Ann Harding

Born

August 7, 1902

Died

September 1, 1981 · age 79

From

San Antonio, Texas, USA

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.