生于纽约布鲁克林，身高仅1米57，自小就随家人登台演出。1926年他6岁时首登银幕，在短片《不被信任》里饰演一个小侏儒。次年至1933年，主演50多集两本长的喜剧片集《米基·迈奎尔》，名声渐隆。1935年在《仲夏夜之梦》中扮演普克，再获...
生于明尼苏达州大拉皮兹一个杂耍剧演员家庭，原名弗朗西斯·古姆。3岁开始与姐妹们一同在“古姆小姐妹专场”中登台表演，当时艺名为“特大嗓音的小妞”。9岁时改名为“加兰小姐妹专场”，后因三姐妹中有一人出嫁而拆散，由此开始单独表演。30年代中期进入米高梅公司，以短故事片《每个...
His father was the actor Reginald Sheffield who began as a child star and later turned to character acting. Johnny appeared at age seven on Broadway in the original cast of "On Borrowed Time". When Maureen O'Sullivan wanted out of her Jane role in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan series, it was decided that she and Tarzan would adopt a son (they had to adopt, according to the Legion of Decency, because they weren't married) before she died. Weissmuller personally chose Sheffield for the part of Boy, a part inspired by Bobby Nelson's portrayal in Tarzan the Mighty (1928); athletic by nature, he was taught to swim by swimming Olympian Weissmuller. Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) was such a success that MGM signed Sheffield to six more films as Tarzan's Boy. By the time of Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948), he was too big for the part; the film merely said he was away at school. When Monogram Studios learned he had been dropped, they picked him up for the series of movies based on the Roy Rockwood Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) movies. He made twelve of these between 1949 and 1955.
About as reliable as one could ever find, character actress Mary Treen was a familiar face to most and could always be counted on to bring a bit of levity to any film scene. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in 40s, 50s and 60s Hollywood. She was born Mary Louise Treen in St. Louis, Missouri in 1907, her father dying while she was still an infant. Raised in California by her mother, who once performed under the stage name Helene Sullivan, and her stepfather, a physician, she attended the Westlake School for Girls as well as a convent where she tried out successfully in school plays.
