Margaret Sheridan

Margaret Elizabeth Sheridan, also known by her married name Margaret Wildman,

Hawks offered her the role of Nikki Nicholson in the 1951 film The Thing from Another World . Sheridan's career suffered, and she never achieved the fame Hawks had hoped. Motherhood and a few years of maturity had evidently changed her. Hawks is quoted as saying she was just "not the same girl" he had discovered. He later commented that if she had taken the role in Red River, her career would have flourished. Sheridan would quit acting in 1955 to start a family but briefly came back in 1964.

She died at age 55 of lung cancer on May 1, 1982, in Orange, California.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1951 The Thing from Another World Nikki Nicholson 1952 One Minute to Zero Mary Parker 1953 I, the Jury Velda 1954 Pride of the Blue Grass Helen 1954 The Diamond Marline Miller 1964 Man's Favorite Sport? Maggie, Cadwalader's Secretary Uncredited