Remembering Ann Sheridan

Putting the "oomph" back in "The Oomph Girl"

Ann Sheridan Quick Facts

Birth Name
Clara Lou Sheridan

Born

February 21st, 1915

Birth Place

Denton, Texas, United States

Date and Place of Death

January 21st, 1967; Los Angeles, California, USA

Cause of Death

Cancer of the esophagus and liver

Age at death

51 years old

Nationality

American

Parents

Mother - Lula Stewart Warren (died 1946)
Father - George W. Sheridan (died 1938)

Siblings

Ann was the youngest of six -- two brothers, three sisters. (first born child, Rufus, died when he was 18 months old.)  Names of other siblings: Ida Mae (Kitty), Mablee, George, and  Pauline.

Hair Color

Red

Color of Eyes

Hazel

Weight

118 lbs

Height

5 5 1/2"

Sign

Pisces

Husbands

Edward Norris (actor) (16 August 1936 - 6 October 1939) (divorced)
George Brent (actor) (5 January 1942 - 5 January 1943) (divorced)
Scott McKay (actor) (5 June 1966 - 21 January 1967) (her death)

Children

Ann had no children.

First Film

Search for Beauty (1934) - Texas Beauty Winner, uncredited

Last Film

The Woman and the Hunter (1957) - Laura Dobbs

Her favorite film of hers

King's Row (1942) - Randy Monaghan

Favorite Directors

Norman Taurog (directed Ann in bit parts in College Rhythm & Mr's Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch)
Sam Wood (Directed Ann in King's Row)
Mitchell Leisen (Directed Ann in bit parts in Behold My Wife, Bolero & Murder at the Vanities)
Henry Hathaway (Directed Ann in Come on Marines - 1934 bit part)
Alfred Hitchcock (who Ann never worked with)

Actors she admired

Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn

Actress she admired

Bette Davis

Vices

Heavy smoker

Also known as

The Oomph Girl


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