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Ann Sheridan
1915-1967
Updated 8/26/2008 with more films available on DVD!
biography
Born Clara Lou Sheridan on February 21, 1915, in Denton, Texas, Ann Sheridan did not harbor early acting interests. In 1933 she was attending college when her sister sent her photo to Paramount Studios' "Search for Beauty" contest, which selected 30 winners (male and female). Ann Sheridan was one of the lucky few to be chosen; she was given a round-trip ticket to Hollywood, $250, and a small part in Paramount's film Search for Beauty (1934; with Buster Crabbe). The end result from Paramount's million-dollar film and promotion stunt was a short-term contract for six of the winners. Sheridan secured one of the contracts and was used by the studio in more than a dozen films during 1934 and 1935, but the roles were small and often uncredited. In 1936, Sheridan signed with Warner Bros., and the studio changed her name from Clara Lou to Ann. Sheridan also married her first husband, actor Edward Norris, the same year. She secured better roles in Warner's B productions, and her big breakthough role came in The Great O'Malley (1937; with Humphrey Bogart). While her film career was going well, her marriage went to the dogs, and she and Norris were divorced in 1939.
Seductive late 1930s and early 1940s shots of Ann Sheridan
Warner Bros. most often cast Sheridan in comedies and film noir thrillers. In promoting the beautiful young star, Warner's publicity machine dubbed her "The 'Oomph' Girl." By the early 1940s, Sheridan had become a popular actress and pin-up model. In 1942, she married fellow Warner Bros. contract player George Brent, but the marriage failed quickly. Her contract with Warner Bros. ended in 1948, and afterward Sheridan freelanced.
the films of ann sheridan
The Footloose Heiress (1937)
From The Footloose Heiress, one of Sheridan's early Warner Bros. comedies
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Campy shot of Sheridan and Marie Wilson in Broadway Musketeers
Naughty But Nice (1939)
With Gale Page and Dick Powell in the Warner Bros. comedy Naughty But Nice
Winter Carnival (1939)
With Richard Carlson in the drama Winter Carnival
It All Came True (1940)
With frequent co-star and friend Humphrey Bogart in the crime comedy It All Came True
Honeymoon for Three (1941)
With fellow Warner Bros. contract player George Brent in the comedy Honeymoon for Three. The year following the release of this film, Brent and Sheridan actually did go on a honeymoon, but the marriage survived only one year
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Funnyman Jack Benny is married to Ann Sheridan in George Washington Slept Here
Juke Girl (1942)
With frequent co-star Ronald Reagan in the mystery Juke Girl
Kings Row (1942)
With Ronald Reagan and Robert Cummings in the drama Kings Row. This film was Reagan's best
Good Sam (1948)
From the brittle Gary Cooper comedy Good Sam with Dick Ross
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
With Cary Grant in the hilarious I Was a Male War Bride
Take Me to Town (1953)
From the western comedy Take Me to Town with Sterling Hayden
later years
Ann Sheridan's star began to fade in the early 1950s, when her age began to belie the ingenue roles usually afforded her. By the late 1950s, with her film career over, she concentrated on TV guest spots and live theatre.
Sheridan began a strong comeback on television in the mid 1960s, taking a role on the TV soaper Another World during the 1965-1966 season, and then landing a role on the western situational comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966-1967; with Lon Chaney Jr.). However, not long after production began on the series, Sheridan was diagnosed with lung cancer. She continued working on the series through December 1966, and she passed away in January 1967 at the age of 51. She was survived by her fourth husband, actor Scott McKay.
The Kate Smith Evening Hour [DVD](1951) DVD
God bless America, it's two half-hour segments of the inspirational musical variety series starring Kate Smith. Included are the regular ``Ethel and Albert'' feature, Akim Tamiroff in ``Mr. Citizen,'' comedian Myron Cohen and a Thanksgiving skit with Ann Sheridan and Phil Reed. 60 min.
