Ann Rutherford
At the height of her acting career, Ann Rutherford had every teenage boy in America wishing she were his girlfriend. Her sweet portrayal of Polly Benedict, the charming and loyal girlfriend to Mickey Rooney's exuberant and lovestruck Andy Hardy in films such as "You're Only Young Once" (1937) and "Love Finds Andy Hardy" (1938), cemented Rutherford's status as an all-American sweetheart. Her universal appeal - boys loved her and girls wanted to be her - launched the actress' career and made her a marquee name in movie classics such as "A Christmas Carol" (1938) and "Pride and Prejudice" (1940). Yet no other film in Rutherford's extensive résumé held the enduring popularity and cultural impact as "Gone with the Wind" (1939), a cinematic masterpiece told through the eyes of Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh). Rutherford played Scarlett's optimistic younger sister Carreen in the film that crossed genres and went on to be considered one of the greatest movies of all time. After making a few more films in the 1940s, she later acted in television until retiring from show business in the 1970s. In 2009, Rutherford celebrated the 70th anniversary of "Gone with the Wind," as one of that cast's - and the Golden Age's - last remaining survivors before her death in 2012.
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Ann Rutherford
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don Henley: Live Inside Job | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
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They Only Kill Their Masters | Gloria (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Haylift | Clara Masters (Character) | - | 1950 |
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Adventures of Don Juan | Donna Elena (Character) | - | 1948 |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Gertrude Griswold (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Madonna's Secret | Linda (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Job | Claire Gray Norton (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in the Music Hall | Gracie (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Two O'Clock Courage | Patty Mitchell (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bedside Manner | Lola Cross (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bermuda Mystery | Constance Martin (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Land | Lenore Prentiss (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Whistling in Brooklyn | Carol Lambert (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Whistling in Dixie | Carol Lambert (Character) | - | 1942 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Orchestra Wives | Connie Ward (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andy Hardy's Double Life | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Time for Keeps | Katherine "Kit" White (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over the Waves | Katherine "Kit" White (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Badlands of Dakota | Anne Grayson (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Whistling in the Dark | Carol Lambert (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Washington Melodrama | Laurie Claymore (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Lydia Bennet (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost Comes Home | Billie Adams (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Man of Wyoming | Lucy Kincaid (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeping Company | Mary Thomas (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wyoming | Lucy Kincaid (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Girls in White | Patricia "Pat" Page (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Judge Hardy and Son | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Dancing Co-ed | Miss Eve Greeley (Character) | - | 1939 |
90% |
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Gone With the Wind | Carreen O'Hara (Character) | $198.7M | 1939 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1939 |
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These Glamour Girls | Mary Rose Wilston (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Out West With the Hardys | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1938 |
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You're Only Young Once | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Of Human Hearts | Annie Hawks (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Love Finds Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% |
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A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Past (Character) | - | 1938 |
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The Hardys Ride High | Polly Benedict (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dramatic School | Yvonne (Character) | - | 1938 |
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The Bride Wore Red | Third Peasant Girl (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Public Cowboy, No. 1 | Helen Morgan (Character) | - | 1937 |
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Live, Love and Learn | Unknown (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carnival in Paris | Lisette (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lawless Nineties | Janet Carter (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Comin' Round the Mountain | Dolores Moreno (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doughnuts and Society | Joan Dugan (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Down to the Sea | Helen Pappas (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Lonely Trail | Virginia Terry (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Oregon Trail | Anne Ridgeley (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melody Trail | Millicent Thomas (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Singing Vagabond | Lettie Morgan (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waterfront Lady | Joan O'Brien (Character) | - | 1935 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California's Gold | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Aggie Harrison (Guest Star) | 1973-1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Ellen Chase (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 1962 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Etta Brown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955-1956 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | TV Soundstage | Unknown (Character) | 1952 |