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Sheila Ryan is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 8 june 1921 at Topeka (USA)

Sheila Ryan

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Birth name Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin
Nationality USA
Birth 8 june 1921 at Topeka (USA)
Death 4 november 1975 (at 54 years) at Las Vegas (USA)

Sheila Ryan (June 8, 1921 – November 4, 1975) was an American actress who appeared in more than 60 movies.

Biography

Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin Ryan signe avec la Paramount quand elle est encore à l'école. Elle débute au cinéma avec le nom de scène Betty McLaughlin. Elle signe un contrat avec la 20th Century Fox en 1940.

Elle se marie avec Allan Lane le 5 octobre 1945 et divorce le 21 février 1946. Elle se marie avec Edward Norris le 15 mars 1947 et divorce en 1949. Elle se marie avec Pat Buttram le 26 décembre 1952 jusqu'à sa mort le 4 novembre 1975. Il une fille Kerry Buttram.

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Filmography of Sheila Ryan (31 films)

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Actress

Gold Raiders
Directed by Walter Lang, Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors George O'Brien, Jerome Cowan, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Sheila Ryan
Roles Laura Mason
Rating56% 2.8094752.8094752.8094752.8094752.809475
As peddlers, the Three Stooges help insurance agent George O'Brien outwit a gang of desperados who are after a valuable gold-mine shipment, led by local bigwig Sawyer (Lyle Talbot).
Jungle Manhunt, 1h6
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Sheila Ryan, Lyle Talbot, Rick Vallin
Roles Anne Lawrence
Rating54% 2.709522.709522.709522.709522.70952
Joueur de football Bob Miller, joué par un joueur de football réel, est perdu dans la jungle. Qui d'autre pour le trouver, mais Jungle Jim.
Western Pacific Agent, 1h5
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Mickey Knox, Morris Carnovsky, Robert Lowery, Sid Melton
Roles Martha Stuart
Rating59% 2.954112.954112.954112.954112.95411
The setting is the present-day American West. Detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad detective killed during a train robbery.
The Big Fix, 1h3
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Brown, James Brown, Sheila Ryan, Noreen Nash, Regis Toomey, Tommy Noonan
Roles Lillian
Rating53% 2.6884252.6884252.6884252.6884252.688425
After retiring from the service, Ken Williams goes back to his old school, Norton University, where he used to be an appreciated student with an expected future as a basketball player. Together with fellow veteran Andy Rawlins, Ken registers to continue and complete his studies. They are welcomed back by the student liaison for veterans, Ann Taylor, and Andy is a bit surprised by the warm welcome, since he is in the dark about Ken's previous accolades. Ken also refuses to join the basketball team, which confuses Andy even more.
Railroaded!, 1h12
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Ellen Corby, Jane Randolph, Clancy Cooper
Roles Rosie Ryan
Rating65% 3.298033.298033.298033.298033.29803
The innocent owner of a van that is unsuspectingly used in a back-room bookie operation robbery is "railroaded" (informal, refers to the conviction of someone based on false or weak evidence without proper corroboration) for the killing of a cop during the getaway.
The Lone Wolf in Mexico, 1h9
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Sheila Ryan, Jacqueline deWit, Bernard Nedell, John Gallaudet
Roles Sharon Montgomery
Rating62% 3.1335553.1335553.1335553.1335553.133555
Former jewel looter Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf), who has since been working as a private investigator, is accused of murdering Leon, a Mexican casino operative at the El Paseo joint. This incident is succeeded by another murder, this time of Sharon, a jeweller's spouse and gambling addict. The Lone Wolf seeks to clear his name by tracking the mastermind down once and for all. Before he can, he is arrested but manages to escape. The film ends with a largely unresolved mystery.
The Caribbean Mystery, 1h5
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Robert Shaw, William Forrest
Roles Mrs. Jean Gilbert
Rating57% 2.8677852.8677852.8677852.8677852.867785
Getting Gertie's Garter, 1h13
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Marie McDonald, Barry Sullivan, Binnie Barnes, J. Carrol Naish, Sheila Ryan
Roles Patty Ford
Rating63% 3.191083.191083.191083.191083.19108
