Post by Forever Sunshine on Jun 13, 2012 15:28:08 GMT -5
Ann Rutherford, the actress who played the sweetheart in the long-running Andy Hardy series and Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister in "Gone With the Wind," died Monday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home. She was 94.
Rutherford was a frequent guest at "Gone With the Wind" celebrations in Georgia and continued to get thousands of e-mails from fans, friends said.
She first appeared in the second film of the Andy Hardy series, "You're Only Young Once," in 1938, and went on to act in 11 more. She played Polly Benedict, the girlfriend that Andy, played by Mickey Rooney, always returned to, no matter what other, more glamorous girl had temporarily caught his eye. (Among the others: Judy Garland and Lana Turner.)
It was said she won the part of Carreen -- the youngest of the three O'Hara sisters in "Gone With the Wind" -- because Garland was filming "The Wizard of Oz." Rutherford told the Los Angeles Times in 2010 that MGM head Louis B. Mayer was going to refuse her the role, calling it "a nothing part." But Rutherford, a fan of the novel, uncharacteristically burst into tears, and he relented.
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Rutherford was a frequent guest at "Gone With the Wind" celebrations in Georgia and continued to get thousands of e-mails from fans, friends said.
She first appeared in the second film of the Andy Hardy series, "You're Only Young Once," in 1938, and went on to act in 11 more. She played Polly Benedict, the girlfriend that Andy, played by Mickey Rooney, always returned to, no matter what other, more glamorous girl had temporarily caught his eye. (Among the others: Judy Garland and Lana Turner.)
It was said she won the part of Carreen -- the youngest of the three O'Hara sisters in "Gone With the Wind" -- because Garland was filming "The Wizard of Oz." Rutherford told the Los Angeles Times in 2010 that MGM head Louis B. Mayer was going to refuse her the role, calling it "a nothing part." But Rutherford, a fan of the novel, uncharacteristically burst into tears, and he relented.
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