Wagon Wheels [DVD](1934) DVD
Randolph Scott stars as a wagon scout leading his pioneer charges to the Oregon Territory, despite a speculator's attempts to try to stop them, in a frontier classic based on a Zane Grey story. With Gail Patrick, Raymond Hatton, Monte Blue. 57 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; featurettes.
Cary Grant: Screen Legend Collection [DVD] DVD
This three-disc set shines with five films starring the ever-suave Cary Grant. Newspaper publisher Porter Madison II (Grant) falls for a lookalike impersonating the "Thirty Day Princess" (1934), unaware that she's not royal...and not available! Silvia Sidney, Edward Arnold co-star. Grant plays a Paris beauty shop doctor more than pleased with the results of his work on Genevieve Tobin, in "Kiss and Make Up" (1934). Helen Mack, Edward Everett Horton also star. Blinded in a chemical accident, pilot Grant causes aviatrix Myrna Loy's heart to take flight, in "Wings in the Dark" (1935), with Roscoe Karns and Dean Jagger. Can copper Danny (Grant) and manicurist Eve (Joan Bennett) stop bickering long enough to nab jewel thieves together? Find out, in "Big Brown Eyes" (1936). Walter Pidgeon, Lloyd Nolan co-star. And Grant and Bennett play ace reporters, in love but resolutely staying single, in "Wedding Present" (1936). Conrad Nagel, Gene Lockhart also star. 6 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French.
The Fighting Westerner (1935)/Boots And Saddles [DVD](1937) DVD
When a series of murders in a radium mine has the local lawmen perplexed, they turn to the one gunslinger who can put things right, "Fighting Westerner" Randolph Scott. Frontier actioner also stars Chic Sale and Ann Sheridan in an early leading role. AKA: "Rocky Mountain Mystery. " Next, in "Boots and Saddles," Gene Autry is a ranch foreman whose boss turns out to be a British youngster. Gene also has to contend with an unscrupulous competitor, the colonel's feisty daughter, a barn fire and the well-meaning blunders of sidekick Smiley Burnette. 116 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Red Blood Of Courage (1935)/Roaring Six Guns [DVD](1937) DVD
"The Red Blood of Courage" has Kermit Maynard as a Mountie searching for the outlaw who killed his friend. Quickly, his quest for justice leads him to a ranch where a man masquerading as the owner of the property turns out to be the varmint he's looking for--setting the stage for a rootin'-tootin' showdown of epic proportions. With Ann Sheridan, Reginald Barlow. And, Maynard takes a tougher approach on protecting his property when his partner and his fiancee's father try to take it from him, in "Roaring Six Guns." Mary Hayes and Sam Flint co-star. 115 min. total.
Black Legion [DVD](1937) DVD
A groundbreaking look at racial hatred, this Warners social drama stars Humphrey Bogart as an auto plant worker angry when an immigrant co-worker is promoted over him. Recruited by a black-clad "Pro-American" group, Bogart takes part in their increasingly violent activities, until he's forced to choose between his loyalty to the Legion and his best friend's life. Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan also star. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; audio commentary; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "Hi De Ho" (1937), "Under Southern Stars" (1937), "Porky and Gabby" (1937); theatrical trailers.
San Quentin [DVD](1937) DVD
Gritty Warner Bros. prison drama stars Pat O'Brien as an ex-Army officer hired as guard captain at the infamous title California penitentiary. The reform-minded O'Brien wins support from some of the inmates, but hardened con Humphrey Bogart is an exception, and his attitude doesn't improve when he learns O'Brien is seeing his sister, nightclub singer Ann Sheridan. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "The Man Without a Country" (1937), "Porky's Double Trouble" (1937); theatrical trailer.
Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD
Six-disc boxed set includes "'G' Men," "Bullets or Ballots," "San Quentin," "A Slight Case of Murder," "Each Dawn I Die," and "City for Conquest."
Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3 [DVD] DVD
Six-disc boxed set includes "Smart Money," "Lady Killer," "The Mayor of Hell," "Picture Snatcher," "Black Legion," and "Brother Orchid."
