Ann Sothern

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - for Motion Pictures, at 1612 Vine St, and for Television, at 1634 Vine St. She also appeared as Cecilia in Imagining Argentina (2003), playing alongside Antonio Banderas. She retired from acting, and died at her home in Ketchum, Idaho from heart failure. Thompson appeared as Sibyll Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) following her divorced husband Kenneth Branagh who played Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Her role as the neighbour of elderly sisters, played by Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, with romantic interest provided by Vincent Price, brought Sothern an Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination. However, the pinnacle of her career was winning an Academy Award in 1996 for the screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, in which she also played the lead, Elinor Dashwood. Her final film role was in The Whales of August in 1987. Forster novel, the sombre The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony Hopkins, and The Winter Guest.

She resumed working sporadically on television until the mid 1980s, including a television remake of her earlier success A Letter To Three Wives. M. In 1965 she was heard as the voice of the car in the series My Mother The Car. Thompson also starred in romantic comedies such as The Tall Guy, and more serious films such as Howards End, based on the E. Both programs were very successful and earned Sothern four Emmy Award nominations, but a bout of hepatitis had left her with a bloated and overweight appearance, and she preferred not to be seen. Thompson later married actor Greg Wise, with whom she had a child. She was the lead in the series Private Secretary from 1953 until 1957, and The Ann Sothern Show from 1958 until 1959. They appeared together in hit films such as Dead Again, Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing, but eventually divorced (October 1995).

By the fifties she was rarely seen in films and was appearing regularly in television. Emma Thompson came to fame with a leading role in the BBC drama serial, Fortunes of War (based on the novels of Olivia Manning), in which she played opposite Kenneth Branagh, whom she later married (August 20, 1989). She appeared in A Letter to Three Wives in (1949) and the film earned her excellent reviews, but did not stimulate her career. Her sister is actress Sophie Thompson. After years of trying, Sothern had her first real success, and a string of "Maisie" film sequels and radio plays took her through to the late forties. She is the daughter of actor Eric Thompson (of The Magic Roundabout fame) and actress Phyllida Law. In a role originally intended for Jean Harlow, Sothern was cast as "Maisie", a bold, brassy but somewhat scatter-brained showgirl who was also an amateur detective. Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London) is an Academy Award-winning British actress.

After a string of films that failed to attract an audience, Sothern left RKO and was signed to MGM, making her first film for them in 1939. Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, Sothern began her film career as an extra in silent films in 1927. In 1934 she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures but after two years the studio released her from this contract, and she was signed by RKO Pictures in 1936. Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 - March 15, 2001) was a American film actress.