- Warner Bros. was eager to portray her as a "Girl about town", so her contract demanded that she hit the nightclubs at least three times a week.
- In 1939, a fraternity bet inspired a UCLA student to handcuff himself to her during a movie premiere and then swallow the key. A locksmith had to be summoned to the theater to unlock her.
- In her will she asked that her cremated remains be placed in a columbarium at a cemetery in Los Angeles. Her biographer Karen McHale discovered that the actress' instructions had not been followed and arranged to have her final wishes fulfilled. Hollywood Forever Cemetery donated a niche and held a dignified service (presided over by her cousin, the Rev Sallie Watson) on 2/21/05-- which would have been her 90th birthday.
- According to an article in "The Newark Evening News", she kept busy during her 1941 strike from Warner Bros. by rebuilding abandoned cars at a friend's garage.
- After making San Quentin (1937), in which they played brother and sister, she and Humphrey Bogart became friends and began referring to each other as "Sister Annie" and "Brother Bogie".
- Appeared under her real name through 1935.
- Was used as a body double (hands, legs, shoulders) while at Paramount.
- Had a large gap between her front teeth. She always wore a porcelain cap when having her picture taken.
- When "Glamour" magazine began publishing in April 1939, she was the "cover girl.".
- Ann Sheridan served in the USO in World War II, including "flying over the hump" from India to China.
- Her biography on This Is Your Life (1950) was canceled because she found out in advance what was being planned.
- Was considered for the role of Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), but Ingrid Bergman was cast instead.
- Due to her being known as "The Oomph Girl", she later became the inspiration for the brand of woman's house-slippers called "Oomphies".
- In 1952 she was included by the Fashion Academy of New York in the eight best dressed women of America.
- Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), which went to Vivien Leigh.
- Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7024 Hollywood Blvd. on 2/8/60.
- Was named Max Factor's "Girl of the Year" for 1939.
- Was Frank Capra's first choice for the role of Ann Mitchell in Meet John Doe (1941), but she was vetoed by Warner Brothers in a contract dispute.
- She was the original choice for Panama Smith in The Roaring Twenties (1939), which eventually went to Gladys George.
- Only appeared in one Best Picture Academy Award nominated film: Kings Row (1942).
- Was considered for the female lead role in Mildred Pierce (1945), which went to Joan Crawford.
- Was a presenter at the 1947 Academy Awards. She presented the Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, to Arthur C. Miller for his work on Anna and the King of Siam (1946).
- One of the six "Paramount Proteges" of 1935. The others were Wendy Barrie, Grace Bradley, Katherine DeMille, Gertrude Michael, and Gail Patrick.
- Her "Oomph Girl" image was spoofed in the Merrie Melodies cartoon Hollywood Steps Out (1941).
- Interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA, in the Chapel Columbarium.
- Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).
- At one point, she was set to co-star with Dennis Morgan in Serenade (1956), but the roles eventually went to Joan Fontaine and Mario Lanza.
- Passed away on 1/21/67, a month away from what would have been her 52nd birthday.
- In June 2020, she was honored as Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month.
- She was mentioned several times as " The Oomph Girl" by the German Capitan (Roger Moore) in the POW in Escape to Athena.
- Mentioned in Rise and Shine (1941).
- She and co-star Zachary Scott in The Unfaithful (1947) were both born in Texas and died two years apart at the age of 51 (of cancer and a brain tumor, respectively).
- In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta and Maria Pia Di Meo, most notably in I Was a Male War Bride (1949).
- Caricatured in Hollywood Steps Out (1941).
- In 1966, Sheridan was cast in the starring role of a CBS sitcom entitled Pistols 'n' Pettitcoats. As production progressed, Sheridan's health rapidly deteriorated and she died in January of 1967, after completing only 21 of the show's 27 episodes. Without Sheridan available to star, CBS did not renew the show.
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