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Shirley Ann Richards was an Australian actress and author, who achieved notability in a series of 1930s Australian films for Ken G. Hall before moving to the United States, where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starlet. Her best known performances were in It Isn't Done (1937), Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), An American Romance (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). In the 1930s, she was the only Australian actor under a long-term contract to a film studio, Cinesound Productions. She subsequently became a lecturer and poet.
Born
Thursday, 13 December 1917
Died
Thursday, 24 August 2006
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Century of Cinema | Patricia Blaydon | 1995 |
Don't Call Me Girlie | Self | 1985 |
Frontline | Herself (archive footage) | 1983 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Singer | 1956 |
General Electric Theater | Secretary | 1953 |
Breakdown | June Hannum | 1952 |
Sorry, Wrong Number | Sally Hunt Lord | 1948 |
Love from a Stranger | Mavis Wilson | 1947 |
Lost Honeymoon | Tillie Gray / Amy Atkins | 1947 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Century of Cinema | Patricia Blaydon | 1995 |
Don't Call Me Girlie | Self | 1985 |
Frontline | Herself (archive footage) | 1983 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Singer | 1956 |
General Electric Theater | Secretary | 1953 |
Breakdown | June Hannum | 1952 |
Sorry, Wrong Number | Sally Hunt Lord | 1948 |
Love from a Stranger | Mavis Wilson | 1947 |
Lost Honeymoon | Tillie Gray / Amy Atkins | 1947 |
The Searching Wind | Emily Taney Hazen | 1946 |
Badman's Territory | Henryetta Alcott | 1946 |
Love Letters | Dilly Carson | 1945 |
An American Romance | Anna O'Rourke Dangos | 1944 |
Three Hearts for Julia | Clara | 1943 |
Random Harvest | Bridget | 1942 |
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Iris Headley | 1942 |
The Woman in the House | Catherine Starr | 1942 |
Come Up Smiling | Eve Cameron / Eve Cameron (as Shirley Ann Richards) | 1939 |
The Farmer Goes to Town | Jill / Jill (as Shirley Ann Richards) | 1938 |
Vengeance of the Deep | Lorna Quidley (as Shirley Ann Richards) / Lorna Quidley | 1938 |
It Isn't Done | Patricia Blaydon / Patricia Blaydon (as Shirley Ann Richards) | 1937 |