Letter Of Introduction [DVD](1938) DVD
Sparkling comedy/drama with Adolphe Menjou as a matinee idol whose long-lost daughter arrives one day to ask her father's help in boosting her career as an actress. Co-stars Andrea Leeds, George Murphy, Eve Arden, and Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Angels With Dirty Faces [DVD](1938) DVD
Classic Warner Bros. "urban crime drama" of two kids from the wrong side of the tracks; one becomes a priest (Pat O'Brien), the other a gangster (James Cagney). The cast also includes Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan and the Dead End Kids as local youths who look up to Cagney; Michael Curtiz directs. 78 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; featurette; audio commentary; radio broadcast; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "Out Where the Stars Begin" (1938), "Porky & Daffy " (1938); theatrical trailers.
They Made Me A Criminal [DVD](1939) DVD
John Garfield stars as a boxer who runs when he believes he killed a man. Claude Rains is the detective hot on his trail. The Dead End Kids are perfect as the wayward boys that May Robson is trying to rehabilitate, and Ann Sheridan provides the "oomph" that made her famous. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
Hollywood's Leading Men (Six-DVD Set) [DVD] DVD
Highlighted by unforgettable performances by iconic actors, this six-disc set includes "They Made Me a Criminal," "Meet John Doe," "Blood on the Sun," "Scarlet Street," "Angel on My Shoulder" (1946), and "Beat the Devil" (1953).
Dodge City [DVD](1939) DVD
Cattleman Errol Flynn pins on the sheriff's badge and cleans up the Old West's roughest, rowdiest town in this classic frontier saga. A top cast (Olivia de Havilland, Bruce Cabot, Ann Sheridan, Alan Hale), lush Max Steiner music, and one of cinema's all-time barroom brawls add to the fun. 104 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection [DVD] DVD
Six-disc set includes "Captain Blood," "Dodge City," "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex," "The Sea Hawk," "They Died with Their Boots On," and the exclusive documentary "The Adventures of Errol Flynn."
Torrid Zone [DVD](1940) DVD
With his Central American banana business in danger after his workers are scared off by armed revolutionaries and lured away by sultry saloon singer Ann Sheridan, plantation owner Pat O'Brien must convince ex-foreman James Cagney, about to return to the States, to stay and help save his operation. Lively and light-hearted adventure/comedy also stars George Tobias, Helen Vinson, Andy Devine. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra" (1940), "Pony Express Days" (1940), "A Wild Hare" (1940); theatrical trailers.
James Cagney: The Signature Collection [DVD] DVD
Five-disc boxed set includes "The Fighting 69th," "Torrid Zone," "The Bride Came C.O.D.," "Captains of the Clouds," and "The West Point Story."
They Drive By Night [DVD](1940) DVD
Gritty and compelling road drama stars George Raft and Humphrey Bogart as truck-driving brothers who take on corrupt businessmen when they try to set up their own company. Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Alan Hale co-star; Raoul Walsh directs. 95 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; "making of" featurette; bonus short; theatrical trailer.
Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD
Six-disc set includes "They Drive by Night" (1940), "High Sierra," "Casablanca" (Special Edition), and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (Special Edition).
City For Conquest [DVD](1941) DVD
Gritty "big city" melodrama features James Cagney as an aspiring prizefighter who meets with disaster after he is blinded in the ring, then devotes himself to fostering the musical career of brother Arthur Kennedy. Co-stars Ann Sheridan as Cagney's dancer ex-girlfriend, Anthony Quinn, and Elia Kazan in an early acting role. 104 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; bonus shorts "Service with the Colors" (1940), "Stage Fright" (1940); newsreel footage; radio show; theatrical trailer.
