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


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Gail Sheridan was born '''Shirley Gail Mingins''' in Seattle and raised in Berkeley and San Francisco, the daughter of Royall Wood Mingins and Fay Mitchell Kear Mingins. Her father was a [[court reporter]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-02-22 |title=Obituary for Royall W. Mingins |pages=46 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115219494/obituary-for-royall-w-mingins/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-03-10 |title=Mrs. Mingins Departs on Sea Journey |pages=93 |work=The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115222496/mrs-mingins-departs-on-sea-journey/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She had a sister, June.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-07-29 |title=The Boss Interfered |pages=22 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220973/the-boss-interfered/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Gail Sheridan was born '''Shirley Gail Mingins''' in Seattle<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-08-22 |title=Today's Hollywood Closeup |pages=23 |work=The Vancouver Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115242485/todays-hollywood-closeup/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and raised in Berkeley and San Francisco,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1936-02-27 |title=Two from Bay Area Get Contracts in Hollywood |pages=23 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115241538/two-from-bay-area-get-contracts-in/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the daughter of Royall Wood Mingins and Fay Mitchell Kear Mingins. Her father was a [[court reporter]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-02-22 |title=Obituary for Royall W. Mingins |pages=46 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115219494/obituary-for-royall-w-mingins/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-03-10 |title=Mrs. Mingins Departs on Sea Journey |pages=93 |work=The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115222496/mrs-mingins-departs-on-sea-journey/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She had a sister, June.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-07-29 |title=The Boss Interfered |pages=22 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220973/the-boss-interfered/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She studied drama with [[Robert Warwick]], ballet with [[Theodore Kosloff]] and Spanish dance with [[Elisa Cansino]] as a young woman.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1929-12-22 |title=Kindergarten Children Present Yule Pageant |pages=60 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115242533/kindergarten-children-present-yule/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Sheridan was known for her role in the 1930s [[westerns]] ''[[Hopalong Cassidy Returns]]'' (1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1937-01-10 |title=Hopalong Cassidy Returns |pages=13 |work=Great Falls Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220117/hopalong-cassidy-returns/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-10-22 |title='Hopalong Cassidy' Returns to Screen |pages=16 |work=The Morning News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220547/hopalong-cassidy-returns-to-screen/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''[[Hills of Old Wyoming]]'' (1937).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c5a1fa|title=Gail Sheridan|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=http://archive.org/details/westernfilmserie0000pitt |title=Western film series of the sound era |date=2009 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-3529-6 |pages=165 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She starred opposite actor [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] in both pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac523f5|title=Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other credits include ''[[Florida Special]]'' (1936) and ''[[Poppy (1936 film)|Poppy]]'' (1936).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-06-16 |title=Many Prominent Stars from Washington |pages=32 |work=Spokane Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220297/many-prominent-stars-from-washington/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Sheridan was named one of the twelve [[Goldwyn Girls]] in 1935, alongside [[Anya Taranda]] and [[Jinx Falkenburg]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1935-10-24 |title=Girls Picked by Goldwyn |pages=25 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115241838/girls-picked-by-goldwyn/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was a contract player at [[Paramount Pictures]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-09-05 |title=Win New Contracts with Paramount |pages=4 |work=Times Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115242083/win-new-contracts-with-paramount/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> best known for her role in the 1930s [[westerns]] ''[[Hopalong Cassidy Returns]]'' (1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=1937-01-10 |title=Hopalong Cassidy Returns |pages=13 |work=Great Falls Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220117/hopalong-cassidy-returns/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-10-22 |title='Hopalong Cassidy' Returns to Screen |pages=16 |work=The Morning News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220547/hopalong-cassidy-returns-to-screen/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''[[Hills of Old Wyoming]]'' (1937).