Clara Lou Sheridan (February 21, 1915 â€" January 21, 1967), known
professionally as Ann Sheridan, was an American actress and singer.
She worked regularly from 1934 until her death, first in film and
later in television. Notable roles include San Quentin (1937) with Pat
O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) with James
Cagney and Bogart, They Drive by Night (1940) with George Raft and
Bogart, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Monty Woolley, Kings
Row (1942) with Ronald Reagan, Nora Prentiss (1947), and I Was a Male
War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant.Born in Denton, Texas, on February
21, 1915, Clara Lou Sheridan was the youngest of five children (Kitty,
Pauline, Mabel and George) of George W. Sheridan and Lula Stewart
(née Warren). According to Sheridan, her father was a grandnephew of
Civil War Union general Philip Sheridan.She was active in dramatics at
Denton High School and at North Texas State Teachers College. She also
sang with the college's stage band and played basketball on the North
Texas women's basketball team.In 1933, her sister Kitty entered
Sheridan's photograph into a beauty contest, which subsequently won
the prize of a bit part in a Paramount film, Search for Beauty
released the following year.
professionally as Ann Sheridan, was an American actress and singer.
She worked regularly from 1934 until her death, first in film and
later in television. Notable roles include San Quentin (1937) with Pat
O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) with James
Cagney and Bogart, They Drive by Night (1940) with George Raft and
Bogart, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Monty Woolley, Kings
Row (1942) with Ronald Reagan, Nora Prentiss (1947), and I Was a Male
War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant.Born in Denton, Texas, on February
21, 1915, Clara Lou Sheridan was the youngest of five children (Kitty,
Pauline, Mabel and George) of George W. Sheridan and Lula Stewart
(née Warren). According to Sheridan, her father was a grandnephew of
Civil War Union general Philip Sheridan.She was active in dramatics at
Denton High School and at North Texas State Teachers College. She also
sang with the college's stage band and played basketball on the North
Texas women's basketball team.In 1933, her sister Kitty entered
Sheridan's photograph into a beauty contest, which subsequently won
the prize of a bit part in a Paramount film, Search for Beauty
released the following year.
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