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Actor
Gloria Dickson
- Born August 13, 1916 in Pocatello, Idaho, USA
- Died April 10, 1945
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.
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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.
Known for
Lady of Burlesque1943
They Made Me a Criminal1939
They Won't Forget1937
Racket Busters1938
Power of the Press1943
Tear Gas Squad1940
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942
King of the Lumberjacks1940
Filmography
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944RationingFilmMiss McCue
- 1943Lady of BurlesqueFilmDolly Baxter
- 1943Power of the PressFilmEdwina Stephens
- 1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest CaseFilmMrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
- 1942The Affairs of Jimmy ValentineFilmCleo Arden
- 1941The Big BossFilmSue Peters
- 1941Mercy IslandFilmLeslie Ramsey
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2Film
- 1940Tear Gas SquadFilmJerry Sullivan
- 1940King of the LumberjacksFilmTina Martin Deribault
- 1940This Thing Called LoveFilmFlorence Bertrand
- 1940I Want a DivorceFilmWanda Holland
- 1939They Made Me a CriminalFilmPeggy
- 1939On Your ToesFilmPeggy Porterfield
- 1939Private DetectiveFilmMona Lannon
- 1939WaterfrontFilmAnn Stacey
- 1939The Cowboy QuarterbackFilmEvelyn Corey
- 1939No Place to GoFilmGertrude Plummer
- 1939Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1FilmSelf
- 1938Racket BustersFilmNora Jordan
- 1938Secrets of an ActressFilmMrs. Carla Orr
- 1938Heart of the NorthFilmJoyce MacMillan
- 1938Gold Diggers in ParisFilmMona Verdivere
- 1937They Won't ForgetFilmSybil Hale
- 1937Talent ScoutFilmBlonde on Bus (uncredited)