 80 on Sep 1, 1981 in Sherman Oaks, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

MINI BIO:

Stunning blue-eyed blonde, of genteel manner, good at suffering in thirties' soap operas. Her career suffered from typecasting, also from the fact that she moved over to "mother" and character roles rather too early. Her throatily attractive voice, however, continued to be heard in the cinema until 1956, and on television until 1965, when she retired. Oscar nomination for Holiday.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Harding was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1930/31Best ActressHoliday (1930)Linda SetonNominated
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She was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Television. Ann Harding's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #16 on Aug 30, 1930.

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By monty on Aug 7, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Ann, born Dorothy Gatley, spent most of her childhood as an "army brat" constantly moving around before the family finally settled in New York. Ann first appeared on the stage while she spent a year attending Bryn Mawr College. She became a clerk and freelance script reader with a film company befor... Read full article


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Ann Harding Quotes:

Linda Seton: Do you realize life walked into this house today?


Mrs. Marjorie Davies: [to Madame Molotov] Well, I imagine that women are much the same the world over. They all want to please their men.


Aunt Matilda Reed: Have you any idea how many toy trains are wrecked by fathers on Christmas Day, and how difficult it is to work a railroad system if one is over 10 years old?


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Was once a Dictaphone operator for the welfare division of Metropolitan Life.

Her daughter Jane was born in 1928 and died in December 2005. She had another daughter, Grace Kaye Janssen, with her second husband.

Met actor Harry Bannister while she at Detroit's Garrick Theatre in 1926 as its lead actress, producer, casting director and business manager. She hired him as a last-minute replacement leading man and they married later that year (daughter Jane was born in 1928). Their divorce in 1932 led to a year-and-a-half-long custody battle.

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