Gloria Dickson
Born: 1916-08-13 in Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Died: 1945-04-10
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gloria Dickson (born Thais Alalia Dickerson; August 13, 1917 – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s. In April 1936, as she worked in a production of the Federal Theatre Project, she was spotted by Warner Bros. talent scout Max Arnow, who signed her to a contract. Her film debut in 1937's They Won't Forget landed her on the top of Hollywood's short list of important up-and-comers, a distinction that garnered her enormous publicity. In Autumn 1937, she was on many magazine covers and was the subject of several major movie magazine articles, with titles such as The Luckiest Girl in the World and New Star of the Year.
Filmography
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
- Rationing as Miss McCue
1943
- Lady of Burlesque as Dolly Baxter
- The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case as Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
- Power of the Press as Edwina Stephens
1942
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Cleo Arden
1941
- Mercy Island as Leslie Ramsey
- The Big Boss as Sue Peters
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1940
- King of the Lumberjacks as Tina Martin Deribault
- I Want a Divorce as Wanda Holland
- This Thing Called Love as Florence Bertrand
- Tear Gas Squad as Jerry Sullivan
1939
- Waterfront as Ann Stacey
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self
- No Place to Go as Gertrude Plummer
- Private Detective as Mona Lannon
- On Your Toes as Peggy Porterfield
- The Cowboy Quarterback as Evelyn Corey
- They Made Me a Criminal as Peggy
1938
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mona Verdivere
- Secrets of an Actress as Mrs. Carla Orr
- Heart of the North as Joyce MacMillan
- Racket Busters as Nora Jordan
1937
- They Won't Forget as Sybil Hale
- Talent Scout as Blonde on Bus (uncredited)