Sheila Bromley

Sheila Bromley
Born October 31, 1907(1907-10-31)
San Francisco, California
Died July 23, 2003(2003-07-23) (aged 95)
Los Angeles, California
Other names Sheila LeGay
Sheila Manners
Occupation Actress
Years active 1930 - 1975

Sheila Bromley, sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Mannors or Sheila Manors (October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003) was an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles in B-movies, mostly westerns of the era.

Born in San Francisco, California, she began her career in the 1930s on contract with Monogram Pictures, she was first billed as Sheila LeGay starring in 1930 westerns alongside Tom Tyler. She frequently co-starred with Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Cody, and Dick Foran. She first starred alongside Bill Cody in the 1932 western Land of Wanted Men. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 films Westward Ho & Lawless Range and the 1937 film Idol of the Crowds. In 1944 Bromley appeared in the touring production of Good Night Ladies.

During World War II she worked often for the USO, continuing that service until the war ended in 1945. There she met her husband Jairus Bellamy. She is credited with seventy-five films in her career, of which seventeen were westerns, for which she is best known. Bromley retired from films and lived in the Greater Los Angeles Area until her death in 2003, aged 91.

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