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Margaret Sheridan is a Actor American born on 29 october 1926 at Los Angeles (USA)

Margaret Sheridan

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Birth name Margaret Elizabeth Sheridan
Nationality USA
Birth 29 october 1926 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 1 may 1982 (at 55 years) at Orange (USA)

For the Irish soprano see Margaret Burke Sheridan
Margaret Elizabeth Sheridan (October 29, 1926 – May 1, 1982) was an American actress of the early 1950s, and protégée of director Howard Hawks. The raven-haired beauty is best remembered for her role as Nikki Nickolson opposite Kenneth Tobey in the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing from Another World.

Biography

Elle naît à Los Angeles en Californie en 1926. Mannequin et hôtesse de l'air, elle est remarquée par le réalisateur Howard Hawks qui devient son mentor. Il la prend sous contrat et lui offre le premier rôle féminin du western La Rivière rouge (Red River) face à John Wayne et le débutant Montgomery Clift. Elle doit refuser car elle est enceinte et, à sa place, Joanne Dru accepte le rôle.

Au début des années 1950, Hawks lui offre un autre rôle de premier plan dans le film de science-fiction La Chose d'un autre monde (The Thing from Another World) de Christian Nyby dont il est, entre autres, le producteur. Sa prestation face à Kenneth Tobey, sa première au cinéma, marque les esprits et lui attire des critiques élogieuses.

Elle apparaît ensuite dans le drame de guerre Une minute avant l'heure H (One Minute to Zero) de Tay Garnett aux côtés de Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth et Charles McGraw.

En 1953, elle incarne le personnage de Velda, la secrétaire du détective privé Mike Hammer dans le film noir J'aurai ta peau (I, the Jury) d'Harry Essex. Elle donne ensuite la réplique à Dennis O'Keefe et Philip Friend dans le film policier Enquête spéciale (The Diamond) de Montgomery Tully puis joue aux côtés de Vera Miles et Lloyd Bridges dans le drame Pride of the Blue Grass de William Beaudine en 1954.

À nouveau enceinte, elle se retire la même année. Elle effectue un éphémère retour en 1964, avec un rôle de figuration dans la comédie Le Sport favori de l'homme (Man's Favorite Sport ?) d'Howard Hawks et deux crédits dans des épisodes de séries télévisées.

Elle meurt d'un cancer du poumon en 1982 à Orange en Californie.

Usually with

Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
(2 films)
Eduard Franz
Eduard Franz
(2 films)
Clem Portman
Clem Portman
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaret Sheridan (6 films)

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Actress

Man's Favorite Sport?, 2h
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy, Edy Williams, Norman Alden, John McGiver
Roles Maggie, Cadwalader's Secretary (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.546963.546963.546963.546963.54696
Roger Willoughby is a well-known fishing expert who works as a salesman for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Abigail Page is a brash and flighty public relations woman. Page is determined to secure Willoughby's participation in a prestigious fishing tournament, only to discover that Willoughby is a phony—he's never fished in his life.
I, the Jury, 1h27
Directed by Harry Essex
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed, Mary Anderson
Roles Velda
Rating60% 3.0481253.0481253.0481253.0481253.048125
Shortly before Christmas in New York City, one-armed insurance investigator Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is looking at a college yearbook photo of John Hansen when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death. Hot-headed private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot), Jack's war buddy, vows to avenge his friend's death despite a warning from Pat Chambers (Preston Foster), captain of the homicide squad, to let the police handle the case. Pat is unable to calm Mike, who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene. Knowing that Mike will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice, Pat urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that Mike is on the job.
One Minute to Zero, 1h45
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, Charles McGraw, William Talman, Richard Egan, Margaret Sheridan
Roles Mary Parker
Rating58% 2.903422.903422.903422.903422.90342
Just prior to the North Korean invasion of South Korea, World War II U.S. Army veterans Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) and Sergeant Baker (Charles McGraw) are teaching South Korean soldiers how to use a bazooka to stop an enemy tank. Linda Day (Ann Blyth) is a United Nations worker assisting refugees. Janowski warns Day and her colleagues to leave the area because hostilities are imminent. Day, however, insists that the North Koreans would not risk the wrath of world opinion. In response, Janowski asks her if world opinion stopped Hitler.
The Thing from Another World, 1h26
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Douglas Spencer, Dewey Martin, Robert O. Cornthwaite, James Arness
Roles Nikki
Rating70% 3.546863.546863.546863.546863.54686
A United States Air Force crew is dispatched by General Fogerty (David McMahon) from Anchorage, Alaska at the request of Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), the chief scientist of a North Pole scientific outpost. They have evidence that an unknown flying craft crashed nearby, so Reporter Ned Scott (Douglas Spencer) tags along for the story.