The Man Who Came To Dinner [DVD](1942) DVD
Wonderful film adaptation of the Kaufman/Hart stage comedy stars Monty Woolley as acerbic New York critic Sheridan Whiteside, who manages to take over the small-town household where he's convalescing after an accident. Bette Davis co-stars as Woolley's long-suffering secretary; with Richard Travis, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante. 113 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; featurette; bonus shorts "So You Think You Need Glasses" (1942), "Six Hits and a Miss" (1942).
Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD
Seven-disc set includes "Marked Woman," "Jezebel" (Remastered Version), "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "Old Acquaintance," "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (Special Edition), and the exclusive documentary "Stardust: The Bette Davis Story."
Kings Row [DVD](1942) DVD
A grand soap opera and one of the most-requested films at Movies Unlimited. Ronald Reagan (screaming "Where's the rest of me?" in his best screen role), Robert Cummings, Ann Sheridan, Betty Field, Claude Rains, and a host of superb supporting players are involved in friendship, romance and tragedy in a small American town at the turn of the century. 127 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; featurette; bonus short "Fox Pop" (1942); theatrical trailer.
Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection [DVD] DVD
"Knute Rockne All American" (1940) stars Pat O'Brien as the legendary Notre Dame football coach who revolutionized the game. With Gale Page, Donald Crisp, and Ronald Reagan as "the Gipper." "Kings Row" (1942) is a grand soap opera with Reagan, Robert Cummings, Ann Sheridan, Betty Field, and Claude Rains as a group of people involved in friendship, romance and tragedy in a small American town at the turn of the century. An egocentric Scottish soldier (Richard Todd) is unknowingly dying of a terminal disease while recuperating from a war injury in a Burmese hospital, in the WWII drama "The Hasty Heart" (1949). Reagan co-stars as the American G.I. who tries to befriend him. Ginger Rogers is a model who sees a KKK member commit a murder in a Southern town and agrees to help D.A. Reagan with the case, in "Storm Warning" (1951). With Doris Day, Steve Cochran. And Reagan and Day reteam for the powerful biodrama "The Winning Team" (1952), which follows Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander and his struggles with alcoholism and epilepsy. 8 1/2 hrs. total on five discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre [DVD](1948) DVD
Writer/director John Huston's masterful study of greed stars Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt as American vagrants in Mexico who team up with grizzled prospector Walter Huston in a search for gold that gets them far more than they ever imagined. Winner of three Academy Awards, the film also features Bruce Bennett, Bobby Blake, and Alfonso Bedoya as the bandit who "ain't got no badges." 126 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; documentaries; 1949 "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast with cast; bonus cartoon "8 Ball Bunny" (1950); newsreel footage; photo gallery; more. Two-disc set.
I Was A Male War Bride [DVD](1949) DVD
French Army officer Cary Grant and American WAC officer Ann Sheridan decide to get married in Europe after a stormy courtship, but the only way Cary can get into the U.S. and avoid red tape is pose as a war bride, donning a wig and WAC uniform. Hilarious cross-dressing shenanigans ensue in Howard Hawks' screwball farce. William Neff and Marion Marshall co-star. 103 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English stereo, mono; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer; behind-the-scenes footage.
Woman On The Run [DVD](1950) DVD
Top-notch crime story about an artist who goes into hiding after witnessing a mob murder. His uncaring wife discovers that he has a potentially life-threatening heart condition and decides to help police and an admiring journalist to find her spouse. Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe and Robert Keith star. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Appointment In Honduras (1953)/Escape To Burma [DVD](1955) DVD
Two exciting and colorful jungle thrillers are offered on one disc. In "Appointment in Honduras," Ann Sheridan and Zachary Scott find trouble in Central America when they are confronted by Glenn Ford and his bandits. And in "Escape to Burma," suspected murderer Robert Ryan is taken in by plantation owner Barbara Stanwyck. 165 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers; biographies; scene access.
