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Ann Sheridan (born Clara Lou Sheridan; February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress. She worked regularly from 1934 to her death in 1967, first in film and later in television. Notable roles include ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1942), ''Kings Row'' (1942), ''Nora Prentiss'' (1947) and ''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949). ==Life and career== Born in Denton, Texas on February 21, 1915, Sheridan was a student at the University of North Texas when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Pictures. 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, aged 19, 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 Sheridan's talent, so she left, signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1936, and changing her name to Ann Sheridan. Sheridan's career prospects began to improve. She received as many as 250 marriage proposals from fans in a single week.〔("Everybody Wants to Marry Annie" ), AP, May 25, 1941. Accessed June 2, 2009.〕 Tagged "The Oomph Girl"—a sobriquet which she reportedly loathed〔("Ann Sheridan, Actress, Born Clara Lou Sheridan on Feb. 21, 1915 in Denton, TX, Died Jan. 21, 1967 of cancer in Los Angeles, CA" ), by Paul Houston, ''Los Angeles Times'', January 22, 1967〕〔("When a Woman Could Be an Oomph Girl" ), by Art Rogoff, ''The New York Times'', September 12, 1988.〕〔("The Oomph Girl" ), Classic Cinema Gold, February 21, 2012〕—Sheridan was a popular pin-up girl in the early 1940s. She was the heroine of a novel, ''Ann Sheridan and the Sign of the Sphinx'', written by Kathryn Heisenfelt, published by Whitman Publishing Company in 1943. While the heroine of the story was identified as a famous actress, the stories were entirely fictitious. The story was probably written for a young teenage audience and is reminiscent of the adventures of Nancy Drew. It is part of a series known as "Whitman Authorized Editions", 16 books published between 1941 and 1947 that always featured a film actress as heroine.〔(Whitman Authorized Editions for Girls )〕 She received substantial roles and positive reaction from critics and moviegoers in such films as ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), opposite James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, ''Dodge City'' (1939) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, ''Torrid Zone'' with Cagney and ''They Drive by Night'' with George Raft and Bogart (both 1940), ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (1942) with Bette Davis, and ''Kings Row'' (1942), in which she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, and Betty Field. She also appeared in such musicals as ''It All Came True'' (1940) and ''Navy Blues'' (1941). She was also memorable in two of her biggest hits, ''Nora Prentiss'' and ''The Unfaithful'', both in 1947. Despite these successes, her career began to decline. Her role in ''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949), directed by Howard Hawks and costarring Cary Grant, gave her another success, but by the 1950s she was struggling to find work and her film roles were sporadic. In 1950, she appeared on the ABC musical television series ''Stop the Music''. In 1962, she played the lead in "The Mavis Grant Story" on the Western series ''Wagon Train''. In the middle 1960s, Sheridan appeared on the NBC soap opera ''Another World''. She also had a TV series of her own in the mid-1960s, a comedy Western entitled ''Pistols 'n' Petticoats''. This was shortly before her death. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ann Sheridan has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 7024 Hollywood Boulevard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ann Sheridan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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