Ann Sheridan
from the trailer for the film Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938).
Birth name	Clara Lou Sheridan
Born	February 21, 1915 Denton, Texas, USA
Died	January 21, 1967 Los Angeles, California, USA

Ann Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American film actress. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Motto: Just North of Ordinary Location within the state of Texas County Denton County Government  - Mayor Perry McNeill Area  - City 161. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was a college student when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Studios. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood. Motto: Just North of Ordinary Location within the state of Texas County Denton County Government  - Mayor Perry McNeill Area  - City 161. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ... Mrs. ... ...

She made her film debut in 1934, aged 19, in the film Search For Beauty, and played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. The film, "Search for Beauty" was the first international film in which a number of supporting stars were slotted in for each contributing country. For example, in Australia, a national competition was held in 1933 to select a Mr Australia and a Miss Australia. The Mr Australia was William Brian Molloy (known as Brian Molloy but whose stage name was Brian Norman. Brian Molloy was born in Melbourne in 1908 and died in Sydney in 1995. After Hollywood, he went to live in Papua New Guinea, started some rubber plantations and also worked as a lawyer. After serving in the Australian Army in World War 2 he moved to Sydney where he started his own law practice.). Miss Australia was Gwen Munro. Similar competitions were held in New Zealand (in which Colin Tapley who went on to star in "The Dambusters" was Mr New Zealand), Scotland and South Africa. Each version of the film released in each participating country had the local Mr and Miss Australia, New Zealand, Scotland or South Africa as the supporting roles. However, Buster Crabbe had the principal role in all versions released. Paramount made little effort to develop Ann Sheridan's talent, so she left, signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1936, and changing her name to "Ann Sheridan". Warner Bros. ...

Sheridan's career prospects began to improve. The red-haired beauty would soon become Warner's top sex symbol. Tagged "The Oomph Girl", Sheridan was a popular pin-up girl by the early 1940s. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This image of Betty Grable became the archetype of pin-ups during World War II A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. ...

She received substantial roles and positive reaction from critics and moviegoers in such films as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), opposite James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Dodge City (1939) with Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland, Torrid Zone with Cagney and They Drive by Night with George Raft and Bogart (both 1940), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis, and Kings Row (1942), where she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, and Betty Field. Known for having a fine singing voice, Ann also appeared in such musicals as Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) and Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944). She was also memorable in two of her biggest hits, Nora Prentiss and The Unfaithful, both in 1947. This article is about the film Angels with Dirty Faces. ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Dodge City is a western movie starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. ... Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ... Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two time Academy Award winning Japanese-born British actress who became an American citizen in 1941. ... They Drive by Night is a 1940 black-and-white film starring George Raft and Humphrey Bogart. ... Raft in They Drive by Night George Raft (September 26, 1895 - November 24, 1980) was an American film actor most closely identified with his portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. ... The Man Who Came to Dinner, comedy in three acts written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. ... Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. ... Kings Row is a 1942 film which tells the story of a group of children who grow up leading supposedly idyllic lives in a small town with disturbing secrets. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Actress Betty Field (1947) photo taken by Carl Van Vechten Betty Field (February 8, 1913 - September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. ... Thank Your Lucky Stars is a British music show that began airing in April 1961. ... Shine On, Harvest Moon is the name of a popular early-1900s song written by Jack Norworth and his wife Nora Bayes. ... Nora Prentiss is a 1947 black-and-white drama film shot in the film noir style. ... The Unfaithful is a 1947 film noir based (though not credited) on the W. Somerset Maugham penned 1940 Bette Davis movie, The Letter. ...

Despite these successes, her career began to decline. Her role in I Was a Male War Bride (1949), directed by Howard Hawks and costarring Cary Grant, gave her another success, but by the 1950s, she was struggling to find work and her film roles were sporadic. I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. ... Howard Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an British film actor. ...

Sheridan appeared in the television soap opera Another World during the mid-1960s, then started a role in the TV series Pistols 'n' Petticoats. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ...

She became ill during the filming of its first season, and died from esophageal and liver cancer in Los Angeles, California. She had been a chain cigarette smoker for years; Cagney remarked in his autobiography that when the cancer struck, "she didn't have a chance."^{[citation needed]} She was cremated and her ashes were stored at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles until they were permanently interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2005.[1] Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. ... Hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver (medical terms pertaining to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar). ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Chapel of the Pines Crematory at 1605 South Catalina Street in Los Angeles, California is located near the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...

Sheridan married four times, including a marriage lasting one year to fellow Warners actor, George Brent, but had no children. Brent (right) in Experiment Perilous George Brent (March 15, 1904 - May 26, 1979 was an actor in American cinema. ...

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ann Sheridan has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 7024 Hollywood Boulevard. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Hollywood Boulevard as taken from the Kodak Theatre Hollywood Boulevard is an avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and runs due west to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. ...

Trivia

• In 1939, a fraternity bet inspired a UCLA student to handcuff himself to Ann during a movie premiere and then swallowed the key. Prompting a locksmith to be summoned to the theater.

• Had a large gap between her front teeth. She always wore a porcelain cap when having her picture taken.

• Was used as a body double (hands, legs, shoulders) while at Paramount.

• Made a cameo in the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. She was in Mexico at the same time the film was being shot there. As a good luck gesture, Sheridan agreed to appear in the film in an unbilled, walk-on part as a passing prostitute who looked at Dobbs (Bogart) as he left the barbershop in Tampico.

Filmography

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Ann Sheridan

• Ann Sheridan at the Internet Movie Database
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• Interview with Ann Sheridan biographer