Dr. Kenneth B. Ford (Dennis O'Keefe) is researching a revolutionary new anesthetic at Boston Mass Hospital. He receives news that he is about to be awarded by being elegtied into the Society of Scientific Research and is overjoyed. His joy is lessened however, by the arrival of district attorney investigator Winters (Frank Fenton), and the news that he is investigating a big jewel theft. Winters wants to question Kenneth about a piece of jewellery he bought two years earlier, but Kenneth says he doesn't recall anything of the sort. Winters suspects Kenneth of not telling the whole truth, and alls him to testify in court the next day. Right after Winter leaves, Kenneth calls his former girlfriend Gertie Kettering (Marie McDonald), an artist, and enquires about the jeweled garter she got from him two years earlier. It had an inscription on it: "To Gertie from Ken, with all my love". Kenneth is now happily married to Patty (Sheila Ryan), and doesn't want his gift to Gertie to be known to his wife, which woukd cause a scandal on his behalf. Kenneth wants Gertie to give back the garter to him. Gertie tells him his request is impossible, since she is about to wear the garter at her wedding the following day, and she has already sent away it to Ipswitch where the wedding is taking place. Patty is waiting for Kenneth at the laboratory when he gets back to perform his research experiment. Patty understands from Kenneth's behavior that something is wrong. She gets jealous of Gertie and follows Kenneth when he goes to Ipswitch that night, to visit his best friend Ted Dalton (Barry Sullivan), who is marrying Gertie. When Kenneth and Ted talk about the garter, Gertie eavesdrops on them and comes to believe that Ted would disapprove of the fact that she has accepted a gift from another man. Gertie demands that Kenneth tells Ted the truth, and she decides to keep the garter in case she needs to prove her innocence. Kenneth refuses, determined to keep the garter a secret to his wife. Instead he plans to take the garter back. Patty sees the discussion between Kenneth and Gertie, and gets more jealous. When she falls into a water barrel, Gertie's brother-in-law Billy (Jerome Cowan) helps her with dry clothes, and his wife Barbara (Binnie Barnes) becomes jealous of them when she sees them in the barn. The butler has gotten hold of the garter and wants to use it to blackmail Kenneth. Eventually Ted sees Kenneth and Gertie together, and later Kenneth finds Patty with no clothes in the barn, and Barbara discovers Billy covered only in hay. In vain, Kenneth and Gertie try to explain about the jewellry theft investigation. Everyone is jealous of everyone else, and no one trust their respective partners anymore. Then the butler appears with the garter, and everyone believes Kenneth and Gertie. Everyone makes up with their partner and all is well.
Something for the Boys, 1h27
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Michael O'Shea, Phil Silvers, Sheila Ryan, Rory Calhoun
Roles Melanie Walker
Rating59% 2.9557452.9557452.9557452.9557452.955745
After cousins actress Blossom Hart (Vivian Blaine), defense plant worker Chiquita Hart (Carmen Miranda) and inventor Harry Hart (Phil Silvers) each learn that they are heirs to a large plantation in Masonville, Georgia, they travel separately to Masonville, and in the office of lawyer Col. Jefferson L. Calhoun, meet for the first time. As they are all poor, they are thrilled by the inheritance, but when Calhoun takes them to Magnolia Manor, they discover that the once glorious plantation house is now a ruin. In addition, paying the plantation's various property and inheritance taxes will put them deeply in debt. While the cousins are bemoaning their fate, Staff Sgt. Ronald "Rocky" Fulton (Michael O'Shea), who was a well-known orchestra leader before joining the military, arrives with some of his men, including Sgt. Laddie Green (Perry Como). Rockie explains that the married service men of nearby Camp Dixon want to rent rooms in the manor for their wives, who have been unable to live close to their husbands due to a lack of available housing. The men pitch in and help the cousins fix up the manor, although Chiquita is continually bothered by the fact that she can pick up radio programs on the fillings in her teeth. Rocky, who has begun a romance with Blossom, suggests that they put on a musical show to raise funds for the renovations. On the day that "The Old Southern Corn Revue" is to open, Blossom is stunned by the arrival of Melanie Walker (Sheila Ryan), a snobbish, rich woman, who Rocky is forced to admit is his fiancé. Melanie, believing that Rocky has arranged for the manor to be let just for her, imperiously announces the changes she intends to make, and the infuriated Blossom refuses to speak to Rocky. Before the show, Rocky explains to a disapproving Chiquita that he loves only Blossom. The show is a big success, and the next morning, Chiquita advises Blossom to fight for Rocky if she loves him. The snooty Melanie ends up covered with eggs after she tries to work one of Harry's new inventions, and she seeks solace from Lt. Ashley Crothers (Glenn Langan). While the lieutenant is there, he discovers that Harry is hosting a dice game for some of the soldiers, none of whom have wives staying at the manor. Crothers arrests the soldiers and recommends that the house be posted as off-limits for all military personnel. Col. Grubbs approves Crother's suggestion, and soon the wives are packing to leave. Meanwhile, after Harry learns that carborundum from the defense plant got into Chiquita's fillings and is causing her to receive radio programs, he decides to build an invention around the idea. One afternoon, Rocky comes to the house to try to talk to Blossom, who refuses to see him. Rocky is supposed to be on duty for war games, and is captured by the "enemy" army, which has taken over the manor as its headquarters. Hoping to save both his stripes and the manor, Rocky enlists the aid of Chiquita and Harry, who begin building a transmitter to send a message to Rocky's unit via Chiquita's teeth. The message is sent, and the cousins distract the "enemy" army with a song and dance show while Rocky's army assembles for its attack. Soon after, Rocky's side has prevailed in the maneuvers, and in appreciation of Blossom, Chiquita and Harry's help, the off-limits sign is removed and the manor is once again the site of much happiness for the military men and their wives. At a celebratory party, Rocky announces that he has been selected for officer's candidate school, and the happy Blossom reconciles with him.
