Ann Tyrrell (February , â€" July , ) 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 (â€") and The Ann Sothern
Show (â€").A native of Whatcom County in northwestern Washington
state, Tyrrell won her first film role in at the age of forty as Miss
Swanson in Bride for Sale. The following year she appeared as a clerk
in the motion picture version of Tennessee Williams's The Glass
Menagerie (). In , she was cast as a telephone operator in Ronald
Reagan's Bedtime for Bonzo. She and Reagan shared birthdays, but she
was two years his senior.In , she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor
sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess
and in , 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.Her major opportunity came in when she was cast
for four seasons in the role of office receptionist Violet "Vi"
Praskins, friend and colleague of Susie MacNamara, played by Ann
Sothern, in the sitcom Private Secretary. After the series ended in a
contract dispute in , Tyrrell joined The Ann Sothern Show as Olive
Smith, roommate and secretary of Sothern's new character, Katy
O'Connor. After The Ann Sothern Show ended its run in , Tyrrell made
only two more television appearances; as Mrs. Marshall in a episode
of The Danny Thomas Show and as Miss Ruth Potter in a episode of
Burke's Law.
television actress. Tyrrell is best known for her roles in both of the
Ann Sothern CBS sitcoms Private Secretary (â€") and The Ann Sothern
Show (â€").A native of Whatcom County in northwestern Washington
state, Tyrrell won her first film role in at the age of forty as Miss
Swanson in Bride for Sale. The following year she appeared as a clerk
in the motion picture version of Tennessee Williams's The Glass
Menagerie (). In , she was cast as a telephone operator in Ronald
Reagan's Bedtime for Bonzo. She and Reagan shared birthdays, but she
was two years his senior.In , she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor
sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess
and in , 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.Her major opportunity came in when she was cast
for four seasons in the role of office receptionist Violet "Vi"
Praskins, friend and colleague of Susie MacNamara, played by Ann
Sothern, in the sitcom Private Secretary. After the series ended in a
contract dispute in , Tyrrell joined The Ann Sothern Show as Olive
Smith, roommate and secretary of Sothern's new character, Katy
O'Connor. After The Ann Sothern Show ended its run in , Tyrrell made
only two more television appearances; as Mrs. Marshall in a episode
of The Danny Thomas Show and as Miss Ruth Potter in a episode of
Burke's Law.
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