Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan

Born: June 8, 1921
Died: November 4, 1975
in Topeka, Kansas, USA
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Sheila Ryan, (June 8, 1921 – November 4, 1975) was an American actress who starred in over 60 movies.

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Pack Train
Title: Pack Train
Character: Lola Riker
Released: July 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed by Ross McLain, intend to bushwhack Autry, grab the supplies, and sell them at high prices to a local mining camp.
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On Top of Old Smoky
Title: On Top of Old Smoky
Character: Lila
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.
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Title: I'm the Law
Released: February 13, 1953
Type: TV
I'm the Law is the title of a 30-minute syndicated American television police drama series which aired in 1953 starring George Raft as Lt. George Kirby, a NYPD detective involved in solving a variety of crimes in New York City. The series first aired on February 13, 1953 and ended on July 31, 1953.
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Jungle Manhunt
Title: Jungle Manhunt
Character: Anne Lawrence
Released: October 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.
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Gold Raiders
Title: Gold Raiders
Character: Laura Mason
Released: September 9, 1951
Type: Movie
The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.
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Mask of the Dragon
Title: Mask of the Dragon
Character: Ginny O'Donnell
Released: March 10, 1951
Type: Movie
A private eye and his girlfriend avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.
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Fingerprints Don't Lie
Title: Fingerprints Don't Lie
Character: Carolyn Palmer
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A fingerprint expert figures out who killed the mayor.
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Title: The Gene Autry Show
Released: July 23, 1950
Type: TV
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.
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Western Pacific Agent
Title: Western Pacific Agent
Character: Martha Stuart
Released: April 10, 1950
Type: Movie
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.
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Mule Train
Title: Mule Train
Character: Sheriff Carol
Released: February 22, 1950
Type: Movie
A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the last thing the badmen of Trail End want, as they have a monopoly of the wagons needed to haul rocks to the site. A pretty sheriff notwithstanding, it's a job for a singing marshal.
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The Cowboy and the Indians
Title: The Cowboy and the Indians
Character: Doctor Nan
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Finding Indians stealing from his ranch, Gene learns they are suffering from malnutrition. Store owner Martin is cheating them and now he is after the Chief's valuable necklace. When the dying chief is found, having been attacked and robbed, Martin blames Lakhona who would become the new chief. When Gene helps Lakhona they soon find themselves fleeing from the law.
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Title: The Lone Ranger
Character: Ellen Carter
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: TV
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Title: Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Character: Myra Madison
Released: August 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.
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Ringside
Title: Ringside
Character: Janet 'J.L.' Brannigan
Released: July 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.
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Hideout
Title: Hideout
Character: Edie Hanson
Released: March 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Collins). Unfortunately, his investigation is hampered by his girlfriend and ex-secretary (Lorna Gray), who could very well be in cahoots with the bad guys.
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The Cobra Strikes
Title: The Cobra Strikes
Character: Dale Cameron
Released: April 24, 1948
Type: Movie
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
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Caged Fury
Title: Caged Fury
Character: Kit Warren
Released: March 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Big cats are killing people... after being trained by a twisted lion tamer.
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Railroaded!
Title: Railroaded!
Character: Rosie Ryan
Released: September 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Title: Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Character: Mona Bannister
Released: August 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place.
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Heartaches
Title: Heartaches
Character: Toni Wentworth
Released: June 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?
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The Big Fix
Title: The Big Fix
Character: Lillian
Released: April 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.
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The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Title: The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Character: Sharon Montgomery
Released: January 16, 1947
Type: Movie
In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he winds up accused of both robbery and murder.
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Slightly Scandalous
Title: Slightly Scandalous
Character: Christine Wright
Released: August 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Disparate twin brothers find themselves involved in romantic mayhem when their respective girl friends get them confused in this musical comedy.
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Deadline for Murder
Title: Deadline for Murder
Character: Vivian Mason
Released: June 28, 1946
Type: Movie
A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a missing document.
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Getting Gertie's Garter
Title: Getting Gertie's Garter
Character: Patty Ford
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
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The Caribbean Mystery
Title: The Caribbean Mystery
Character: Mrs. Jean Gilbert
Released: June 1, 1945
Type: Movie
The Caribbean Mystery is a remake of Mr. Moto on Danger Island (1939)-which in turn was a remake of Murder in Trinidad. James Dunn stars as Mr. Smith, a Columbo-like Brooklyn detective who pops up on a tropical island to track down some missing geologists.
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Something for the Boys
Title: Something for the Boys
Character: Melanie Walker
Released: November 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...
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Ladies of Washington
Title: Ladies of Washington
Character: Jerry Dailey
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreational activities lead to her involvement in murder.
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The Gang's All Here
Title: The Gang's All Here
Character: Vivian Potter
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
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Song of Texas
Title: Song of Texas
Character: Sue Bennett
Released: June 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.
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Careful, Soft Shoulders
Title: Careful, Soft Shoulders
Character: Agatha Mather
Released: September 18, 1942
Type: Movie
In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has become a dress model. She is approached by an American counter-espionage agent who offers her a chance to serve her country. The carefree son of a naval official receives a similar offer. He is asked to secure secret Naval plans. Unbeknownst to them, the man they work for is actually a Nazi spy. The two dupes finally figure it out, and the spy kidnaps them. Somehow they escape and break up the spy ring.
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A-Haunting We Will Go
Title: A-Haunting We Will Go
Character: Margo
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Title: Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Character: Lee Dale
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
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Lone Star Ranger
Title: Lone Star Ranger
Character: Barbara Longstreth
Released: March 20, 1942
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.
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Pardon My Stripes
Title: Pardon My Stripes
Character: Ruth Stevens
Released: January 26, 1942
Type: Movie
Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of "Dope of the Year" award. Gambler Big George Kilraine (Harold Huber) hires him to take the $107,000 winnings of the gambler's syndicate on the game to Chicago. On the way the money bag falls out of the airplane and lands in the state penitentiary. Herry now has to figure out how to get into the prison and get the money out of the prison.
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Great Guns
Title: Great Guns
Character: Ginger Hammond
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
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We Go Fast
Title: We Go Fast
Character: Diana Hempstead
Released: September 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.
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Sun Valley Serenade
Title: Sun Valley Serenade
Character: Phone Operator (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
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Dressed to Kill
Title: Dressed to Kill
Character: Connie Earle
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
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Dead Men Tell
Title: Dead Men Tell
Character: Kate Ransome
Released: March 28, 1941
Type: Movie
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
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Golden Hoofs
Title: Golden Hoofs
Character: Gwen
Released: February 14, 1941
Type: Movie
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
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The Mad Doctor
Title: The Mad Doctor
Character: Hostess at Charity Bazaar (Uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
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The Gay Caballero
Title: The Gay Caballero
Character: Susan Wetherby
Released: October 4, 1940
Type: Movie
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to steal Susan Wetherby's land.
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The Way of All Flesh
Title: The Way of All Flesh
Character: Mitzi Kriza
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
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Queen of the Mob
Title: Queen of the Mob
Character: Party Girl
Released: June 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.
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The Farmer's Daughter
Title: The Farmer's Daughter
Character: Dorinda
Released: March 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham. When flighty starlet Sheldon finds out he has a new girlfriend, she takes off, leaving North and Trimble to find a new leading lady.
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What a Life
Title: What a Life
Character: Jessie
Released: October 5, 1939
Type: Movie
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.