1910-03-05 ( 115 years old ) in Warroad, Minnesota, USA
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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.
Movies
I Demand Payment
1938-12-13
A Girl's Best Years
1936-12-25
Fury Below
1936-11-22
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
1936-06-16
Special Investigator
1936-05-08
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
Bars of Hate
1935-11-01
A Scream in the Night
1935-07-29
Society Fever
1935-07-15
Rescue Squad
1935-05-15
Social Error
1935-04-30
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934-12-05
The Lawless Frontier
1934-11-22
Rocky Rhodes
1934-09-24
Take the Stand
1934-08-07
The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23
Convention City
1933-12-14
Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
1933-08-04
The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
Private Detective 62
1933-06-10
The Sphinx
1933-06-01
The Silk Express
1933-06-01
Parachute Jumper
1933-01-28
The Match King
1932-12-31
Madame Butterfly
1932-12-30
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24
Lawyer Man
1932-12-24
Haunted Gold
1932-12-17
A Scarlet Week-End
1932-11-30
You Said a Mouthful
1932-11-18
Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932-11-09
They Call It Sin
1932-11-05
Three on a Match
1932-10-29
Big City Blues
1932-09-18
Jewel Robbery
1932-07-08
Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18
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