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
- The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case as Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
- Lady of Burlesque as Dolly Baxter
- Power of the Press as Edwina Stephens
1942
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Cleo Arden
1941
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- The Big Boss as Sue Peters
- Mercy Island as Leslie Ramsey
1940
- King of the Lumberjacks as Tina Martin Deribault
- This Thing Called Love as Florence Bertrand
- Tear Gas Squad as Jerry Sullivan
- I Want a Divorce as Wanda Holland
1939
- On Your Toes as Peggy Porterfield
- They Made Me a Criminal as Peggy
- Private Detective as Mona Lannon
- No Place to Go as Gertrude Plummer
- Waterfront as Ann Stacey
- The Cowboy Quarterback as Evelyn Corey
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self
1938
- Heart of the North as Joyce MacMillan
- Racket Busters as Nora Jordan
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mona Verdivere
- Secrets of an Actress as Mrs. Carla Orr
1937
- They Won't Forget as Sybil Hale
- Talent Scout as Blonde on Bus (uncredited)