
Ann Harding
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1902-08-07
- Died
- 1981-09-01
- Place of birth
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Dorothy Gatley · Dorothy Walton Gatley
Biography
Ann Harding (born Dorothy Walton Gatley; August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American actress. A regular performer on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, she gained fame in film with the rise of the new medium of "talking pictures". Harding was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday (1930). She was also prolific in radio and television, and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film and television each.
Known For
TV Shows (15)

Climax!
1954
as Lady Bertha Wetherby / Mrs. Roach

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mae Priest

Burke's Law
1963
as Annabelle Rogers

Matinee Theater
1955

Ben Casey
1961
as Edith Sommers

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sarah Hale
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Henrietta Mekker / Nora Walling / Cathy Cook

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Abigail Clay / Mrs. Apley

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Naomi

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mrs. Milgrim
Playwrights '56
1955
as Augusta

Play of the Week
1959
as Aaronetta

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Nettie / Julia Courtney

General Electric Theater
1953
as Julia Courtney
Movies (45)

Westward Passage
1932
as Olivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf

Gallant Lady
1933
as Sally Wyndham

A Compassionate Spy
2022
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nine Girls
1944
as Gracie Thorton

Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Mary, Duchess of Towers

Prestige
1932
as Therese Du Flos

Love from a Stranger
1937
as Carol Howard

The Animal Kingdom
1932
as Daisy

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Helen Hopkins

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Mary O'Connor

The Unknown Man
1951
as Stella Masen

Eyes in the Night
1942
as Norma Lawry

When Ladies Meet
1933
as Clare Woodruff

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

The North Star
1943
as Sophia Pavlov

Mission to Moscow
1943
as Marjorie Davis

The Lady Consents
1936
as Anne Talbot

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Vergie Winters

The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Fanny Bowditch Holmes

The Right To Romance
1933
as Dr. Margaret Simmons

East Lynne
1931
as Lady Isabella

Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Katherine Robinson

Enchanted April
1935
as Mrs. Lotty Wilkins

Holiday
1930
as Linda Seton

The Flame Within
1935
as Dr. Mary White

Christmas Eve
1947
as Aunt Matilda Reed

Strange Intruder
1956
as Mary Carmichael

The Art Director
1949
as Self - from unidentified film (archive footage) (uncredited)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)

The Witness Chair
1936
as Paula Young

The Conquerors
1932
as Caroline Ogden Standish

I've Lived Before
1956
as Mrs. Jane Stone

Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Marion Forsythe

The Fountain
1934
as Julie von Marwitz

Janie
1944
as Lucille Conway

Janie Gets Married
1946
as Lucille Conway

Devotion
1931
as Shirley Mortimer

Double Harness
1933
as Joan Colby Fletcher

Paris Bound
1929
as Mary Hutton

Condemned!
1929
as Madame Vidal

Armored Attack!
1957
as as Sophia Pavlov

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)

Those Endearing Young Charms
1945
as Mrs. Brandt (Captain)

Her Private Affair
1929
as Vera Kessler

The Girl of the Golden West
1930
as Minnie
About Ann Harding
Ann Harding (born Dorothy Walton Gatley; August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American actress. A regular performer on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, she gained fame in film with the rise of the new medium of "talking pictures". Harding was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday (1930). She was also prolific in radio and television, and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film and television each. With 60 credits spanning from 1929 to 2022, Ann Harding has appeared in 45 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ann Harding Movies
- Westward Passage (1932) — as Olivia Van Tyne Allen Ottendorf
- Gallant Lady (1933) — as Sally Wyndham
- A Compassionate Spy (2022) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Nine Girls (1944) — as Gracie Thorton
- Peter Ibbetson (1935) — as Mary, Duchess of Towers
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