Shirley Ann Richards (13 December 1917 â€" 25 August 2006) was an
Australian actress and author, who achieved notability in a series of
1930s Australian films for Ken G. Hall before moving to the United
States, where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starlet. Her best known performances were in It
Isn't Done (1937), Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), An American
Romance (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). In the 1930s, she was
the only Australian actor under a long-term contract to a film studio,
Cinesound Productions. She subsequently became a lecturer and poet.She
was born Shirley Ann Richards in Sydney, Australia, to an American
father and New Zealand mother, and was raised in Mosman and educated
at Ascham School Edgecliff.Richards began acting on stage in amateur
productions for the Sydney Players Club and was working as a
receptionist at the photographic students of Russell Roberts.
Australian actress and author, who achieved notability in a series of
1930s Australian films for Ken G. Hall before moving to the United
States, where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starlet. Her best known performances were in It
Isn't Done (1937), Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), An American
Romance (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). In the 1930s, she was
the only Australian actor under a long-term contract to a film studio,
Cinesound Productions. She subsequently became a lecturer and poet.She
was born Shirley Ann Richards in Sydney, Australia, to an American
father and New Zealand mother, and was raised in Mosman and educated
at Ascham School Edgecliff.Richards began acting on stage in amateur
productions for the Sydney Players Club and was working as a
receptionist at the photographic students of Russell Roberts.
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