- Born
- Died
- Birth nameElizabeth Ann Sheridan
- Nicknames
- Lizzy
- Dizzy
- Height5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- Liz Sheridan was born on April 10, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for ALF (1986), Who's That Girl (1987) and Seinfeld (1989). She was married to William Dale Wales. She died on April 15, 2022 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseWilliam Dale Wales(December 31, 1985 - December 26, 2002) (his death, 1 child)
- ParentsElizabeth Poole-JonesFrank Sheridan
- Was reportedly engaged to James Dean in 1952 and later wrote a book about their relationship, "Dizzy and Jimmy".
- Considered actress Elizabeth Montgomery to be her best friend.
- Started out in show business as a dancer. Met her future husband, Dale Wales, a jazz trumpeter, in Puerto Rico where they both were performing. They lived together from 1960 until 1985, when they married. They had one daughter. Sheridan and Wales remained married until his death from lung cancer. He left behind an $80,000 credit card debt and Sheridan subsequently had to file for bankruptcy.
- After a brief engagement to Justus Villa (aka Pancho), she realized she didn't want to marry him, broke it off, and returned, for a time, to New York City. There, at a party, she again met James Dean. Afterwards, in a cab, he told her, "Nothing's lost between us. It never will be. You're a part of me and I'm a part of you. I take you with me wherever I go." That was the last time she saw him.
- Media sources reported the coincidence her death came within a few weeks after the death of Estelle Harris (also at age 93) who played the mother of another Seinfeld character, George Costanza.
- [about James Dean] I knew that I was being protected, by someone who didn't know what he was doing.
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