Ann Harding was born Dorothy Walton Gatley and was the daughter of a prominent United States Army officer.
15 Facts About Ann Harding
2.
Ann Harding was raised primarily in East Orange, New Jersey and graduated from East Orange High School.
3.
Ann Harding moved to California to begin working in movies, which were just then beginning to include sound.
4.
Ann Harding worked occasionally in television between 1955 and 1965, and she appeared in two plays in the early 1960s, returning to the stage after an absence of over 30 years, including the lead in The Corn is Green in 1964 at the Studio Theater in Buffalo, New York.
5.
Ann Harding began acting and made her Broadway debut in Like a King in 1921.
6.
Ann Harding soon became a leading lady; like other leading actresses of the day, she kept in shape by using the services of Sylvia of Hollywood.
7.
Ann Harding was a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the Sharp Company and later starting the Nixon Players with Harry Bannister.
8.
Ann Harding co-starred with Ronald Colman, Laurence Olivier, Myrna Loy, Herbert Marshall, Leslie Howard, Richard Dix, and Gary Cooper, and was often on loan to other studios, such as MGM and Paramount.
9.
Ann Harding eventually became stereotyped as the innocent, self-sacrificing young woman.
10.
Ann Harding returned to the big screen in 1942 to make Eyes in the Night and to take secondary roles in other films.
11.
Ann Harding played "Mary," the estranged wife of Charlie Ruggles, in the Christmas film It Happened on Fifth Avenue in 1947.
12.
Ann Harding made her final acting performance in 1965 in an episode of television's Ben Casey before retiring.
13.
On September 1,1981, Ann Harding died at the age of 79 in Sherman Oaks, California.
14.
Ann Harding was survived by a daughter and four grandchildren.
15.
Ann Harding was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday in 1931.