Ann Tyrrell
{{Short description|American actress (1909–1983)}}
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| name = Ann Tyrrell
| image = Ann Sothern Show 1960.JPG
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| caption = Tyrrell with guest star Joe E. Brown on The Ann Sothern Show (1960)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|2|6|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|7|20|1909|2|6|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Pasadena, California
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| other_names = Ann Tyrell
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1949–1964
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Ann Tyrrell (February 6, 1909 – July 20, 1983) was an American stage, film and television actress. Tyrrell is best known for her roles in both of the Ann Sothern CBS sitcoms Private Secretary (1953–1957) and The Ann Sothern Show (1958–1961).
Career
A native of Whatcom County in northwestern Washington state, Tyrrell won her first film role in 1949 at the age of forty as Miss Swanson in Bride for Sale. She and Ronald Reagan shared birthdays, but she was two years his senior.
In 1953, she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess and in 1955, she appeared in the film Seven Angry Men with Raymond Massey and Jeffrey Hunter. Between film appearances, Tyrrell guest starred in episodes of Adventures of Superman, The Adventures of Kit Carson, and The People's Choice.
Later years
After retiring from acting, Tyrrell worked as a dialectician and made recordings for the blind.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WudFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7uwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340,2692493&dq=ann+tyrrell+ann+sothern&hl=en|title=Actress Tyrrell dies at age 74|date=July 24, 1983|work=The Telegraph-Herald|page=30|accessdate=January 20, 2013}}
Tyrrell made her final public appearance in a phone interview on the ABC morning program Good Morning America in November, 1982. In that installment, host Joan Lunden interviewed on camera the cast of both Private Secretary and The Ann Sothern Show which included Sothern, Don Porter, and Jesse White. Tyrrell was not able to physically join them, but she was able to converse with Lunden and reminisce with her former co-stars via telephone from her home in California.
Death
On July 20, 1983, Tyrrell died of a heart attack at a Pasadena, California hospital at the age of 74.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qN9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6273,3154513&dq=ann+tyrrell+ann+sothern&hl=en|title=Ann Tyrrell, stage and TV actress, dies|date=July 23, 1983|work=The Free Lance-Star|page=3|accessdate=January 20, 2013}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1949
| Miss Swanson | |
| 1950
| Mrs. Jones | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Gary Postmaster's Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Caged | Edna | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Dr. Borden | |
| 1950
| Miss Staines | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Miss Dilby | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Clerk | |
| 1950
| Miss Neilson | Uncredited |
| 1950
| Father's Wild Game | Tilda | |
| 1951
| Miss Ent | Uncredited |
| 1951
| Telephone Operator | |
| 1951
| Woman in Apt. #201 | Uncredited |
| 1951
| Up Front | Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1951
| Sophie | |
| 1951
| Cleveland's secretary | Uncredited |
| 1952
| Mrs. Whitney | Uncredited |
| 1952
| Paula | Nurse Receptionist | Uncredited |
| 1952
| Nurse Bigley | Alternative title: So Bright the Flame |
| 1952
| Mrs. Jennie Nova Amboy | Uncredited |
| 1952
| Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1952
| Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1953
| Citizen of Rome #5 | |
| 1953
| Mary | Uncredited |
| 1953
| Louise Pickett | |
| 1953
| Neighbor in Village | Uncredited |
| 1954
| Miss Nordley | Uncredited |
| 1954
| Lucky Me | Fortune Teller | Uncredited |
| 1955
| Mrs. Mary Brown | Alternative title: God's Angry Men |
| 1955
| Mrs. Makepeace | Uncredited |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1952
| The Unexpected | Fortune Teller | Episode: "Lifeline" |
| 1952
| Miss Walton | Episode: "The Deserted Village" |
| 1952–1953
| Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1954
| | Episode: "The Best of Everything" |
| 1954–1957
| Violet "Vi" Praskins | Series regular |
| 1955
| Mrs. Anderson | Episode: "Drums of Far Island" |
| 1955
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | Nurse Hanson | Episode: "The Key" |
| 1958
| Emma | Episode: "Missing Moolah" |
| 1958–1961
| Olive Smith | Series regular |
| 1962
| Mrs. Marshall | Episode: "Casanova Tonoose" |
| 1964
| Miss Ruth Potter | Episode: "Who Killed the Paper Dragon?", (final appearance) |
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Washington (state)
Category:People from Whatcom County, Washington
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses