Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry

  • Birthday: 1910-03-05
  • Deathday: 1957-01-19
  • Place of birth: Warroad, Minnesota, USA
  • Also know as: Kay Clark

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Sphinx

1933

As Jerry Crane

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

As Clara Moore

Go-Get-'Em, Haines

1936

As Jane Kent

Bars of Hate

1935

As Ann Dawson

The Silk Express

1933

As Paula Nyberg

Rocky Rhodes

1934

As Nan Street

Haunted Gold

1932

As Janet Carter

Week-End Marriage

1932

As Connie

Fury Below

1936

As Claire Johnson

A Girl's Best Years

1936

As Phyllis Rodgers

A Scarlet Week-End

1932

As Marjorie Murphy

Scarlet Dawn

1932

As Marjorie Murphy

Rescue Squad

1935

As Rose

Son of a Sailor

1933

As Genevieve

Social Error

1935

As Sonia

A Scream in the Night

1935

As Edith Bentley

The Mayor of Hell

1933

As Blonde with Mike

You Said a Mouthful

1932

As Cora Norton

Society Fever

1935

As Lucy Prouty

Take the Stand

1934

As Mrs. Pearl Reynolds

Special Investigator

1936

As Judy Taylor

Madame Butterfly

1932

As Adelaide Pinkerton

I Demand Payment

1938

As Rita Avery

Convention City

1933

As Mrs. Kent

They Call It Sin

1932

As Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Private Detective 62

1933

As Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)

Lawyer Man

1932

As Flo - Gilmurry's Moll (uncredited)

Jewel Robbery

1932

As Blonde Decoy (uncredited)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

As Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper

1933

As Weber's Secretary (uncredited)

The Match King

1932

As Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Big City Blues

1932

As Lorna St. Clair

Three on a Match

1932

As Naomi (uncredited)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

As Allen's Secretary (uncredited)

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