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Sharyn Moffett(1936-2021)

  • Actress
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Robert Bray, Lee Frederick, Kenneth MacDonald, George McDonald, Sharyn Moffett, Jean Moorhead, Walter Reed, Jacqueline White, and Banjo the Dog in Mon chien et moi (1947)
A child actress who showed heart-warming potential in the 1940s, child actress Sharyn Moffett (born Patricia Sharyn Moffett) was a cute presence in a number of sentimental tales. Closer to young Margaret O'Brien than Shirley Temple in type and demeanor, Sharyn was born on September 12, 1936 in Alameda, California to a show business family. Her mother was a dancer (billed as Gladyce Roberts) and her father, Bob Moffett, a singer and film bit player who once performed in burlesque shows and barbershop quartets. A younger brother, Gregory Moffett also went on to appear in films as a child actor.

Sharyn's parents, who met doing theater in Hollywood, left show business to raise their two children. The family eventually moved to Anaheim, California. They practically pushed her into a career from infancy with little results until the age of 8 when she won her first role, the lead in the animal movie My Pal Wolf (1944). From then on she added tyke charm and caring to a number of warm, sentimental tales that also featured animals, including A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946) and Rusty Leads the Way (1948). Her best role was a strong, dramatic part in her fourth film, Child of Divorce (1946) in which she was the focal point.

She had a central roles in Mon chien et moi (1947), Un million clefs en main (1948) and in The Judge Steps Out (1948), which had brother Gregory making his film debut in an uncredited role. By her awkward teens, however, Sharyn's career had run out of steam and she departed after her second lead role opposite Margaret O'Brien in the slight summer camp tale Her First Romance (1951).

Sharyn eventually married and moved to Pennsylvania where she and her husband became Episcopalian ministers. Devoted to her spiritual work, she once was the national president of the "Big Sisters" organization.
BornSeptember 12, 1936
DiedDecember 23, 2021(85)
BornSeptember 12, 1936
DiedDecember 23, 2021(85)
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Known for

Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas in Un million clefs en main (1948)
Un million clefs en main
7.2
  • Joan Blandings
  • 1948
Tom Conway and Paula Corday in Le Faucon à San Francisco (1945)
Le Faucon à San Francisco
6.4
  • Annie Marshall
  • 1945
Jerry Hunter and Sharyn Moffett in A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946)
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
6.6
  • Button
  • 1946
Robert Mitchum and Laraine Day in Le médaillon (1946)
Le médaillon
7.1
  • Nancy - Age 10
  • 1946

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  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1955
  • Allen Martin Jr. and Margaret O'Brien in Her First Romance (1951)
    Her First Romance
    5.3
    • Leona Dean
    • 1951
  • Ted Donaldson, Ann Doran, John Litel, Sharyn Moffett, and Flame in Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
    Rusty Leads the Way
    6.4
    • Penny Waters
    • 1948
  • Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas in Un million clefs en main (1948)
    Un million clefs en main
    7.2
    • Joan Blandings
    • 1948
  • Flame in Pal's Adventure (1948)
    Pal's Adventure
    Short
    • Young Girl
    • 1948
  • Alexander Knox and Ann Sothern in The Judge Steps Out (1948)
    The Judge Steps Out
    6.8
    • Nan
    • 1948
  • My Pal
    Short
    • Sharyn
    • 1947
  • Sharyn Moffett, Una O'Connor, Walter Reed, Jacqueline White, and Banjo the Dog in Mon chien et moi (1947)
    Mon chien et moi
    5.8
    • Pat Warren
    • 1947
  • Robert Mitchum and Laraine Day in Le médaillon (1946)
    Le médaillon
    7.1
    • Nancy - Age 10
    • 1946
  • Madge Meredith, Sharyn Moffett, and Regis Toomey in Child of Divorce (1946)
    Child of Divorce
    6.5
    • Bobby Carter
    • 1946
  • Jerry Hunter and Sharyn Moffett in A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946)
    A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
    6.6
    • Button
    • 1946
  • Tom Conway and Paula Corday in Le Faucon à San Francisco (1945)
    Le Faucon à San Francisco
    6.4
    • Annie Marshall
    • 1945
  • Boris Karloff in Le Récupérateur de cadavres (1945)
    Le Récupérateur de cadavres
    7.3
    • Georgina Marsh
    • 1945
  • Bruce Edwards, Jill Esmond, Sharyn Moffett, and Grey Shadow in My Pal Wolf (1944)
    My Pal Wolf
    6.2
    • Gretchen Anstey
    • 1944
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Suzanne Ridgway, and Ruth Skinner in Even as IOU (1942)
    Even as IOU
    6.9
    Short
    • Mrs. Blake's Daughter (uncredited)
    • 1942

Personal details

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  • Born
    • September 12, 1936
    • Alameda, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 23, 2021
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouse
    • James Alan Forrest? - September 3, 2011 (his death, 4 children)
  • Children
      Forrest, Robert
  • Parents
      Robert Everson Moffett
  • Relatives
      Gregory Moffett(Sibling)

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    Sharyn Moffett changed the spelling of her name to Sharon to follow the Biblical spelling of the name.

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