The Gang's All Here, 1h43
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Eugene Pallette, Edward Everett Horton, Jeanne Crain, Charlotte Greenwood
Roles Vivian Potter
Rating65% 3.2927153.2927153.2927153.2927153.292715
Wealthy businessman Andrew J. "A. J." Mason, Sr. takes his nervous partner, Peyton Potter, to the Club New Yorker for a celebratory evening with his son, Sgt. Andrew J. Mason, Jr., who is about to report for active duty in the Army. A. J. and Andy enjoy the show, which features master of ceremonies Phil Baker and dancer Tony De Marco, while Potter worries about what his wife Blossom would say if she knew he was there. While Potter is trapped into dancing with Brazilian sensation Dorita, Andy becomes intrigued by entertainer Eadie Allen. Phil warns Andy that because Eadie dances at the Broadway Canteen between shows, she will not go out on a date with him, but Andy follows her to the canteen and tells her that his name is Sgt. Pat Casey so that she will not be intimidated by his wealth. Despite her insistence that she cannot date servicemen outside the canteen, Eadie is charmed by Andy and agrees to meet him later when he pursues her to the nightclub. Eadie and Andy spend the evening talking and falling in love, and the next day, Eadie bids him farewell at the train station and promises to write every day. Andy distinguishes himself in battle in the South Pacific, and is granted a furlough after being awarded a medal. A. J. is thrilled and plans to throw a welcome home party for Andy at the Club New Yorker. Phil cannot accommodate his plans, however, as the club is closed for two weeks while the company rehearses a new show. Munificent as always, A. J. invites the performers to rehearse at his and Potter's homes, where they can throw a lavish garden party and war bond rally to welcome Andy. Potter is perturbed about the arrangements when he learns that Blossom knows Phil from her former days as an entertainer, and his chagrin grows when Tony's partner cannot perform and he asks Potter's daughter Vivian to dance with him. Hoping to persuade the stodgy Potter to allow Vivian to perform, Blossom tells him that Phil has threatened to reveal her wild past if Vivian is not in the show. Potter acquiesces, but his problems grow when he is pursued by the romantic-minded Dorita. When not chasing Potter, Dorita learns that Vivian has a boyfriend named Andy, and that he and Eadie's "Casey" are the same man. Complications arise as Dorita tries to keep Vivian and Eadie from discovering Andy's deception. When Andy and the real Pat Casey arrive at the club, however, Eadie learns the truth. Andy proclaims that he wants to marry her and not Vivian, but Eadie insists on breaking off their relationship, as she believes that Vivian really cares for him. During the show, however, Vivian tells Eadie that she is going to Broadway to perform as Tony's permanent partner, and reveals that she and Andy were never truly in love. As the show comes to a close, Eadie and Andy reconcile, and everyone joins in the final song.
Song of Texas
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Arline Judge, William Haade
Roles Sue Bennett
Rating60% 3.0013053.0013053.0013053.0013053.001305
After a fib by Sam Bennett, a former rodeo star and old friend of Roy's, to his daughter back East that he owns a big ranch, Roy agrees to pretend that's the truth when Sue Bennett decides to travel to Texas and pay her father a visit. Complications develop when Sue makes a deal to sell half the ranch to someone else.
A-Haunting We Will Go, 1h8
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Elisha Cook, Jr., Sheila Ryan, Don Costello, Edward Gargan
Roles Margo
Rating61% 3.0976153.0976153.0976153.0976153.097615
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are two hobos roaming the Arizona countryside. After being arrested for loitering, they spend a night in jail in town. When they are released the day after they are ordered to leave town immediately. Since the men lack every kind of transportation, they come up with the desperate idea of traveling as escort to a coffin and an undertaker’s railroad transport of a corpse out of town to Dayton, Ohio. The corpse will still be in the coffin, of course, but they at least get the transport for free.
Lone Star Ranger, 58minutes
Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sheila Ryan, Jonathan Hale, William Farnum, George E. Stone, Russell Simpson, Dorothy Burgess
Roles Barbara Longstreth
Rating58% 2.904132.904132.904132.904132.90413