Gloria Dickson
Acting • Born 1916-08-13 – Died 1945-04-10
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
26 credits
They Made Me a Criminal
Movie • 1939
Peggy
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Sybil Hale
Lady of Burlesque
Movie • 1943
Dolly Baxter
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Racket Busters
Movie • 1938
Nora Jordan
Power of the Press
Movie • 1943
Edwina Stephens
On Your Toes
Movie • 1939
Peggy Porterfield
The Cowboy Quarterback
Movie • 1939
Evelyn Corey
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie • 1938
Mona Verdivere
The Big Boss
Movie • 1941
Sue Peters
Secrets of an Actress
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Carla Orr
Private Detective
Movie • 1939
Mona Lannon
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North
Movie • 1938
Joyce MacMillan
Rationing
Movie • 1944
Miss McCue
This Thing Called Love
Movie • 1940
Florence Bertrand
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie • 1942
Cleo Arden
I Want a Divorce
Movie • 1940
Wanda Holland
Tear Gas Squad
Movie • 1940
Jerry Sullivan
No Place to Go
Movie • 1939
Gertrude Plummer
Mercy Island
Movie • 1941
Leslie Ramsey
Waterfront
Movie • 1939
Ann Stacey
King of the Lumberjacks
Movie • 1940
Tina Martin Deribault
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
Blonde on Bus (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Movie • 1939
Self