Ann was named one of the eight Best Dressed Women in America in 1952 by the Fashion Academy of New York.
Ann: (about her "Oomph Girl" nickname) They nicknamed me the Oomph Girl, and I loathe that nickname! Just being known by a nickname indicates that you're not thought of as a true actress. It's just crap! If you call an actress by her looks or a reaction, then that's all she'll ever be thought of as.
Ann won the Golden Apple award for Most Cooperative Actress in 1943.
Ann contracted pleurisy while on the set of I Was A Male War Bride (1949).
Ann's first contract with Warner Brothers required her to attend nightclubs at least three times a week because the studio wanted her to be thought of as a woman about town.
Ann was good friends with Humphrey Bogart off the set although they were never romantically involved with each other.
Ann was married to fellow Warner Brothers actor George Brent from 1942 to 1943. According to Hollywood lore, the marriage ended when Brent caught her in flagrante with Errol Flynn in her dressing room.
Ann was scheduled to appear on an episode of This is Your Life but the show got canceled when she found out it was being planned.
Ann was named Max Factor's "Girl of the Year" in 1939.
Ann played on the women's basketball team at North Texas State Teachers College.
Ann co-starred with Ronald Reagan in the classic 1942 film King's Row.
Ann once appeared as the Mystery Guest on an episode of What's My Line?
Ann had a cameo in the classic 1948 film Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Ann was forced to quit her role on Pistols 'n' Petticoats when she fell ill with cancer.
Ann was cremated after her death and her ashes are now interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary in Los Angeles.
Ann had a fine singing voice and appeared in several musicals such as Thank Your Lucky Stars and Shine On, Harvest Moon.
Upon signing with Warner Brother, she changed her stage name to Ann Sheridan. Previously at Paramount, she had appeared under her real name of Clara Lou Sheridan.
Ann's film debut was in the 1934 movie Search for Beauty.
Ann attended North Texas State Teachers College in her hometown of Denton, TX.
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