SHEILA BROMLEY
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Date of Birth
31 October 1911,
San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Death
23 July 2003,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height
5' 2" (1.57 m)
Mini-Biography
Stately American character actress in numerous films and serials
from the early 1930s.
Blue-eyed beauty, a former Miss California. Studied at Berkeley
and entered films at the age of 26.
making appearances as Sheila Fulton, Sheila Mannors (or Manners)
or Sheila Manners-Bromley.
Sheila Bromley, sometimes billed as Sheila LeGay, Sheila Manners,
Sheila Mannors or Sheila Manors or Sheila Manners-Bromley,
was an American television and film actress.
She had the curious habit of frequently changing her surname.
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 on 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 first starred alongside Bill Cody in the 1932 western Land of Wanted Men.
She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1935 films Westward Ho
& Lawless Range and the 1937 film Idol of the Crowds.
In 1944 Bromley appeared in the touring production of Good Night Ladies.
In 1960 she appeared as a central character Mrs Spencer alongside Paul Brinegars character
Wishbone in the Rawhide episode "Incident of the Deserter".
She appeared in one episode of I Love Lucy as Helen Erickson Kaiser, the childhood friend of Lucy Ricardo.
She also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason during the series' nine-year run on CBS.
In her first appearance in 1959 she played defendant Agnes Nulty in The Case of the Borrowed Brunette.
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 95.
Filmography
Actor
1970-1975 Adam-12 (TV series)
Grace Robertson / Mrs. Wade / Myrna Huffman
– Suicide (1975) … Grace Robertson
– The Sweet Smell (1974) … Myrna Huffman
– Log 85: Sign of the Twins (1970) … Mrs. Wade
1974 Nightmare Circus...Mrs. Baynes (as Shiela Bromley)
1972 The Rookies (TV series)– Rabbits on the Runway (1972) … Mrs. Astor
1967 The Big Valley (TV series)– Guilty (1967) … Mrs. Haley
1967 Love on a Rooftop (TV series)– Who Was That Husband I Saw You With? (1967) … Aunt Grace
1967 Hotel...Mrs. Grandin
1966 Petticoat Junction (TV series)– The All-Night Party (1966) … Mrs. Burris
1965-1966 Hank (TV series)– Ethel Weiss, Won't You Please Come Home (1966)
– Cherokee Hank (1965) … Ethel Weiss
– Who's Waldo Smith (1965) … Ethel Weiss
1965 Morning Star (TV series)...Aunt Milly
1965 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)– Three on an Island (1965) … Martha Sweetley
1965 The Girls on the Beach...Mrs. Winters
1959-1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Agnes Nulty / Elizabeth Dow / Mrs. Alice Bradley / …
– The Case of the Deadly Debt (1965) … Mrs. Talbert
– The Case of the Nervous Neighbor (1964) … Mrs. Alice Bradley
– The Case of the Mystified Miner (1962) … Elizabeth Dow
– The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma (1959) … Mrs. Colin
– The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (1959) … Agnes Nulty
1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)– Katy's Campaign (1965) … Woman #2
1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)– Anywhere I Hang My Hat Is Home (1965) … Mrs. Brewster
1959-1964 Lassie (TV series)
Hannah McKinnon / Hat Shop Owner
– Crossroad (1964) … Hannah McKinnon
– The Bonnet (1959) … Hat Shop Owner
1964 Slattery's People (TV series)– Question: What Are You Doing Out There, Waldo? (1964) … Mrs. Jonas Ewing
1964 Wendy and Me (TV series)– Swing Low, Aunt Harriet (1964) … Aunt Harriet
1964 For Those Who Think Young...Mrs. Harkness
1964 My Favorite Martian (TV series)– A Nose for News (1964) … Mrs. Thomas
1964 Grindl (TV series)– Grindl, Part-Time Wife (1964) … Alicia Pierson
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)– The Evil of Adelaide Winters (1964) … Mrs. Thompson
1962-1963 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Angie Sloat / Anna Weikoff
– The Sisters (1963) … Anna Weikoff
– 'V' for Victim (1962) … Angie Sloat
1960-1963 Rawhide (TV series)
Elva Calvin / Lydia / Mrs. Burton / …
– Incident of the Married Widow (1963) … Thelma
– Incident of Decision (1962) … Elva Calvin
– The Gentleman's Gentleman (1961) … Lydia
