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Sheila Darcy
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Overview
Born
August 8
,
1914
·
York, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
February 27
,
2004
·
Kearny Mesa, California, USA
(heart failure)
Birth name
Rebecca Benedict Heffener
Mini Bio
Sheila Darcy was born on August 8, 1914 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
,
Terry and the Pirates (1940)
and
Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona (1941)
. She was married to
Preston Foster
and
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
. She died on February 27, 2004 in Kearny Mesa, California, USA.
Family
Spouses
Preston Foster
(April 2, 1946 - July 14, 1970) (his death)
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
(May 27, 1943 - December 12, 1945) (divorced)
Trivia
Best remembered as the Dragon Lady in the popular 1940 serial
Terry and the Pirates (1940)
.
Left acting after marrying actor
Preston Foster
, who died in 1970.
Moved to Los Angeles with her mother as a child.
After appearing in films from 1932 to 1937 under the name Rebecca Wassem she became a Paramount starlet in 1937, taking the name of Sheila Darcy.
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