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Ann Sheridan

Acting

Born February 21, 1915 · Denton, Texas, USA

Died January 21, 1967

Also known as Clara Lou Sheridan · The "Oomph" Girl

Biography

Ann Sheridan, or Clara Lou Sheridan, (February 21, 1915 - January 21, 1967) was an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films San Quentin (1937) with Humphrey Bogart, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) with James Cagney and Bogart, They Drive by Night (1940) with George Raft and Bogart, City for Conquest (1940) with Cagney and Elia Kazan, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis, Kings Row (1942) with Ronald Reagan, Nora Prentiss (1947), and I Was a Male War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Apple Award · 1943
  • National Board of Review AwardBest Actress · 1942
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography33 titles

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Kings Row

1942as Randy Monaghan

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941as Lorraine Sheldon

Castle on the Hudson

1940as Kay Manners

Torrid Zone

1940as Lee Donley

The Great O'Malley

1937as Judy Nolan

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

I Was a Male War Bride

1949as Lt. Catherine Gates

City for Conquest

1940as Peggy Nash

They Drive by Night

1940as Cassie Hartley

Dodge City

1939as Ruby Gilman

Woman on the Run

1950as Eleanor Johnson

Winter Carnival

1939as Jill Baker

Lux Video Theatre

as Linda Russell

Black Legion

1937as Betty Grogan

San Quentin

1937as May

George Washington Slept Here

1942as Connie Fuller

The Crusades

1935as Christian Slave Girl (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal

1938as Goldie West

Nora Prentiss

1947as Nora Prentiss

Edge of Darkness

1943as Karen Stensgard

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943as Self

Silver River

1948as Georgia Moore

It All Came True

1940as Sarah Jane Ryan

Letter of Introduction

1938as Lydia Hoyt

Come Next Spring

1956as Bess Ballot

Appointment in Honduras

1953as Sylvia Sheppard

The Unfaithful

1947as Christine Hunter

The Red Blood of Courage

1935as Elizabeth Henry

The Opposite Sex

1956as Amanda Penrose

The Fighting Westerner

1935as Rita Ballard

Wagon Wheels

1934as Young Lady (uncredited)