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Ann Richards

Date of birth: 1917-12-13

Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Shirley Ann Richards

Ann Richards

Biography

Ann Richards was an Australian actress who, as Shirley Ann Richards (her full original name), achieved notability in Australian films, then moved to Hollywood to pursue an American screen career.

Movie Credits

Sorry, Wrong Number
3.4

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948-09-24

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world.

Random Harvest
3.6

Random Harvest

1942-12-17

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star

Badman's Territory
2.9

Badman's Territory

1946-05-04

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a

Love from a Stranger
2.9

Love from a Stranger

1947-11-15

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides t

Love Letters
3.3

Love Letters

1945-10-26

When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always compli

An American Romance
3

An American Romance

1944-04-16

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

Breakdown
3

Breakdown

1952-07-16

A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father and

It Isn't Done
0

It Isn't Done

1937-02-24

Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England,

The Searching Wind
0

The Searching Wind

1946-08-09

Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowma

Lost Honeymoon
2.6

Lost Honeymoon

1947-03-29

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.

Lovers and Luggers
3

Lovers and Luggers

1938-03-03

Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the Sou

Come Up Smiling
1

Come Up Smiling

1939-11-03

Barney O'Hara (Will Mahoney) and his young daughter Pat (Jean Hatton) tour the carnival circuit with

Tall Timbers
0

Tall Timbers

1937-08-03

A young forestry graduate, Jim Thornton, is involved in a race between timber companies to fill a ma

100,000 Cobbers
0

100,000 Cobbers

1942-03-06

Filmed at Liverpool Military Camp (Sydney) in 1941 and using national servicemen to lend authenticit

The Woman in the House
3.3

The Woman in the House

1942-05-09

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr,

Dad and Dave Come to Town
2.6

Dad and Dave Come to Town

1938-12-23

Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
2.6

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942-11-01

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn t

Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
0

Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio

1992-12-19

Bob Hope is in San Antonio, TX with Clint Black, Phylicia Rashad, Rita Rudner, wife Dolores and Texa