filmography
The Woman and the Hunter (1957) with Jan Merlin
The Opposite Sex (1956) with June Allyson, Leslie Nielsen, Joan Collins, Ann Miller, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, and Leslie Parrish
Come Next Spring (1956) with Steve Cochran, Sonny Tufts, and James Best
Take Me to Town (1953) with Sterling Hayden
Appointment in Honduras (1953) with Glenn Ford and Zachary Scott
Just Across the Street (1952) with Cecil Kellaway, Natalie Schafer, and Harvey Lembeck
Steel Town (1952) with Howard Duff and James Best
Stella (1950) with Victor Mature and David Wayne
Woman on the Run (1950) with Dennis O'Keefe
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant
Good Sam (1948) with Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman
Silver River (1948) with Errol Flynn and Bruce Bennett
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) with Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, and Tim Holt
The Unfaithful (1947) with Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden
Nora Prentiss (1947) with Bruce Bennett and Rosemary DeCamp
One More Tomorrow (1946) with Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Alexis Smith
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) with Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Marie Wilson
The Doughgirls (1944) with Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, and Eve Arden
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) with Eddie Cantor
Edge of Darkness (1943) with Errol Flynn
Juke Girl (1942) with Ronald Reagan
Kings Row (1942) with Ronald Reagan and Robert Cummings
George Washington Slept Here (1942) with Jack Benny and Percy Kilbride
Wings for the Eagle (1942) with Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Don DeFore
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis and Mary Wickes
Navy Blues (1941) with Jack Oakie, Jack Carson, Martha Raye, Jack Haley, and Jackie Gleason
Honeymoon for Three (1941) with George Brent
Torrid Zone (1940) with James Cagney, Andy Devine, and George Reeves
City for Conquest (1940) with James Cagney
They Drive by Night (1940) with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart
It All Came True (1940) with Humphrey Bogart and Zasu Pitts
Castle on the Hudson (1940) with John Garfield
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) with Ronald Reagan, Huntz Hall, and Leo Gorcey
Indianapolis Speedway (1939) with John Payne
Winter Carnival (1939) with Richard Carlson
Naughty But Nice (1939) with Dick Powell, Ronald Reagan, and Zasu Pitts
Dodge City (1939) with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bruce Cabot
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) with John Garfield, Claude Rains, Huntz Hall, and Leo Gorcey
She Loved a Fireman (1938) with Dick Foran
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall
Broadway Musketeers (1938) with Marie Wilson
Letter of Introduction (1938) with Adolphe Menjou and Eve Arden
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) with Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran, and Ronald Reagan
Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
Mystery House (1938) with Dick Purcell and William Hopper
The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
Alcatraz Island (1937) with John Litel and Dick Purcell
The Footloose Heiress (1937) with Anne Nagel and William Hopper
Wine, Women and Horses (1937) with Dick Purcell
San Quentin (1937) with Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien
The Great O'Malley (1937) Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien
Black Legion (1937) with Humphrey Bogart and Dick Foran
Fighting Youth (1935) with Charles Farrell
The Glass Key (1935) with George Raft and Ray Milland
The Red Blood of Courage (1935) with Kermit Maynard
Mississippi (1935) with W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, and Bing Crosby
Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) with Randolph Scott
Car 99 (1935) with Fred MacMurray and William Frawley
Behold My Wife (1935)
Home on the Range (1935) with Randolph Scott
Ready for Love (1934) with Ida Lupino and Richard Arlen
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) with W. C. Fields and Zasu Pitts
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
You Belong to Me (1934)
Ladies Should Listen (1934) with Cary Grant
Kiss and Make Up (1934) with Cary Grant and Toby Wing
Shoot the Works (1934) with Jack Oakie
Come on Marines (1934) with Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, and Toby Wing
Bolero (1934) with George Raft
Search for Beauty (1934) with Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, and Toby Wing
TELEVISION SERIES
Pistols 'n' Petticoats, 1966-1967 TV series. Sheridan portrayed Henrietta Hanks. Also in the cast was Lon Chaney Jr.
Another World, 1964-1999 NBC daytime drama series. Sheridan portrayed Kathryn Corning during the 1965-1966 season
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