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Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver. She was a Canadian-American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the Andy Hardy series, and as Scarlett O'Hara's sister in the film Gone with the Wind.  While Rutherford was still a baby, the family moved to San Francisco. In 1935, Rutherford began her Hollywood film career in the starring role of Joan O'Brien in the dramatic film Waterfront Lady for Mascot Pictures, later to be Republic Pictures. Rutherford soon established herself as a popular leading lady of Western films at Republic, costarring with actors Gene Autry and John Wayne. Among her television appearances, Rutherford guest starred in four episodes of Perry Mason. In June 2007, she was the guest star at the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum in Marietta, Georgia. Rutherford died at her home in Beverly Hills, California, following declining health due to heart problems.