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Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was a college student when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Studios. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood. She made her film debut in 1934 in the film Search For Beauty and played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. Paramount made little effort to develop her talent so she left, signing a contract with Warner Brothers in 1936 and changing her name to Ann Sheridan.

Her career prospects began to improve and tagged The Oomph Girl, Sheridan had become a popular pin-up girl by the early forties.

She received substantial roles and positive reaction from critics and moviegoers in such films as Angels With Dirty Faces ( 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai opposite James CagneyJames Francis Cagney, Jr. July 17, 1899 March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Born in Yonkers, New York, Cagney graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1918. He worked in vaudeville and on Broadway, marrying the dancer Frances Will and Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart ( December 25, 1899 January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Bogart typically played smart, p), Dodge City ( 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26 opposite Errol FlynnErrol Leslie Thompson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 October 14, 1959), was a film actor born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles. As a child he was taken to Britain and attended two schools from both of which he was expe and Olivia De Havilland), Torrid Zone and They Drive By Night ( both 1940), The Man Who Came To Dinner ( 1942 opposite Bette Davis) and Kings Row ( 1942 where she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings and Betty Field). Despite these successes, her career began to decline. Her role in I Was A Male War Bride ( 1949) gave her another success but by the fifties she was struggling to find work and her film roles were sporadic.

She appeared in the television soap opera Another World during the mid sixties, and then started a role in the television series Pistols and Petticoats . She became ill during the filming of the first season, and died from esophageal and liver cancer in Woodland Hills, California.

Sheridan was married four times, including a marriage lasting one year to the actor George Brent. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard.