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ANN SHERIDAN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS ,SINGER BORN 1915 FEBRUARY 21-1967,JANUARY 21

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  ANN SHERIDAN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS ,SINGER BORN 1915 FEBRUARY 21-1967,JANUARY 21 Clara Lou  " Ann "  Sheridan  (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films  San Quentin  (1937),  Angels with Dirty Faces  (1938),  They Drive by Night  (1940),  The Man Who Came to Dinner  (1942),  Kings Row  (1942),  Nora Prentiss  (1947), and  I Was a Male War Bride  (1949). Early life [ edit ] Born in  Denton, Texas , on February 21, 1915, Clara Lou Sheridan was the youngest of five children (Kitty, Pauline, Mabel and George) of George W. Sheridan and Lula Stewart (née Warren). [1] [2]  According to Sheridan, her father was a grandnephew of Civil War Union general  Philip Sheridan . [3] [4] She was active in dramatics at  Denton High School  and at  North Texas State Teachers College . She also sang with the colle...

RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER SHERIDAN ,PARLIAMENTARIAN PLAYWRITER BORN 1751 OCTOBER 30 - 1816 JULY 7

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RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER SHERIDAN ,PARLIAMENTARIAN  PLAYWRITER BORN 1751 OCTOBER 30 - 1816 JULY 7 .Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals, The School for Scandal, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon and are regularly performed worldwide. Life Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by John Hoppner RB Sheridan was born in 1751 in Dublin, Ireland, where his family had a house on then fashionable Dorset Street. While in Dublin Sheridan attended the English Grammar School in Grafton Street. The family moved permanently ...