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Sheila Bromley

Date of birth: 1911-10-31

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Sheila Manors, Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners, Sheila Mannors

Sheila Bromley

Biography

From Wikipedia Sheila Bromley,  (October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003) was an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles in B-movies, mostly Westerns of the era. Born in San Francisco, California, she began her career in the 1930s under contract with Monogram Pictures. She was first billed as Sheila LeGay starring in 1930 westerns alongside Tom Tyler. She frequently co-starred with Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Cody, and Dick Foran. She starred alongside Bill Cody in Land of Wanted Men (1932), John Wayne in Westward Ho (1935), Lawless Range (1935) and Idol of the Crowds (1937). In 1944 Bromley appeared in the touring production of Good Night Ladies. On television she guest-starred in episodes of Rawhide, I Love Lucy, and Perry Mason. During World War II she worked often for the USO, continuing that service until the war ended in 1945. There she met her husband Jairus Bellamy. She is credited with seventy-five films in her career, of which seventeen were westerns, for which she is best known. Bromley retired from films and lived in the Greater Los Angeles Area until her death in 2003, aged 91.

Movie Credits

The Canyon of Missing Men
0

The Canyon of Missing Men

1930-06-01

Dave Brandon (Tom Tyler) tries to break away from his life of crime, but his old gang won't let him.

Reformatory
3

Reformatory

1938-06-20

A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.

Barn of the Naked Dead
1.7

Barn of the Naked Dead

1974-08-01

Three showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have car trouble and are stuck all night out in the desert

The Pace That Kills
1.4

The Pace That Kills

1935-12-01

A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them i

Torture Ship
1.7

Torture Ship

1939-10-28

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard h

One Hour with You
3.3

One Hour with You

1932-03-23

Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatiou

Westward Ho
2.6

Westward Ho

1935-08-19

Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidna

Ice Palace
2.9

Ice Palace

1960-01-02

Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountai

Time to Kill
2.9

Time to Kill

1942-12-24

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

Lawless Range
2

Lawless Range

1935-11-04

John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emme

The Girls on the Beach
2

The Girls on the Beach

1965-05-12

The girls of Alpha Beta need to raise $10,000 in two weeks to save the sorority house. Among their s

For Those Who Think Young
2.6

For Those Who Think Young

1964-06-01

A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a loc

Idol of the Crowds
2

Idol of the Crowds

1937-09-30

Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to

The Cowboy Counsellor
2.9

The Cowboy Counsellor

1932-10-14

A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he ha

A Day of Fury
2.8

A Day of Fury

1956-05-02

Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out t

There's Always Tomorrow
3.5

There's Always Tomorrow

1956-01-08

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekin

Danger Ahead
2.1

Danger Ahead

1935-08-01

Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China.

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
3

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

1939-08-12

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

The Lawless Eighties
0

The Lawless Eighties

1957-05-31

After deceitful Indian agent Grat Bandas has his men shoot Brother Van, gunfighter Linc Prescott sav

Missing Witnesses
2.8

Missing Witnesses

1937-12-11

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

Women in the Wind
3.4

Women in the Wind

1939-04-15

A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

Girls on Probation
3

Girls on Probation

1938-10-22

A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

Young Jesse James
1.8

Young Jesse James

1960-08-02

When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes

West of Shanghai
2.7

West of Shanghai

1937-10-30

American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local war

Moonlight on the Prairie
2.8

Moonlight on the Prairie

1935-11-02

A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.

