- She worked with Gene Autry in a number of his films and in his television series for four years.
- Signed under long-term contract by 20th Century Fox in May 1940.
- Opened an exclusive dress shop in Beverly Hills in 1947.
- Adopted the name Sheila Ryan on signing with 20th Century Fox.
- Mother, with Pat Buttram, of daughter Kerry Buttram-Galgano.
- Signed by Paramount while still at Hollywood High School.
- Grandmother of Natalie Galgano (born in 1985) and Angie Galgano (born in 1989).
- She and Pat Buttram took a trip on a Mexican Cruise in 1974 and she caught a lung disease while on the cruise. She succumbed to the disease a year later.
- Appeared in her early films under her real name, Betty McLaughlin.
- Selected as a 'Baby Star' by the Motion Picture Publicists Association in October 1940.
- She died in the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills, California.
- She married Pat Buttram in Las Vegas Nevada.
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