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person_profile-Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry Died at age: 46

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sheila Terry

Date of Birth:

Mar 05, 1910

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 19, 1957

Biography of

Sheila Terry

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Sheila Terry (March 5, 1910 – January 19, 1957) was an American film actress. She was born Kay Clark in Warroad, Minnesota. Terry first studied dramatics at Dickson-Kenwin academy, a school affiliated with London's Royal Academy. Later she moved to New York, where she continued her studies and appeared in a number of plays. While appearing on Broadway in The Little Racketeer, she was spotted by an alert film scout and given a test which led to a contract with Warner Bros.

    She played in 1930s for Warner Bros. She appeared with John Wayne in the Western films Haunted Gold (1932); Neath the Arizona Skies and The Lawless Frontier (1934). She appeared with Bette Davis, Louis Calhern and Spencer Tracy in 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932). She appeared with Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney in Marion Gering's film Madame Butterfly (1932). In 1933 she left Hollywood briefly for the New York stage. She married Major Laurence E. Clark, a wealthy Toronto socialite on August 16, 1928. She divorced him February 16, 1934. In 1937, she married William Magee of San Francisco, and retired from show business. After his death, Terry wanted to return to show business, but couldn't find a job.

    In 1947, she said in a newspaper-interview: "I'm going back into show business and I need an act, I can't sing, I can't dance and I can't play the piano. I should be terrific in night clubs". She worked as a press agent for 15 years.

    In January 1957, her body was discovered in the third floor apartment, which was both her home and office. A friend and neighbour, Jerry Keating, went to the apartment when he failed to reach her on the telephone. The door was locked, and Terry did not answer the bell. Keating called the police; they broke in and found Terry's body on the bedroom floor, her back leaning against the bed. Five capsules, their contents gone, were on the floor beside her.

    Friends told the police that she returned from a trip to Mexico a few days before her death and that she was ill when she came home. It was later discovered that she died broke; she left only a scanty wardrobe. She was buried in Potter's Field in New York City.

Photos of

Sheila Terry

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

Sheila Terry

Found 36 Movies in total

I Demand Payment

Rita Avery ( Actor )

... 1938

Fury Below

Claire Johnson ( Actor )

... 1936

Go-Get-'Em, Haines

Jane Kent ( Actor )

... 1936

Special Investigator

Judy Taylor ( Actor )

... 1936

Murder on a Bridle Path

Violet Feverel ( Actor )

... 1936

Bars of Hate

Ann Dawson ( Actor )

... 1935

A Scream in the Night

Edith Bentley ( Actor )

... 1935

Society Fever

Lucy Prouty ( Actor )

... 1935

Rescue Squad

Rose ( Actor )

... 1935

Social Error

Sonia ( Actor )

... 1935

'Neath the Arizona Skies

Clara Moore ( Actor )

... 1934

The Lawless Frontier

Ruby ( Actor )

... 1934

Rocky Rhodes

Nan Street ( Actor )

... 1934

Take the Stand

Mrs. Pearl Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1933

Convention City

Mrs. Kent ( Actor )

... 1933

Son of a Sailor

Genevieve ( Actor )

... 1933

The Mayor of Hell

Blonde with Mike ( Actor )

... 1933

Private Detective 62

Mrs. Wright (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Silk Express

Paula Nyberg ( Actor )

... 1933

The Sphinx

Jerry Crane ( Actor )

... 1933

Parachute Jumper

Weber's Secretary (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Match King

Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Madame Butterfly

Adelaide Pinkerton ( Actor )

... 1932

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Lawyer Man

Flo - Gilmurry's Moll (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Haunted Gold

Janet Carter ( Actor )

... 1932

A Scarlet Week-End

Marjorie Murphy ( Actor )

... 1932

You Said a Mouthful

Cora Norton ( Actor )

... 1932

Scarlet Dawn

Marjorie Murphy ( Actor )

... 1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Allen's Secretary (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

They Call It Sin

Telephone Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Three on a Match

Naomi (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Big City Blues

Lorna St. Clair (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Jewel Robbery

Blonde Decoy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Week-End Marriage

Connie ( Actor )

... 1932