Harriette Lake, aka actress Ann Sothern Posted by: brent Date: March 17, 2001 at 07:41:17 Harriette Lake, better known as movie and television star Ann Sothern, was born January 22, 1909 in Valley City, North Dakota. She died March 15, 2001 at her home in Ketchum, Idaho. Two marriages, the first from 1936-1942 to bandleader-actor Roger Pryor and the second from 1943-1949 to actor Robert Sterling, ended in divorce. She had just one child, actress Tisha Sterling.