Ann Harding

Ann Harding (August 7, 1901 – September 1, 1981) was an American actress. Image File history File links AnnHarding. ... Image File history File links AnnHarding. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born Dorothy Walton Gatley in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the daughter of a career army officer, she traveled often during her early life. The family finally settled in New York, and young Dorothy attended Bryn Mawr College. Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Largest city Austin Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi  (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

Following school, she got a job as a script reader, and began acting on Broadway. In 1929 she made her film debut in Paris Bound, opposite Fredric March. In 1931 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday. Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) (August 31, 1897–April 14, 1975) was an Academy Award winning American actor. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Holiday is a 1930 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a playboy who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancées family. ...

Under contract with RKO studio, Harding co-starred with such luminaries as Ronald Colman, Myrna Loy, Leslie Howard, and Gary Cooper, often on loan out to other studios, such as MGM and Paramount. Her performances were often heralded by the critics, who cited her diction and stage experience as assets to the screen, and she became one of Hollywood's highest salaried stars. Her films during her peak include "The Animal Kingdom," "Peter Ibbetson," "When Ladies Meet," and "Biography of a Bachelor Girl."

However, Harding became stereotyped as the innocent young woman willing to sacrifice herself for others, and she eventually quit making movies when she married in 1937, although she was lured back in 1942 to make Eyes in the Night. In 1956 she again starred with Fredric March in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) (August 31, 1897–April 14, 1975) was an Academy Award winning American actor. ... The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson, is a novel about the American search for purpose in world dominated by business. ...