Episode 264 - Ann Sothern

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.

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Ann Sothern\'s career on the stage and screen stretched six decades from bit parts in the 20s to an Oscar nomination for her final performance in 1987. She was most famous for her ten B-picture comedies as brash but lovable showgirl Maisie and for a pair of TV sitcoms that earned her four Emmy nods. We\'ll hear her in her only\\xa0Suspense appearance - "Beware the Quiet Man" (originally aired on CBS on August 12, 1948). Then, she recreates her signature screen role in\\xa0Maisie Was a Lady on\\xa0The Lux Radio Theatre (originally aired on CBS on November 24, 1941).

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