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Nickname:	Ann Sheridan / Clara Lou Sheridan / The "Oomph" Girl
Known for:	Another World / Kings Row / Angels with Dirty Faces
Birth name:	Clara Lou Sheridan
Birthday:	21 February 1915, Denton, Texas, USA
Height:	5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Available Photos	246

Appeared under her real name through 1935. Was named Max Factor's "Girl of the Year" for 1939. Was used as a body double (hands, legs, shoulders) while at Paramount. Was Frank Capra 's first choice for the role of Ann Mitchell in Meet John Doe but she was vetoed by Warner Bros. in a contract dispute. Due to her being known as "The Oomph Girl" she later became the inspiration for the brand of woman's house-slippers called "Oomphies". Ann Sheridan's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 7024 Hollywood Blvd. After making the movie San Quentin, in which they played brother and sister, Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart became friends and began referring to each other as "Sister Annie" and "Brother Bogie". She was the original choice for the part of Panama Smith in The Roaring Twenties. The role eventually went to Gladys George. Measurements: 36-25-35 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) In 1952 was included by the Fashion Academy of New York in the eight best dressed women of America. Her biography on This Is Your Life was canceled because she found out in advance what was being planned. In her will, Ann Sheridan asked that her cremated remains be placed in a columbarium at a cemetery in Los Angeles. Sheridan's biographer Karen McHale discovered that the actress's instructions had not been followed and arranged to have her final wishes fulfilled. Hollywood Forever donated a niche and held a dignified service (presided over by Sheridan's cousin, the Rev. Sallie Watson) on February 21, 2005 - Ann Sheridan's 90th birthday. Warner Bros. was eager to portray Ann as a "Girl about town," so her contract demanded that she hit the nightclubs at least three times a week. According to an article in The Newark Evening News, Ann kept busy during her 1941 strike from Warner Bros. by rebuilding abandoned cars at a friend's garage. In 1939, a fraternity bet inspired a UCLA student to handcuff himself to Ann during a movie premiere and then swallowed the key. Prompting a locksmith to be summoned to the theater. Had a large gap between her front teeth. She always wore a porcelain cap when having her picture taken. In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta and Maria Pia Di Meo, most notably in I Was a Male War Bride.

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