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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
I Demand Payment
Character:Rita Avery
Release Date:13/12/1938
A Girl's Best Years
Character:Phyllis Rodgers
Release Date:25/12/1936
Fury Below
Character:Claire Johnson
Release Date:22/11/1936
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Character:Jane Kent
Release Date:16/06/1936
Special Investigator
Character:Judy Taylor
Release Date:08/05/1936
Murder on a Bridle Path
Character:Violet Feverel
Release Date:17/04/1936
Bars of Hate
Character:Ann Dawson
Release Date:01/11/1935
A Scream in the Night
Character:Edith Bentley
Release Date:29/07/1935
Society Fever
Character:Lucy Prouty
Release Date:15/07/1935
Rescue Squad
Character:Rose
Release Date:15/05/1935
Social Error
Character:Sonia
Release Date:30/04/1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Character:Clara Moore
Release Date:05/12/1934
The Lawless Frontier
Character:Ruby
Release Date:22/11/1934
Vengence is Mine
Character:Ruby
Release Date:22/11/1934
Rocky Rhodes
Character:Nan Street
Release Date:24/09/1934
Take the Stand
Character:Mrs. Pearl Reynolds
Release Date:07/08/1934
The House on 56th Street
Character:Dolly
Release Date:23/12/1933
Convention City
Character:Mrs. Kent
Release Date:14/12/1933
Son of a Sailor
Character:Genevieve
Release Date:29/11/1933
How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points
Character:Herself
Release Date:04/08/1933
The Mayor of Hell
Character:Blonde with Mike
Release Date:24/06/1933
Private Detective 62
Character:Mrs. Wright (Uncredited)
Release Date:10/06/1933
The Sphinx
Character:Jerry Crane
Release Date:01/06/1933
The Silk Express
Character:Paula Nyberg
Release Date:01/06/1933
Parachute Jumper
Character:Weber's Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:28/01/1933
The Match King
Character:Blonde Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1932
Madame Butterfly
Character:Adelaide Pinkerton
Release Date:30/12/1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Character:Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1932
Lawyer Man
Character:Flo - Gilmurry's Moll (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1932
Haunted Gold
Character:Janet Carter
Release Date:17/12/1932
You Said a Mouthful
Character:Cora Norton
Release Date:08/12/1932
A Scarlet Week-End
Character:Marjorie Murphy
Release Date:30/11/1932
Scarlet Dawn
Character:Marjorie Murphy
Release Date:12/11/1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Character:Allen's Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1932
They Call It Sin
Character:Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1932
Three on a Match
Character:Naomi (uncredited)
Release Date:29/10/1932
Big City Blues
Character:Lorna St. Clair (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/1932
Jewel Robbery
Character:Blonde Decoy (uncredited)
Release Date:08/07/1932
Week-End Marriage
Character:Connie
Release Date:18/06/1932
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