Trivia of Ann Sheridan

Trivia of Ann Sheridan ( 21 February 1915 - 21 January 1967)

*Her sister entered Sheridan's photograph into a beauty contest in 1933.Sheridan won the prize of a bit part in an upcoming Paramount film, Search for Beauty.Paramount put the 19-year-old Sheridan under contract at a starting salary of $75 a week , where she played mostly uncredited bit parts for the next two years.

*She had a noticeable gap between her front teeth, so she wore a porcelain cap when having her picture taken.

*After making San Quentin (1937) with Humphrey Bogart, the two became friends and began referring to each other as “Sister Annie” and “Brother Bogie”.They made 6 films together : San Quentin (1937) , Black Legion (1937), The Great O'Malley (1937), It All Came True (1940), They Drive by Night (1940) , City for Conquest (1940).

*In March 1939, Warner Bros. announced Sheridan had been voted by a committee of 25 men as the actress with the most "oomph" in America. "Oomph" was described as "a certain indefinable something that commands male interest".She received as many as 250 marriage proposals from fans in a single week.Due to her being known as "The Oomph Girl" Ann Sheridan later became the inspiration for the brand of woman's house-slippers called "Oomphies".

*Actor Rex Harrison said of her, "I was struck by her extraordinary magnetism and directness," and noted that he liked her "distinctive quality of earthiness that never transcends to blatant sexiness." Her beauty made her a favorite pin-up, along with Betty Grable.

*Sheridan once engaged in a romantic affair with Mexican actor Rodolfo Acosta, with whom she appeared in 1953's movie "Appointment in Honduras". She and the married Acosta shared an apartment in Mexico City for several years, and Sheridan was charged with criminal adultery in Mexican federal court in October, 1956, following an accusation by Acosta's wife, Jeanine Cohen Acosta. Mexican authorities issued a warrant for Sheridan's arrest. Nothing came of the criminal charges, and the relationship ended in 1958.

*Her final role was as Henrietta Hanks in the television comedy Western series Pistols 'n' Petticoats, which was filmed while she became increasingly ill in 1966, and was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights.The 19th episode of the series, "Beware the Hangman", aired as scheduled on the same day that she died in 1967.