Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Ann Harding is a Actor American born on 7 august 1902 at Fort Sam Houston (USA)

Ann Harding

Ann Harding
If you like this person, let us know!
Birth name Dorothy Walton Gatley
Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1902 at Fort Sam Houston (USA)
Death 1 september 1981 (at 79 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)

Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress.

Biography

Harding married actor Harry Bannister in 1926. They had one child together before divorcing in 1932. Their daughter Jane was born in 1928 and died in December 2005. In 1937, Harding married Werner Janssen, the famous conductor. Janssen and Harding enjoyed life in a number of cities, before settling down in California to work more closely with Hollywood. The couple divorced in 1962. Her death certificate states that she had an adoptive daughter Grace Kaye Harding.

Best films

Holiday (1930)
(Actress)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ann Harding (36 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 2h33
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Roles Helen Hopkins
Rating70% 3.5463653.5463653.5463653.5463653.546365
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
Strange Intruder, 1h22
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Eric Chase Anderson, Mimi Gibson, Carl Benton Reid, Ann Harding
Roles Mary Carmichael
Rating56% 2.8180552.8180552.8180552.8180552.818055
Dying in a Korea prisoner-of-war camp, Adrian Carmichael learns his wife Alice has been unfaithful back home. He makes friend Paul Quentin promise not to let the Carmichaels' children be raised by another man, no matter what.
The Unknown Man, 1h26
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan, Lewis Stone, Keefe Brasselle, Eduard Franz
Roles Stella Masen
Rating63% 3.181843.181843.181843.181843.18184
Defense attorney Dwight Bradley Masen (Walter Pidgeon) is successful in seeking the acquittal of a young man, Rudi Walchek (Keefe Brasselle), accused of knifing to death the 19-year-old son of a local locksmith, but when Rudi lets a comment slip after the trial, Masen realizes he has defended a guilty man. Masen discovers that Rudi is also a member of a syndicate extorting money from the scared merchants in the locksmith's neighborhood. After unearthing new evidence, Masen tries to convince the D.A. (Barry Sullivan) to retry the case, but the latter refuses on grounds of double jeopardy.
The Magnificent Yankee, 1h29
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe, Edith Evanson
Roles Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Rating67% 3.389163.389163.389163.389163.38916
Biographie de Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr..
Two Weeks with Love, 1h32
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalbán, Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Debbie Reynolds, Phyllis Kirk
Roles Katherine Robinson
Rating67% 3.3926553.3926553.3926553.3926553.392655
Au début des années 1900, dans la famille Robinson, Patti et Melba, les filles, sont des artistes accomplies du spectacle, tandis que les garçons espiègles préfèrent l'agitation. Mme Robinson-mère est bienveillante et surveille les amours des jeunes. La famille Robinson doit quitter son domicile à New York pour s'installer au "Kissimee Catskills," un hôtel de villégiature dans l'État de New York, où l'amour frappe les deux filles Robinson...
It Happened on Fifth Avenue, 1h56
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore, Gale Storm, Johnny Arthur
Roles Mary O'Connor
Rating75% 3.7955353.7955353.7955353.7955353.795535
Aloysius T. McKeever (Victor Moore), a New York City hobo, makes his home in a boarded-up Fifth Avenue mansion, using the back door, while its owner, multi-millionaire ("the second richest man in the world") Michael J. O'Connor (Charles Ruggles), winters in the South. McKeever winds up taking in homeless ex-G.I. Jim Bullock (Don DeFore), who has been evicted from an apartment building O'Connor is tearing down for a new skyscraper, and runaway 18-year-old Trudy "Smith" (Gale Storm) who is actually O'Connor's daughter. Soon Jim invites war buddies Whitey (Alan Hale, Jr.), Hank (Edward Ryan) and their families to share the vast mansion while they seek permanent homes of their own.
Christmas Eve, 1h30
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Carl Harbord
Roles Aunt Matilda Reed
Rating57% 2.8535252.8535252.8535252.8535252.853525
The greedy nephew Philip Hasting (Reginald Denny (actor)) of eccentric Matilda Reid (Ann Harding) seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; In an informal meeting with her nephew, the doctor Dr. Doremus and the judge Alston they convene that she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion, as any of them is the one she could trust, but not her nephew.
Janie Gets Married, 1h29
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Malone
Roles Lucille Conway
Rating60% 3.0016253.0016253.0016253.0016253.001625
Dick Lawrence revient de guerre dans sa bonne ville d'Hortonville. Il y retrouve sa mère Thelma, son beau-père John et surtout sa charmante petite amie Janie Conway, à laquelle il ne tarde pas à se fiancer puis à se marier. La jeune femme, qui trouve son époux encore trop peu adapté à la vie civile, va tout faire le réformer... en toute discrétion.
Those Endearing Young Charms, 1h21
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Laraine Day, Ann Harding, Bill Williams, Anne Jeffreys, Glen Vernon
Roles Mrs. Brandt (Captain)
Rating59% 2.9542952.9542952.9542952.9542952.954295
This script must be run from the command line
Janie
Janie (1944)
, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Joyce Reynolds, Edward Arnold, Robert Hutton, Ann Harding, Alan Hale, Robert Benchley
Roles Lucille Conway
Rating59% 2.9517952.9517952.9517952.9517952.951795
Janie is a free spirited teenage girl living in a small town. World War II brings the establishment of an army camp nearby. Janie and her bobby soxer friends have their hearts set afire by the prospect of so many young soldiers so close.
Nine Girls
Nine Girls (1944)
, 1h18
Directed by Leigh Jason
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Anita Louise, Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Jinx Falkenburg
Roles Gracie Thorton
Rating64% 3.233113.233113.233113.233113.23311
Une jeune fille est retrouvée assassinée, ses camarades de classe entreprennent de mener l'enquête.
The North Star, 1h48
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Erich von Stroheim, Ann Harding
Roles Sophia Pavlov
Rating59% 2.9526152.9526152.9526152.9526152.952615
In June 1941 Ukrainian villagers are living in peace. As the school year ends, a group of friends decide to travel to Kiev for a holiday. To their horror, they find themselves attacked by German aircraft, part of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Eventually their village itself is occupied by the Nazis. Meanwhile, men and women take to the hills to form partisan militias.
Mission to Moscow, 2h4
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
Roles Marjorie Davis
Rating54% 2.7043152.7043152.7043152.7043152.704315
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe.
Eyes in the Night, 1h20
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Stephen McNally, Ann Harding, Edward Arnold, Reginald Denny, Donna Reed, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles Norma Lawry
Rating66% 3.3439553.3439553.3439553.3439553.343955
New York private detective Duncan MacLain (Edward Arnold) is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair (Mantan Moreland), and his assistant, Marty (Allen Jenkins). Retired actress Norma Lawry (Ann Harding), an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara (Donna Reed), herself a promising actress, is in an illfated romance with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario, Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment.
Love from a Stranger, 1h26
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale, Bruce Seton, Jean Cadell, Joan Hickson
Roles Carol Howard
Rating64% 3.2421553.2421553.2421553.2421553.242155
Distribution United Artists Corporation (1937) (UK) (theatrical)