She's "Gone With the Wind"

It was 1939.  Perhaps the makers knew it would be an eventual classic, perhaps not.  But the motion picture, "Gone With the Wind" has been seen by, well, just about every hopeless romantic and their boyfriends (who were more than likely forced to watch it, only to find themselves enjoying it, but could never admit it).  The girls related to Scarlett O'Hara.  The guys envy Captain Rhett Butler.  But after those two characters, many are a blurred memory.  Except for today.

Ann Rutherford, 94, who played Scarlett's little sister, Carreen, passed away.  Rutherford collapsed three months ago and remained in the hospital to treat subsequent heart problems and general health deterioration.  She died in her home in Beverly Hills California.

Rutherford began performing at a very young age, following the footsteps of her father and mother, a Metropolitan Opera singer and an actress, respectively.  She played several main roles throughout her career, but none that will be remembered as well as Carreen in "Gone With The Wind."  That particular movie, made her a star, and she never forgot that.  Up till the end of her life, she used that attention, and the movie, for good.  She donated many of the artifacts from the movie.

Ann Rutherford may be "gone with the wind," but she will ever be remembered not just as "Carreen," but as a caring, sincere, and extraordinary person.

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