Born 1910 as Kathleen Eleanor Mulhern, American actress Sheila Terry first studied dramatics at Dickson-Kenwin academy, a Toronto school affiliated with London’s Royal Academy. For approximately seven months, she acted in stock theater in Toronto. Later she moved to New York, where she continued her studies and appeared in a number of plays. A film scout saw her on Broadway in The Little Racketeer and offered her a test that resulted in a contract with Warner Bros.
Terry appeared in such films as You Said a Mouthful, Scarlet Dawn, and Madame Butterfly (all 1932). She appeared with John Wayne in the Western films as Haunted Gold (1932), ‘Neath the Arizona Skies (1934), and The Lawless Frontier (1934). In 1933, she left Hollywood briefly for the New York stage.
Terry died broke in New York in 1957, leaving only a scant wardrobe. She was 46 years old. Take look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of a young Sheila Terry in the 1930s.
