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Ann Richards is a Actor Australienne born on 13 december 1917 at Sydney (Australie)
Ann Richards (13 December 1917 – 25 August 2006) was an Australian actress and author, who achieved notability in a series of 1930s Australian films for Ken G. Hall as Shirley Ann Richards before moving to the United States where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as an MGM starlet. Her best known performances were in It Isn't Done (1937), Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), An American Romance (1944) and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). In the 1930s she was the only Australian actor under a long-term contract to a film studio, Cinesound Productions. She subsequently became a lecturer and poet.
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Birth name Shirley Ann Richards
Nationality Australie
Birth 13 december 1917 at Sydney (Australie)
Death 24 august 2006 (at 88 years) at Torrance (USA)
Nationality Australie
Birth 13 december 1917 at Sydney (Australie)
Death 24 august 2006 (at 88 years) at Torrance (USA)
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Breakdown (1952)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ann Richards, Anne Gwynne, Sheldon Leonard, Wally Cassell, Richard Benedict, Roy Engel
Roles June Hannum
Rating60%
Framed for murder, heavyweight boxer Terry Williams (Bishop) is sent to prison, but is released after a few years on good behavior. He becomes a championship contender and then, on the eve of the big fight, finds the man who can prove that he was framed for the crime for which he served time.
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
, 1h29Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Harold Vermilyea, Leif Erickson
Roles Sally Hunt Lord
Rating72%
Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck) is the spoiled, bedridden daughter of wealthy businessman James Cotterell (Ed Begley). One day, while listening to what seems to be a crossed telephone connection, she hears two men planning a woman's murder. The call cuts off without Leona learning very much other than it is scheduled for 11:15, when a passing train will hide any sounds. She calls the telephone company and the police, but with few concrete details, they can do nothing. Complicating matters, her husband Henry (Burt Lancaster) is overdue and their servants have the night off, leaving her all alone in a Manhattan apartment.
Love from a Stranger (1947)
, 1h21Directed by Richard Whorf
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, John Howard, Isobel Elsom, Ernest Cossart
Roles Mavis Wilson
Rating59%
A woman fears her new husband will kill her.
Lost Honeymoon (1947)
, 1h11Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Frances Rafferty, Clarence Kolb, Una O'Connor
Roles Amy Atkins
Rating55%
Soon after the end of World War II a young English woman, Amy Atkins (Ann Richards), goes back to the London flat where she and her best friend, Tillie Grey, once used to live. The housekeeper Mrs. Tubbs (Una O'Connor) meets Amy and reveals to her that Tillie went ill right before she was off to America to look for the man she married during the war. Tillie died from her illness before she could make her journey, and left two orphaned twin children, Joyce and Johnny Jr. To honor her old friend and make her husband honour his obligations Amy decides to make the journey that Tillie had planned and complete task of finding her husband, Johnny. Amy modifies Tillie's new passport and travels to America by boat on the ticket Tillie had bought, posing as her best friend.
The Searching Wind (1946)
, 1h48Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Young, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, Douglas Dick, Dudley Digges, Albert Bassermann
Roles Emily Taney Hazen
Rating60%
Badman's Territory (1946)
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins, Morgan Conway, Virginia Sale
Roles Henryetta Alcott
Rating61%
Just north of Texas and west of the Oklahoma border is "Badman's Territory," a region not yet governed by statehood. This is where Jesse James and brother Frank head after a train robbery, along with their partner, Coyote.
Love Letters (1945)
, 1h41Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys Cooper, Anita Louise
Roles Dilly Carson
Rating70%
Alan Quinton (Joseph Cotten), an American soldier in Italy during World War II, has been writing letters for his friend, Roger Morland (Robert Sully), a man who admits he "never had any standards, manners or taste." Alan has never met Victoria Remington, but regards her as a "pin-up girl of the spirit," to whom he can express feelings he has never expressed in person. He realizes that Victoria has fallen in love with the letters and is concerned that she will be disappointed by the real Roger. However, Roger abruptly leaves for paratrooper training in England.
An American Romance (1944)
, 2h30Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen, Stephen McNally, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Anna O'Rourke Dangos
Rating66%
European immigrant Stefan Dubechek (Brian Donlevy) arrives in America in the 1890s and becomes involved in the steel industry. He eventually becomes an automobile manufacturer. And then, in World War II, a plane manufacturer.
Random Harvest (1942)
, 2h5Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Bridget
Rating78%
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
100,000 Cobbers (1942)
, 36minutesDirected by Ken G. Hall
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Ron Randell, Ann Richards
Roles (as Shirley Ann Richards)
Five men enlist in the AIF – laid back Bill; World War I veteran Scotty, who pretends to be 37 years old; an "old school tie" businessman Peter, who is running his dead father's business, and whose secretary Miss Lane leaves for overseas service as a VAD; the rebellious "Bluey" William Baker; and Jim, who leaves behind his new wife, Jean.
Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Stephen McNally, Susan Peters, Nat Pendleton, Richard Quiney
Roles Iris Headley
Rating61%
Physically challenged Dr. Leonard Gillespie at the Blair General Hospital is exhausted from extensive work hours, to the point that his friends see the need for an intervention. They force him to get an assistant. Gillespie is quite picky, and only three young doctors at the hospital can answer the hard quiz question he asks to make his selection: Dr. Lee Wong How from Brooklyn, Dr. Randall Adams from Kansas City and Dr. Dennis Lindsay from Woolloomooloo, Australia. Gillespie takes them all three as temporary assistants until he can decide which one he will make his regular.
The Woman in the House (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Ann Richards, Peter Cushing
Roles Catherine Starr
Rating59%
Come Up Smiling (1939)
, 1h17Directed by William Freshman
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Richards, Chips Rafferty, Bud Tingwell
Roles Eve Cameron (as Shirley Ann Richards)
Rating60%
Barney O'Hara is a performer in a touring carnival. He runs a sideshow act with his daughter, Pat, and ex-Shakespearean actor, Horace Worthington Howard, which is struggling to make money. One of the main attractions is Pat's voice.
Lovers and Luggers (1938)
, 1h39Directed by Ken G. Hall
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors Ann Richards, Lloyd Hughes, James Raglan
Roles Lorna Quidley (as Shirley Ann Richards)
Rating64%
In London, concert pianist Daubenny Carshott is feeling dissatisfied with his life and wanting a masculine adventure; he also desires the beautiful Stella Raff. Stella agrees to marry him if he brings back a large pearl with his own hands from Thursday Island. Daubenny notes a painting in Stella's apartment from "Craig Henderson" but when asked Stella is evasive about the artist.
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
, 1h37Directed by Ken G. Hall
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Richards, Peter Finch, Raymond Longford, George Lloyd
Roles Jill (as Shirley Ann Richards)
Rating64%
Life is busy on the Rudd farm: Dave keeps inventing things, Joe has a tooth ache, Billy Ryan wants to marry Sarah Rudd but Dad is feuding with Billy's father, Old Man Ryan, who wants to buy Dad's bottom paddock.