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Sothern was a [[Republican Party|Republican]]. In the 1944 presidential election, she joined other celebrity Republicans at a rally in the Los Angeles Coliseum arranged by studio executive and producer David O. Selznick (1902-1965) in support of the [[Thomas Dewey]]-John W. Bricker ticket as well as [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]] of California, who would be Dewey's running mate in 1948. The gathering drew 93,000, with [[Cecil B. DeMille]] as the master of ceremonies and short speeches by columnist Hedda Hopper and [[Walt Disney]].<ref>David M. Jordan, ''FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944'' (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011), p. 231.</ref> An out-spoken [[anti-communist]] who supported the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, the [[conservative]]  Sothern supported all Republican presidents from [[Dwight Eisenhower]] to [[George W. Bush]]. She attended several Republican National Conventions.<ref name=imdb/>

Sothern was a [[Republican Party|Republican]]. In the 1944 presidential election, she joined other celebrity Republicans at a rally in the Los Angeles Coliseum arranged by studio executive and producer David O. Selznick (1902-1965) in support of the [[Thomas Dewey]]-John W. Bricker ticket as well as [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]] of California, who would be Dewey's running mate in 1948. The gathering drew 93,000, with [[Cecil B. DeMille]] as the master of ceremonies and short speeches by columnist Hedda Hopper and [[Walt Disney]].<ref>David M. Jordan, ''FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944'' (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011), p. 231.</ref> An out-spoken [[anti-communist]] who supported the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, the [[conservative]]  Sothern supported all Republican presidents from [[Dwight Eisenhower]] to [[George W. Bush]]. She attended several Republican National Conventions.<ref name=imdb/>

Southern was twice married; the marriages ended in divorce after a few years. From the second marriage to actor Robert Sterling (1917-2006), she had a daughter in 1944, actress Tisha Sterling. Sothern was living in Ketchum, [[Idaho]], where the author [[Ernest Hemingway]] committed suicide in 1961. Her daughter and granddaughter lived nearby. Like Hemenway, she is interred at Ketchum Cemetery. Sothern was a convert to [[Roman Catholic]]ism.<ref name=imdb/>

Sothern was twice married; the marriages ended in divorce after a few years. From the second marriage to actor Robert Sterling (1917-2006), she had a daughter in 1944, actress Tisha Sterling. Sothern was living in Ketchum, [[Idaho]], where the author [[Ernest Hemingway]] committed suicide in 1961. Her daughter and granddaughter lived nearby. Like Hemenway, she is interred at Ketchum Cemetery. Sothern was a convert to [[Roman Catholic]]ism.<ref name=imdb/>

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