Sheila Terry

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.

  • Popularity : 1.808
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1910-03-05
  • Place of Birth : Warroad, Minnesota, USA
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Sheila Terry Movies

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    Jewel Robbery

    Jewel Robbery

    6.5 1932 HD

    A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

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    Convention City

    Convention City

    3.5 1933 HD

    Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.

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    The Lawless Frontier

    The Lawless Frontier

    4.7 1934 HD

    Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to kill Dusty and kidnap Ruby. Saving the two, he goes...

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    Rocky Rhodes

    Rocky Rhodes

    1 1934 HD

    Rocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The culprit is Murtch who now lets Joe break jail and...

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    The Sphinx

    The Sphinx

    4.8 1933 HD

    A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was...

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    Rescue Squad

    Rescue Squad

    2 1935 HD

    An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away from marrying a notorious scoundrel and to help an...

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    Haunted Gold

    Haunted Gold

    4.9 1932 HD

    John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan...

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    'Neath the Arizona Skies

    'Neath the Arizona Skies

    4.5 1934 HD

    Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil...

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    The Mayor of Hell

    The Mayor of Hell

    7.1 1933 HD

    Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed...

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    Special Investigator

    Special Investigator

    5.8 1936 HD

    A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.

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    The Match King

    The Match King

    6.6 1932 HD

    Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and...

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    Week-End Marriage

    Week-End Marriage

    6 1932 HD

    In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.

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    Scarlet Dawn

    Scarlet Dawn

    6.5 1932 HD

    During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a...

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    Fury Below

    Fury Below

    1 1936 HD

    Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners....

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    Go-Get-'Em, Haines

    Go-Get-'Em, Haines

    5 1936 HD

    Reporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean liner and gets wound up in a cruise full of intrigue,...

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    Bars of Hate

    Bars of Hate

    5 1935 HD

    Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves...

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    The Silk Express

    The Silk Express

    4.7 1933 HD

    As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to...

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    You Said a Mouthful

    You Said a Mouthful

    5 1932 HD

    Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the...

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    The House on 56th Street

    The House on 56th Street

    5.2 1933 HD

    A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits...

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    A Scarlet Week-End

    A Scarlet Week-End

    1 1932 HD

    A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.

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    Son of a Sailor

    Son of a Sailor

    5 1933 HD

    A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

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    Take the Stand

    Take the Stand

    4 1934 HD

    A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.

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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    5.4 1932 HD

    Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years...

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    Society Fever

    Society Fever

    6 1935 HD

    A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family.

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    Social Error

    Social Error

    5 1935 HD

    A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled from college. Later on, though, he comes to the aid...

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    20,000 Years in Sing Sing

    20,000 Years in Sing Sing

    6.5 1932 HD

    Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

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    Parachute Jumper

    Parachute Jumper

    6.1 1933 HD

    An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    7.8 1932 HD

    A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when...

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    A Girl's Best Years

    A Girl's Best Years

    5 1936 HD

    A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise suits.

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    They Call It Sin

    They Call It Sin

    5.8 1932 HD

    An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a...

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    Lawyer Man

    Lawyer Man

    5.8 1932 HD

    Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown...

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    Private Detective 62

    Private Detective 62

    5.947 1933 HD

    A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at...

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    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

    1 1933 HD

    The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.

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    Three on a Match

    Three on a Match

    6.2 1932 HD

    Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery...

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    I Demand Payment

    I Demand Payment

    4 1938 HD

    A just-married young woman attempts suicide after her husband tells her he really doesn't love her because he has become involved in an extortion...

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    Big City Blues

    Big City Blues

    5.3 1932 HD

    An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets...

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    A Scream in the Night

    A Scream in the Night

    4.7 1935 HD

    A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.

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