Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between

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and

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. Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in

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' 1940

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''. and as a harried dance recital teacher in the 1937 ''

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'' short film, '' Rushin' Ballet''. Sheldon died in

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Day, 1975.

Partial filmography

* ''

Society Fever ''Society Fever'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lois Wilson, Lloyd Hughes and Hedda Hopper.Pitts p.108 The film entered the public domain in 1964, because its copyright was not renewed. Plot ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) * '' Brilliant Marriage'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Below the Deadline'' (1936) * '' Circus Girl'' (1937) * '' Racketeers in Exile'' (1937) * '' Rushin' Ballet'' (1937) * '' I'm From the City'' (1938) * '' Sunset Trail'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Our Leading Citizen'' (1939) * ''

'' (1940) * '' Out West with the Peppers'' (1940) * ''

Gold Rush Maisie ''Gold Rush Maisie'' is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town. The film was directed by Edwin L. Mar ...

'' (1940) * '' Arizona Bound'' (1941) * '' Richest Man in Town'' (1941) * '' Miss V from Moscow'' (1942) * '' Girls of the Big House'' (1945) * '' The Happy Time'' (1952)

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* 1879 births American silent film actresses 1975 deaths American film actresses 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub