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Winfield R. Sheehan

Producer, Writer
Born September 23, 1883Died July 25, 1945 (61 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Big Trail
  • Curly Top
  • Bad Girl
  • Cavalcade
  • In Old Arizona
  • State Fair
  • Doctor Bull
  • Stand Up and Cheer!
  • The Black Watch
  • Baby, Take a Bow
  • The Farmer Takes a Wife
  • The World Moves On
  • Marie Galante
  • Hello, Sister!
  • Florian

Filmography

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