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c5a1fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122210920/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c5a1fa|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2022|title=Gail Sheridan|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=http://archive.org/details/westernfilmserie0000pitt |title=Western film series of the sound era |date=2009 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7864-3529-6 |pages=165 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She starred opposite actor [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] in both pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac523f5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311175616/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ac523f5|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2016|title=Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other credits include ''[[Three Married Men]]'' (1936), [[Strike Me Pink (film)|''Strike Me Pink'']] (1936, as one of the Goldwyn Girls),<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Florida Special]]'' (1936)<ref name=":0" /> and ''[[Poppy (1936 film)|Poppy]]'' (1936).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-06-16 |title=Many Prominent Stars from Washington |pages=32 |work=Spokane Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115220297/many-prominent-stars-from-washington/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Sheridan was married twice. Her first husband was screenwriter [[Sloan Nibley|Alexander Sloan Nibley]]; they married in 1938<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1938-06-09 |title=Intentions to Wed |pages=2 |work=Ventura County Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115219792/marriage-of-nibley-mingins/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and divorced in 1942. They had a son, Philip Royall.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-10-10 |title=News Briefs |pages=3 |work=The Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115221703/news-briefs/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Katcher |first=Philip R. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Civil_War_Source_Book.html?id=nE3hAAAAMAAJ |title=The Civil War Source Book |date=1992 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=978-0-8160-2823-8 |language=en}}</ref> Her second husband was scientist and ''[[Physics Today]]'' editor David Abraham Katcher;<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Offutt |first=Martin C. |date=2003-07-01 |title=David Abraham Katcher |url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1603089 |journal=Physics Today |volume=56 |issue=7 |pages=72–72 |doi=10.1063/1.1603089 |issn=0031-9228}}</ref> they married in 1947, and had a daughter, Katherine Lisa (later Kravik). Sheridan died from cancer in 1982, at the age of 66, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 2002 |title=David Katcher, Science Policy Analyst |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/04/obituaries/6bf684fd-9bf2-49de-9301-1f422a63bff8/ |access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref>
Sheridan was married twice. Her first husband was screenwriter [[Sloan Nibley|Alexander Sloan Nibley]]; they married in 1938<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1938-06-09 |title=Intentions to Wed |pages=2 |work=Ventura County Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115219792/marriage-of-nibley-mingins/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and divorced in 1942. They had a son, Philip Royall.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1942-10-10 |title=News Briefs |pages=3 |work=The Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115221703/news-briefs/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Katcher |first=Philip R. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE3hAAAAMAAJ |title=The Civil War Source Book |date=1992 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=978-0-8160-2823-8 |language=en}}</ref> Her second husband was scientist and ''[[Physics Today]]'' editor David Abraham Katcher;<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Offutt |first=Martin C. |date=2003-07-01 |title=David Abraham Katcher |journal=Physics Today |volume=56 |issue=7 |pages=72 |doi=10.1063/1.1603089 |issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free }}</ref> they married in 1947,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-03-23 |title=Marriage License Applications |pages=25 |work=Evening Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115242612/marriage-license-applications/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and had a daughter, Katherine (later Kravik). Sheridan died from cancer in 1982, at the age of 66, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 2002 |title=David Katcher, Science Policy Analyst |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/04/obituaries/6bf684fd-9bf2-49de-9301-1f422a63bff8/ |access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:00, 14 November 2023

This article is about the American actress. For the Scottish political figure, see Tommy Sheridan and HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan.
Gail Sheridan
A smiling young white woman, wearing a brimmed hat
Shirley Mingins (later known as Gail Sheridan), from a 1934 newspaper
Born
Shirley Gail Mingins

(1916-01-11)January 11, 1916
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 1982(1982-09-17) (aged 66)
Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Other namesShirley Nibley, Gail Katcher, Shirley Katcher
OccupationActress
Years active1936-1937
Spouse(s)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

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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.[2][6]

Career

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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),[2] Florida Special (1936)[2] and Poppy (1936).[14]

Personal life

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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]

References

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