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Therese Ann Rutherford was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as one of Scarlett O'Hara's sisters in the film Gone with the Wind (1939).
Birth Name
Therese Ann Rutherford
Born
Friday, 02 November 1917
Died
Monday, 11 June 2012
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time | Self | 2011 |
| Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On | Self | 2009 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| Visiting... with Huell Howser | Self | 1993 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / Herself | 1988 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook | Edith Enders | 1981 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time | Self | 2011 |
| Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On | Self | 2009 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| Visiting... with Huell Howser | Self | 1993 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / Herself | 1988 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook | Edith Enders | 1981 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson's Studio Secretary | 1976 |
| They Only Kill Their Masters | Gloria | 1972 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Aggie Harrison | 1972 |
| Love, American Style | Carlotta Stanwood (segment "Love and the Impossible Gift") / Mrs. Glassmire (segment "Love and the Positive Man") | 1969 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Judy Garland Show | Self | 1963 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| U.S. Marshal | Mildred Whitley | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Phyllis Baker | 1958 |
| Perry Mason | Mona Hodge / Judith Thurston / Evelyn Cartright Forbes / Ellen Chase | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Etta Brown | 1957 |
| Panic! | Valerie Simmons | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Ellen Turner | 1956 |
| MGM Parade | Ghost of Christmas Past | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Climax! | Mary Townsend / Edith Enders / Bette Sullivan | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Joan | 1953 |
| Campbell Summer Soundstage | (archive footage) / Attorney's Wife | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Joan | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest | 1950 |
| Nash Airflyte Theatre | Jeanne Laurent | 1950 |
| Operation Haylift | Clara Masters | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Lacy Holden | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| 20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
| Suspense | Sally Hastings | 1949 |
| Adventures of Don Juan | Donna Elena | 1948 |
| Unusual Occupations | Self | 1947 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Gertrude Griswold | 1947 |
| Inside Job | Claire Gray Norton / Claire Norton | 1946 |
| Murder in the Music Hall | Gracie | 1946 |
| The Madonna's Secret | Linda / Linda 'Morgan' North | 1946 |
| Bedside Manner | Lola Cross | 1945 |
| Two O'Clock Courage | Patty Mitchell | 1945 |
| Take It or Leave It | Connie Ward: Clip from 'Orchestra Wives' / Herself | 1944 |
| Bermuda Mystery | Constance Martin | 1944 |
| Whistling in Brooklyn | Carol Lambert | 1943 |
| Happy Land | Lenore Prentiss | 1943 |
| Show-Business at War | Self | 1943 |
| Whistling in Dixie | Carol Lambert | 1942 |
| Andy Hardy's Double Life | Polly Benedict | 1942 |
| Orchestra Wives | Connie Ward / Connie Ward Abbot | 1942 |
| The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict | 1942 |
| This Time for Keeps | Katherine 'Kit' White | 1942 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Anne Grayson | 1941 |
| Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict | 1941 |
| Whistling in the Dark | Carol Lambert | 1941 |
| Washington Melodrama | Laurie Claymore | 1941 |
| Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Polly Benedict | 1941 |
| Keeping Company | Mary Thomas | 1940 |
| Wyoming | Lucy Kincaid | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Herself / Self | 1940 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Lydia Bennet | 1940 |
| Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Polly Benedict | 1940 |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940 |
| The Ghost Comes Home | Billie Adams | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Carreen - Their Daughter / Carreen O'Hara | 1940 |
| Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things | Polly Benedict | 1940 |
| Dancing Co-Ed | Eve / Eve Greeley | 1939 |
| Judge Hardy and Son | Polly Benedict | 1939 |
| These Glamour Girls | Mary Rose Wilston | 1939 |
| Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Polly Benedict | 1939 |
| Angel of Mercy | Sister of Dead Soldier | 1939 |
| The Hardys Ride High | Polly Benedict | 1939 |
| Four Girls in White | Patricia Page / Patricia 'Pat' Page | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939 |
| A Christmas Carol | Spirit of Christmas Past | 1938 |
| Dramatic School | Yvonne | 1938 |
| Out West with the Hardys | Polly Benedict | 1938 |
| Love Finds Andy Hardy | Polly Benedict | 1938 |
| Judge Hardy's Children | Polly Benedict | 1938 |
| Of Human Hearts | Annie Hawks | 1938 |
| You're Only Young Once | Polly Benedict | 1937 |
| The Bride Wore Red | Third Peasant Girl | 1937 |
| Public Cowboy No. 1 | Helen Morgan | 1937 |
| The Devil Is Driving | Kitty Wooster | 1937 |
| Carnival in Paris | Lisette | 1937 |
| Espionage | Train Passenger | 1937 |
| Down to the Sea | Helen Pappas | 1936 |
| The Lonely Trail | Virginia Terry | 1936 |
| The Harvester | Ruth Jameson | 1936 |
| Comin' 'Round the Mountain | Dolores Moreno | 1936 |
| Doughnuts and Society | Joan Dugan | 1936 |
| The Lawless Nineties | Janet Carter | 1936 |
| The Oregon Trail | Anne Ridgeley | 1936 |
| The Singing Vagabond | Lettie Morgan | 1935 |
| The Fighting Marines | Frances Schiller | 1935 |
| Melody Trail | Millicent Thomas | 1935 |
| Waterfront Lady | Joan O'Brien | 1935 |
| Student Tour | Student | 1934 |
