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- Birth nameRebecca Benedict Heffener
- Sheila Darcy was born on August 8, 1914 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), Terry and the Pirates (1940) and Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona (1941). She was married to Preston Foster and Erich von Stroheim Jr.. She died on February 27, 2004 in Kearny Mesa, California, USA.
- SpousesPreston Foster(April 2, 1946 - July 14, 1970) (his death)Erich von Stroheim Jr.(May 27, 1943 - December 12, 1945) (divorced)
- Best remembered as the Dragon Lady in the popular 1940 serial Terry and the Pirates (1940).
- Left acting after marrying actor Preston Foster, who died in 1970.
- Moved to Los Angeles with her mother as a child.
- After appearing in films from 1932 to 1937 under the name Rebecca Wassem she became a Paramount starlet in 1937, taking the name of Sheila Darcy.
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