- 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).
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