– Incident of the Deserter (1960) … Mrs. Spencer
– Incident of the Devil and His Due (1960) … Mrs. Burton
1962 Bachelor Father (TV series)– Kelly, the Home Executive (1962) … Myrtle Dawson
1962 Room for One More (TV series)– Angel in the Attic (1962) … Miss Kenyon
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)– The Courtship (1962) … Mrs. Parker
1962 Hazel (TV series)– Hazel, the Tryst-Buster (1962) … Mrs. Arnold
1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)– Once There Was a Princess (1962) … Sylvia Simmons
1961-1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Mrs. Hoffman / Mrs. Holt
– Man in a Jam (1962) … Mrs. Holt
– The Modus Man (1961) … Mrs. Hoffman
1961 Judgement at Nuremberg...Mrs. Ives (uncredited)
1960-1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Mrs. Welch / Store Clerk
– The Two of Us (1961) … Mrs. Welch
– Runaway (1960) … Store Clerk
1961 Lawman (TV series)
Winnie Stiles aka Marian Mason
– The Man from New York (1961) … Winnie Stiles aka Marian Mason
1961 Westinghouse Playhouse (TV series)– A Date for Buddy (1961) … Mrs. Morgan
1960 Guestward Ho! (TV series)– Bab's Mother (1960) … Mrs. Bailey
1960 Young Jesse James...Mrs. Samuels
1960 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)– The Gossip (1960) … Margaret Harrison
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)– The Missing Queen (1960) … Mrs. Craigie
1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series)– Follow That Mink (1960) … Mrs. Morland
1960 Ice Palace...Lucy Husack (uncredited)
1956-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Lois / Sarah
– Graduating Class (1959) … Sarah
– Mink (1956) … Lois
1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)– The Birdman (1959) … Irma
1959 Markham (TV series)– Three Steps to Murder (1959) … Landlady
1959 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series)– Ivy League (1959) … Martha Henderson - Teacher #1
1959 Maverick (TV series)– Passage to Fort Doom (1959) … Mrs. Stanton
1958 State Trooper (TV series)– 710 Hysteria Street (1958) … Gladys Henderson
1958 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)– Too Many Fathers (1958) … Mrs. Allison
1958 Studio One (TV series)– The Brotherhood of the Bell (1958) … Marie
1958 Cool and Lam (TV movie)...Flo Mortonson
1954-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Lotte / Lucy / Nellie
– The Softest Music (1957) … Lotte
– Make Way for Tomorrow (1955) … Nellie
– The Bachelor of Grandby Oaks (1954) … Lucy
1957 The Lawless Eighties...Mrs. Myra Sutter
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)– Men in Her Life (1957) … Helen Roberts
1957 Spoilers of the Forest...Linda Mitchell
1954-1957 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– The Two Worlds of Nicolo (1957) … Mrs. Watson
– Night Call (1954)
1956 The Millionaire (TV series)– The Waldo Francis Turner Story (1956) … Letita Wainwright
1956 A Day of Fury...Marie
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)– Skylark (1956)
1956 World in My Corner...Mrs. Mallinson
1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)– The Big Top (1956) … Maggie
1956 Big Town (TV series)– Hit and Run (1956)
1956 There's Always Tomorrow...Woman from Pasadena
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)– The Secret Weapon of 117 (1956)
1955 You Are There (TV series)
– Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776) (1955) … Martha Washington
– Lou Gehrig's Greatest Day (July 4, 1939) (1955)
1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)– The Passports (1955) … Helen Kaiser
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)– Tender Is the Night (1955)
1951-1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Alice / Aunt Kate / Mrs. Harper / …
– The Blessing of the Pets (1955) … Nita Maloney
– Not the Marrying Kind (1955) … Mrs. Harper
– Domestic Tranquility (1953) … Alice
– The Pemberton Boy (1953) … Aunt Kate
– Comes the Day (1951)
1955 The Whistler (TV series)
Ethel Winslowe / Harriet
– The Man Who Ran (1955) … Ethel Winslowe
– The Lovely Look (1955) … Harriet
1953-1955 I Married Joan (TV series)
Janet Tobin / Miss Bromley
– The Jail Bird (1955) … Janet Tobin (uncredited)
– New House (1954) … Janet Tobin (uncredited)
