Lee dropped out and was replaced by Lockwood. Gaumont British were making a film version of the novel Doctor Syn, starring George Arliss and Anna Lee with director Roy William Neill and producer Edward Black. She had a small role in Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937), again for Carol Reed and was in Melody and Romance (1937). She followed it with Irish for Luck (1936) and The Street Singer (1937). Her profile rose when she appeared opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Beloved Vagabond (1936) Lockwood had a small role in The Amateur Gentleman (1936), another with Fairbanks. She had the lead in Someday (1935), a quota quickie directed by Michael Powell and in Jury's Evidence (1936), directed by Ralph Ince. She was the female love interest in Midshipman Easy (1935), directed by Carol Reed, who would become crucial to Lockwood's career. įor British Lion she was in The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935), then was in Honours Easy (1935) with Greta Nissen and Man of the Moment (1935) with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. For this, British Lion put her under contract for £500 a year for the first year, going up to £750 a year for the second year. Lockwood entered films in 1934, and in 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. In June 1934 she played Myrtle in House on Fire at the Queen's Theatre, and on 22 August 1934 appeared as Margaret Hamilton in Gertrude Jenning's play Family Affairs when it premiered at the Ambassadors Theatre Helene Ferber in Repayment at the Arts Theatre in January 1936 Trixie Drew in Henry Bernard's play Miss Smith at the Duke of York's Theatre in July 1936 and back at the Queen's in July 1937 as Ann Harlow in Ann's Lapse. In 1933, Lockwood enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract. In 1932 she appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Cavalcade. In December of the following year, she appeared at the Scala Theatre in the pantomime The Babes in the Wood. She began studying for the stage at an early age at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and made her debut in 1928, at the age of 12, at the Holborn Empire where she played a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Lockwood attended Sydenham High School for girls, and a ladies' school in Kensington, London. She also had another half-brother, John, from her father's first marriage, brought up by his mother in Britain. She returned to England in 1920 with her mother, brother 'Lyn' and half-brother Frank, and a further half-sister 'Fay' joined them the following year, but her father remained in Karachi, visiting them infrequently. Margaret Mary Day Lockwood was born on 15 September 1916 in Karachi, British India, to Henry Francis Lockwood, an English administrator of a railway company, and his Scottish third wife Margaret Eveline Waugh.
Sherry will also be missed by her many extended family and friends. Special aunt of Billy and Brandon Hobbs, Shaun, Collin, Tie, and Owen Mason. Dear daughter-in-law and sister-in-law of Bill and Gail Hobbs, Bill and Brenda Hobbs. Much loved niece of Dan Murtland, Bob & Marg Mason. Loving sister of Kevin and Shannon Mason, Mike and Michelle Mason. Cherished daughter of Bill and Sandy Mason. HOBBS, Sherry It is with sadness the family announces the death of Sherry at her residence in Waterford at the age of 40.
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