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Winfield R. Sheehan (September 24, 1883 – July 25, 1945) was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation 's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Cavalcade and was nominated three more times.
Winfield R. Sheehan (September 24, 1883 – July 25, 1945) was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation 's output during the 1920s and 1930s. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Cavalcade and was nominated three more times.
Winfield R. Sheehan (September 24, 1883 – July 25, 1945) was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Cavalcade and was nominated three more times.
Sep 24, 2012 · Akron Beacon Journal. 0:05. 0:41. Ever have one of those days? Winfield Sheehan certainly did — and it became the defining moment of his life. The 18-year-old sales clerk was working alone during lunch hour when an Akron housewife strolled into the fabric department at the M. O’Neil Co. store on South Main Street.
Biography. Winfield R. Sheehan was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and was nominated three more times. Most famously, he nurtured the budding stardom of then-child star Shirley Temple.
Winfield R. Sheehan was born on 24 September 1883 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Winfield R. was a producer and writer, known for Marie Galante (1934), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Now I'll Tell (1934). Winfield R. was married to Maria Jeritza and Kay Laurel. Winfield R. died on 25 July 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
HOLLYWOOD, July 25 (U.P.)-- Winfield R. Sheehan, film producer who organized the Fox Film Corporation studios more than thirty years ago, died today at Hollywood Hospital, where he had been a...
