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Ann Tyrrell (February 6, 1909 – July 20, 1983) was an American actress who co-starred in both of the Ann Sothern CBS sitcoms Private Secretary (1953-1957) and The Ann Sothern Show (1958-1961). A native of Washington, Tyrrell procured her first acting role in 1949 at the age of forty as Miss Swanson in the film, Bride for Sale (1949). The following year she appeared as a clerk in the motion picture version of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie (1950). In 1951, she was cast as a telephone operator in Ronald Reagan's Bedtime for Bonzo. In 1953, she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor... MORE

Ann Tyrrell (February 6, 1909 – July 20, 1983) was an American actress who co-starred in both of the Ann Sothern CBS sitcoms Private Secretary (1953-1957) and The Ann Sothern Show (1958-1961). A native of Washington, Tyrrell procured her first acting role in 1949 at the age of forty as Miss Swanson in the film, Bride for Sale (1949). The following year she appeared as a clerk in the motion picture version of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie (1950). In 1951, she was cast as a telephone operator in Ronald Reagan's Bedtime for Bonzo. In 1953, she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess and in 1955, 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 and The Adventures of Kit Carson. Her major opportunity came in 1953 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 1957, Tyrrell joined The Ann Sothern Show as Olive LESS