Sheila Ryan

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Sheila Ryan, photo for an issue of Yank, the Army Weekly

Sheila Ryan (born June 8, 1921 in Topeka, Kansas as Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin , †  November 4, 1975 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles ) was an American actress who appeared in over 60 films.

Life

Ryan was born in Topeka, Kansas . She married actor Allan Lane in 1945 , but divorced him a year later. She and Pat Buttram married in 1952 and stayed together until their death in 1975. They had a daughter together.

Ryan died November 4, 1975 at the nursing home Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills ( Los Angeles ) from a lung disease. She was 54 years old.

Career

In 1939, she went to Hollywood at the age of 18. Her acting career began when she got a role on a television show on W6XAO (later KCBS) in Los Angeles, California.

At the age of 19, Ryan was signed by 20th Century Fox . In 1941 she starred in the crime drama Dressed to Kill . She has appeared in other well-known films, including two Laurel and Hardy films - Horrors of the Company (1941) and The Secret Agents (1942) - as well as the Busby Berkeley musical The Gang's All Here (1943). However, in the late 1940s, she appeared primarily in B-movies , particularly low-budget westerns.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, Ryan increasingly withdrew from acting.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Sheila Ryan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sheila Ryan Separates . January 18, 1946, p. 10. Retrieved January 22, 2016. 
personal data
SURNAME Ryan, Sheila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaughlin, Katherine Elizabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Topeka , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1975
Place of death Woodland Hills, Los Angeles