Sheila Terry

Born: 1910-03-05

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.


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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Allen's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-09

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...

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Three on a Match

as Naomi (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-29

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she...

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Lawyer Man

as Flo - Gilmurry's Moll (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-24

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New...

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Madame Butterfly

as Adelaide Pinkerton
Released: 1932-12-30

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his...

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'Neath the Arizona Skies

as Clara Moore
Released: 1934-12-05

Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white...

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Big City Blues

as Lorna St. Clair
Released: 1932-09-18

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his...

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Week-End Marriage

as Connie
Released: 1932-06-18

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

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The Mayor of Hell

as Blonde with Mike
Released: 1933-06-24

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...

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Parachute Jumper

as Weber's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-28

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the...

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The Lawless Frontier

as Ruby
Released: 1934-11-22

Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to...

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The House on 56th Street

as Dolly
Released: 1933-12-23

A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits...

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-24

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...

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Son of a Sailor

as Genevieve
Released: 1933-11-29

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

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Private Detective 62

as Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-10

A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is...

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Jewel Robbery

as Blonde Decoy (uncredited)
Released: 1932-07-08

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

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The Sphinx

as Jerry Crane
Released: 1933-06-01

A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene....

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Take the Stand

as Mrs. Pearl Reynolds
Released: 1934-08-07

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective...

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Haunted Gold

as Janet Carter
Released: 1932-12-17

John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns...

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Scarlet Dawn

as Marjorie Murphy
Released: 1932-11-12

During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to...

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You Said a Mouthful

as Cora Norton
Released: 1932-11-18

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer....

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A Scream in the Night

as Edith Bentley
Released: 1935-07-29

A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the...

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They Call It Sin

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-05

An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted,...

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Convention City

as Mrs. Kent
Released: 1933-12-14

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

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Fury Below

as Claire Johnson
Released: 1936-11-22

Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained...

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Go-Get-'Em, Haines

as Jane Kent
Released: 1936-06-16

Reporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean...

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The Silk Express

as Paula Nyberg
Released: 1933-06-01

As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market...

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Rocky Rhodes

as Nan Street
Released: 1934-09-24

Rocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The...

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A Girl's Best Years

as Phyllis Rodgers
Released: 1936-12-25

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

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I Demand Payment

as Rita Avery
Released: 1938-12-13

A just-married young woman attempts suicide after her husband tells her he really doesn't love...

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Rescue Squad

as Rose
Released: 1935-05-15

An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away...

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The Match King

as Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-31

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...

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Social Error

as Sonia
Released: 1935-04-30

A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled...

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Society Fever

as Lucy Prouty
Released: 1935-07-15

A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to...

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Special Investigator

as Judy Taylor
Released: 1936-05-08

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

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A Scarlet Week-End

as Marjorie Murphy
Released: 1932-11-30

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

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Bars of Hate

as Ann Dawson
Released: 1935-11-01

Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its...

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