Ann Sheridan

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Boulevard. She died of old age in 2004 at the age of 75. Sheridan was married four times, including a marriage lasting one year to the actor George Brent. Suraiya remained unmarried all her life. She became ill during the filming of the first season, and died from esophageal and liver cancer in Woodland Hills, California. She fell in love with him but her grandmother opposed the relationship. She appeared in the television soap opera Another World during the mid sixties, and then started a role in the television series Pistols and Petticoats. During the shooting of a song, a boat capsized and Dev Anand saved Suraiya from drowning.

Her role in I Was A Male War Bride (1949) gave her another success but by the fifties she was struggling to find work and her film roles were sporadic. Suraiya was romantically involved with actor Dev Anand and the two of them did six films together. Despite these successes, her career began to decline. She stayed at "Krishna Mahal", her Marine Drive residence in Mumbai until her death in 2004. She received substantial roles and positive reaction from critics and moviegoers in such films as Angels With Dirty Faces (1938 opposite James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart), Dodge City (1939 opposite Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland), Torrid Zone and They Drive By Night ( both 1940), The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942 opposite Bette Davis) and Kings Row (1942 where she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings and Betty Field). Her last film was Rustom Sohrab (1963) following which she kept away from films. Her career prospects began to improve and tagged The Oomph Girl, Sheridan had become a popular pin-up girl by the early forties. She made a comeback with Waaris and Mirza Ghalib (1954).

She made her film debut in 1934 in the film Search For Beauty and played uncredited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. Paramount made little effort to develop her talent so she left, signing a contract with Warner Brothers in 1936 and changing her name to Ann Sheridan. Her reign at the top was brief and her films started flopping in the 1950s. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood. After three hits Pyar Ki Jeet (1948), Badi Bahen and Dillagi (1949), she became the highest paid female star. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. The years 1948-49 were the best of her career. Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was a college student when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Studios. Suraiya had an edge over her contemporaries Kamini Kaushal and Nargis because she could sing her own songs.

Ann Sheridan (February 21 - 1915 - January 21, 1967) was an American film actress. More opportunities appeared for Suraiya after reigning actress Noorjehan migrated to Pakistan during the 1947 partition. She went on to co-star with Saigal for two more films Omar Khayyam (1946) and Parwana (1947). Saigal who liked her voice during a rehearsal. L.

Asif's Phool (1944), Mehboob's Anmol Ghadi (1946) and Dard (1947). She got the break as a heroine for the movie Tadbir (1945) at the recommendation of K. She initially started by playing secondary roles in films like K. Naushad had heard her voice on the All India Radio where she sang for a children's programme at the insistence of friend Raj Kapoor and neighbour Madan Mohan. Suraiya started her career as a singer the following year when she sang for actress Mehtab under music director Naushad for the movie Sharda.

Vakil noticed the 12-year old girl and chose her to play the role of a young Mumtaz Mahal. She had accompanied her uncle to the sets of Taj Mahal, a 1941 movie by Nanubhai Vakil. She got a break in films with the help of her uncle Zahoor, who was a popular villain of his time. She was a dark plain looking girl and was not trained in music, however she went on to become a successful actress and singer.

Suraiya was born in Lahore (now in Pakistan) and was the only child of her parents. She became a superstar in the 1940s and 50s during the time when actors sang their own songs. Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (1929 - January 31, 2004) was a singer and actress in Indian films, and was popularly known as Suraiya in the film industry.