– Business Executive (1953) … Miss Bromley
1954 Climax! (TV series)– Epitaph for a Spy (1954)
1954 A Star Is Born...Reporter at Shrine Auditorium (uncredited)
1954 City Detective (TV series)– Private Mouthpiece (1954) … Phyllis
1953 Ramar of the Jungle (TV series)– Drums of Doom (1953) … May Mitchell
1953 I'm the Law (TV series)– The Killer (1953) … Mabel
1952 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series)– In Society … Joyce
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)– A Beautiful Friendship (1951)
1945 The House on 92nd Street...Beauty Parlor Customer (uncredited)
1942 Time to Kill...Lois Morny
1940 A Fugitive from Justice...Ruby Patterson
1940 Calling Philo Vance...Doris Delafield
1939 Thou Shalt Not Kill...Julie Mancini
1939 Torture Ship...Poison Mary Slavish
1939 Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite...'Jackie' McGuire
1939 Waterfront...Marie Cordell, aka Mary Allen
1939 Death Goes North...Elsie Barlow
1939 Women in the Wind...Frieda Boreman
1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter...Bonnie Lucas
1938 Girls on Probation...Hilda Engstrom
1938 Rebellious Daughters...Flo Russell
1938 Reformatory...Mrs. Regan
1938 Mystery House...Terice Von Elm
1938 Accidents Will Happen...Nona Gregg
1938 King of the Newsboys...Connie Madison
1938 Making the Headlines...Grace Sandford
1938 Midnight Intruder...Peggy Reitter, posing as Peggy Rogers
1937 Missing Witnesses...Gladys Wagner
1937 The Luck of Roaring Camp...Susan Oakhurst
1937 West of Shanghai...Lola Galt
1937 Idol of the Crowds...Helen Dale
1937 The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (short)...Mrs. John Jones (uncredited)
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937...Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1936 Lady Be Careful...Hazel
1936 Born to Fight...Ada (as Sheila Manors)
1936 Kelly of the Secret Service...Sally Flint (as Sheila Manors)
1936 Desert Phantom...Jean Halloran (as Sheila Manors)
1935 The Pace That Kills...Fanny (as Sheila Manners)
1935 Lawless Range...Ann Mason (as Sheila Mannors)
1935 Moonlight on the Prairie...Barbara Roberts (as Sheila Mannors)
1935 Westward Ho...Mary Gordon (as Sheila Mannors)
1935 Together We Live...Mary (as Sheila Mannors)
1935 Danger Ahead...Lorraine Matthews (as Sheila Mannors)
1935 Carnival Nights...Puppet Assistant (uncredited)
1935 Behind the Evidence...Ruth Allen (as Sheila Mannors)
1934 Prescott Kid...Dolores Ortega (as Sheila Mannors)
1934 The Merry Widow...Sonia's Maid (uncredited)
1934 That's Gratitude...Delia Maxwell (as Sheila Manners)
1934 The Hell Cat...Minor Role (uncredited)
1934 Glamour...Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934 The Woman Condemned...The Actress (as Sheila Manners)
1933 King for a Night...Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1933 Only Yesterday..May (uncredited)
1933 Meet the Baron...Equestrienne Wearing Black Vest (uncredited)
1933 Her First Mate...Passenger on Boat Deck (uncredited)
1932 The Cowboy Counsellor...Ruth Avery (as Shiela Mannors)
1932 Tiger Shark...'Red' (uncredited)
1932 Horse Feathers...Wagstaff's Receptionist (uncredited)
1932 Winner Take All...Joan's Friend (uncredited)
1932 Lady and Gent...Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1932 One Hour with You...Colette's Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1932 Play-Girl...Wedding Girl (scenes deleted)
1932 Texas Pioneers...Nancy Thomas (as Sheila Mannors)
1932 She Wanted a Millionaire...Beauty Contest Contestant (uncredited)
1932 Lady with a Past...Party Guest (uncredited)
1932 Texas Gun Fighter...Jane Adams (as Sheila Mannors)
1931 Working Girls...Carrie (uncredited)
1931 Girls About Town...Party Girl (uncredited)
1931 Land of Wanted Men...Cynthia (as Sheila Manors)
1931 The Lawyer's Secret...Madame X's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1931 Daddy Long Legs...Gloria (as Sheila Mannors)
1931 No Privacy (short) (as Sheila Manners)
1931 Ten Nights in a Barroom...June Manners (as Sheila Manners)
1930 Playthings of Hollywood (as Sheila Manners)
1930 The Storm...Girl with Horse and Buggy (uncredited)
1930 The Canyon of Missing Men...Inez Sepulveda (as Sheila Le Gay)
1930 Call of the Desert...Jean Walker (as Sheila Le Gay)