Sheila Ryan

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Sheila Ryan, (8 June 1921-4 November 1975) was an American film actress.

Born Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin in Topeka, Kansas, Ryan was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1940, and starred in Dressed to Kill in 1941. She appeared in a number of 1940s films including two Laurel and Hardy movies and the Busby Berkeley musical The Gang's All Here (1943). By the late 1940s her career waned and she began appearing in B-movies. One quality film from that part of her career was Railroaded!.

Ryan retired from acting in 1958. She died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California of lung disease.

She is not related to actor Scott Caan's mother who shares the same name and is also an actress.

[edit] External links

Sheila Ryan at the Internet Movie Database