A Fugitive from Justice
1.8

A Fugitive from Justice

1940-06-15

Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the ru

The Woman Condemned
2.2

The Woman Condemned

1934-04-03

When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman di

Born to Fight
0

Born to Fight

1936-11-02

An honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer knocks t

Desert Phantom
0

Desert Phantom

1936-03-09

Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where

Calling Philo Vance
3

Calling Philo Vance

1940-02-03

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to

The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
2.3

The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning

1937-09-11

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-en

Accidents Will Happen
3

Accidents Will Happen

1938-04-09

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retal

Daddy Long Legs
2

Daddy Long Legs

1931-06-05

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in he

King of the Newsboys
2

King of the Newsboys

1938-03-18

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and t

Midnight Intruder
2.6

Midnight Intruder

1938-02-06

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son

World in My Corner
2.7

World in My Corner

1956-03-01

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- cat

Mystery House
2.2

Mystery House

1938-05-21

When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a sui

Rebellious Daughters
2.3

Rebellious Daughters

1938-07-01

Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up

Behind the Evidence
1

Behind the Evidence

1935-01-08

Norman Foster plays a millionaire who takes a job as a reporter after he's wiped out in the Stock Ma

Texas Gun Fighter
2.5

Texas Gun Fighter

1932-02-14

Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell's outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bull

Waterfront
3.1

Waterfront

1939-07-15

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.

Kelly of the Secret Service
0

Kelly of the Secret Service

1936-07-22

A secret apparatus that controls bombs by remote control is stolen from a laboratory. A federal agen

The Luck of Roaring Camp
1.9

The Luck of Roaring Camp

1937-11-17

When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and p

A Star Is Born
3.6

A Star Is Born

1954-10-01

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career

King for a Night
3.1

King for a Night

1933-12-09

A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is in

Spoilers of the Forest
0

Spoilers of the Forest

1957-04-04

Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with

Nancy Drew... Reporter
3

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939-02-18

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a

Together We Live
0

Together We Live

1935-08-16

A ham-handed cautionary fable against communism, the film concerns a group of Civil War veterans who

Chiselers of Hollywood
0

Chiselers of Hollywood

1930-12-29

Three sisters come to Hollywood to be movie stars. Complications arise when two of them fall in love

Girls About Town
3.2

Girls About Town

1931-11-07

A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhatt

Prescott Kid
0

Prescott Kid

1934-11-08

Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.

Lady with a Past
2.9

Lady with a Past

1932-02-19

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours abou

Judgment at Nuremberg
4

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961-12-18

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal

Call of the Desert
0

Call of the Desert

1930-03-01

Tod Walker takes Rex Carson's map to a gold mine and leaves him in the desert. Carson recuperates at

Horse Feathers
3.5

Horse Feathers

1932-08-19

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his

Thou Shalt Not Kill
0

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1939-12-30

Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)

Ten Nights in a Bar-room
2.1

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

1931-03-01

A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his lit

Making the Headlines
0

Making the Headlines

1938-03-31

Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief tr

Meet the Baron
2.1

Meet the Baron

1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

The Merry Widow
3.4

The Merry Widow

1934-11-02

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

Carnival
0

Carnival

1935-02-15

"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves

Lady Be Careful
2

Lady Be Careful

1936-09-03

Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware retu

Breakdowns of 1938
2.4

Breakdowns of 1938

1938-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Working Girls
3.4

Working Girls

1931-12-12

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June

Tiger Shark
3.2

Tiger Shark

1932-09-24

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Only Yesterday
3.4

Only Yesterday

1933-11-01

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a

Death Goes North
0

Death Goes North

1939-06-30

Sergeant Ken Strange, of the Canadian Mounted Police, and his dog, King, are on the trial of the mur

Hotel
3

Hotel

1967-01-19

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious y

Land of Wanted Men
0

Land of Wanted Men

1931-10-30

A cowboy takes a job as sheriff in a small town and finds that one of his first jobs is trying to st

Texas Pioneers
0

Texas Pioneers

1932-05-18

In order to find out who is smuggling guns to the Indians, an army officer pretends to have been dem

Because I Love Him
0

Because I Love Him

A successful career woman sacrifices her own future to devote herself to her husband who only has on

The Lawyer's Secret
2.9

The Lawyer's Secret

1931-06-06

Sailor Joe Hart, who is spending his shore leave at a gambling joint, sells his gun to young Laurie