Gail Sheridan Explained

Gail Sheridan
Other Names:Shirley Nibley, Gail Katcher, Shirley Katcher
Birth Name:Shirley Gail Mingins
Birth Date:11 January 1916
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Death Place:Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1936-1937
Spouse:Alexander Sloan Nibley (1938-1942) (divorced) (1 child)
David Abraham Katcher (1947-1982) (her death) (1 child)

Gail Sheridan (January 11, 1916, Seattle, Washington  - September 17, 1982, Chevy Chase, Maryland) was an American film actress and dancer in the 1930s.

Early life

Gail Sheridan was born Shirley Gail Mingins in Seattle[1] and raised in Berkeley and San Francisco,[2] the daughter of Royall Wood Mingins and Fay Mitchell Kear Mingins. Her father was a court reporter.[3] [4] She had a sister, June.[5] She studied drama with Robert Warwick, ballet with Theodore Kosloff and Spanish dance with Elisa Cansino as a young woman.[6]

Career

Sheridan was named one of the twelve Goldwyn Girls in 1935, alongside Anya Taranda and Jinx Falkenburg.[7] She was a contract player at Paramount Pictures,[8] best known for her role in the 1930s westerns Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)[9] [10] and Hills of Old Wyoming (1937).[11] [12] She starred opposite actor William Boyd in both pictures.[13] Her other credits include Three Married Men (1936), Strike Me Pink (1936, as one of the Goldwyn Girls), Florida Special (1936) and Poppy (1936).[14]

Personal life

Sheridan was married twice. Her first husband was screenwriter Alexander Sloan Nibley; they married in 1938[15] and divorced in 1942. They had a son, Philip Royall.[16] [17] Her second husband was scientist and Physics Today editor David Abraham Katcher;[18] they married in 1947,[19] and had a daughter, Katherine (later Kravik). Sheridan died from cancer in 1982, at the age of 66, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 1936-08-22 . Today's Hollywood Closeup . 23 . The Vancouver Sun . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1936-02-27 . Two from Bay Area Get Contracts in Hollywood . 23 . Oakland Tribune . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1951-02-22 . Obituary for Royall W. Mingins . 46 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1960-03-10 . Mrs. Mingins Departs on Sea Journey . 93 . The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1934-07-29 . The Boss Interfered . 22 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1929-12-22 . Kindergarten Children Present Yule Pageant . 60 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1935-10-24 . Girls Picked by Goldwyn . 25 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1936-09-05 . Win New Contracts with Paramount . 4 . Times Union . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1937-01-10 . Hopalong Cassidy Returns . 13 . Great Falls Tribune . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1936-10-22 . 'Hopalong Cassidy' Returns to Screen . 16 . The Morning News . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Gail Sheridan. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122210920/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c5a1fa. dead. January 22, 2022. BFI.
  12. Book: Pitts, Michael R. . Western film series of the sound era . 2009 . Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland . Internet Archive . 978-0-7864-3529-6 . 165 . Internet Archive.
  13. Web site: Hills of Old Wyoming (1937). https://web.archive.org/web/20160311175616/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac523f5. dead. March 11, 2016. BFI.
  14. News: 1936-06-16 . Many Prominent Stars from Washington . 32 . Spokane Chronicle . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1938-06-09 . Intentions to Wed . 2 . Ventura County Star . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1942-10-10 . News Briefs . 3 . The Tribune . 2022-12-26 . Newspapers.com.
  17. Book: Katcher, Philip R. N. . The Civil War Source Book . 1992 . Facts on File . 978-0-8160-2823-8 . en.
  18. Offutt . Martin C. . 2003-07-01 . David Abraham Katcher . Physics Today . 56 . 7 . 72 . 10.1063/1.1603089 . 0031-9228. free .
  19. News: 1947-03-23 . Marriage License Applications . 25 . Evening Star . 2022-12-27 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: June 4, 2002 . David Katcher, Science Policy Analyst . Washington Post . December 26, 2022.

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