Ann Harding

Birth Name:

Dorothy Walton Gatley

Birth Place:

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Studied Drama at Bryn Mawr's Baldwin School with Otis Skinner
Made her Broadway debut in 1921 in a production of "Like a King" and would appear in nine more Broadway plays before leaving for Hollywood in 1929
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Paris Bound" in 1929
Started out as an insurance company clerk and script reader for the film company Famous-Players-Lasky
Quote: "[I have] an obligation to try to preserve the illusion of the profession․․․Whatever charm and dignity an actor may possess are ruined if delved into too deeply․"
Quote: "In playing a role, I get to intimately understand another's point of view․ I learn that circumstances may alter cases-and for the time being, to think as another thinks․"
Best known for her role as Daisy Sage in "The Animal Kingdom" and as Mary O'Connor in "It Happened on Fifth Avenue․"
In her later career she became popular for her supporting roles in films like "The Magnificent Yankee" and "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit․"
Returned to Broadway in her later career, in the comedy "Goodbye, My Fancy" in 1949 and later in the 1960s productions "General Seeger" and "Abraham Cochrane․"

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