Private Secretary
Ann Sothern, a platinum movie queen (who was shot on television
from the waist up, reportedly to obscure her less regal
proportions below) played Susie McNamara.
Her only job requirement seemed to be getting her boss Peter
Sands (Don Porter - later the television father of Gidget) out of
embarrassing situations.
His arch-rival in the business world was played by Jesse White.
In 1957 The Ann Sothern Show began, with the star
performing similar turns as Katy O'Connor, assistant manager of
the Bartley House Hotel.
At first her boss was played by Ernest Truex, then by Don
Porter again.
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