Ann Rutherford

On television, she portrayed Suzanne Pleshette's mother on the popular Bob Newhart Show during the 1970s. Her brother, a producer of Kannada films, Amarnath, also died in the accident. On radio, Ann Rutherford replaced Penny Singleton as Blondie. She was on her way to Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the elections. She retired from films in 1950, but returned to her old studio in 1972 to make They Only Kill Their Masters on the old Andy Hardy set. Soundarya died on April 17, 2004 when the four-seater plane Cessna 180 caught fire immediately after take off. She left MGM to freelance in the early 1940s, starring in such films as Orchestra Wives (1942) (with the Glen Miller Orchestra), Two O'Clock Courage (1945) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947). Soundarya married her maternal uncle in April, 2003.

She also starred in a series of mystery/comedies with Red Skelton (Whistling in the Dark (1941), Whistling in Dixie (1942), and Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)). The film won Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals. From 1937 until 1942, she portrayed Polly Benedict in the very successful Andy Hardy series. She also produced and acted in a Kannada film Dweepa, with Girish Kasaravalli as director. She was loaned to Selznick International to appear as Careen O'Hara in Gone With The Wind (1939). She also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. At MGM, she appeared in such films as A Christmas Carol (1938) and Pride and Prejudice (1940). She moved onto Telugu films where she achieved popularity and success.

Afterward, she was placed under contract with MGM. She discontinued her studies after the film became successful. Mascot merged with Republic Pictures, and Miss Rutherford soon established herself as a popular leading lady of Westerns with Gene Autry and John Wayne. She was offered a role in the film Gandharva (1992) by her father's friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. She began her film career in starring roles in Waterfront Lady for Mascot Pictures in 1935. Soumya acted in her first film while she was at high school. At an early age, she performed in various radio shows. Her father Satyanarayana was a producer and director in Kannada films.

Miss Rutherford was born in Toronto, Canada. She was born Soumya in Bangalore. In the long-running, Academy Award-winning Andy Hardy film series, she played Polly twelve times, with the last appearance being in Andy Hardy's Double Life in 1942. She acted in more than 100 films. It was in 1938 that her first notable role came as Andy Hardy's girlfriend, Polly Benedict, in Judge Hardy's Children. She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near Bangalore. She appeared in seventeen films between 1935 and 1938. Soundarya (July 17, 1971 - April 17, 2004) was a film actress in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films.

Her first film role was in Melody Trail in 1935. Suryavansham (1999). She has had a long career starring and co-starring in films. Hindi