Gloria Dickson
Gender: Female
Birthday: 1916-08-13 - 1945-04-10
Place of Birth: Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Also Known As: Thais Alalia Dickerson
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.
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Known For
1939They Made Me a Criminal
1943Lady of Burlesque
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1937They Won't Forget
1938Heart of the North
1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1938Gold Diggers in Paris
1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1940This Thing Called Love
1939The Cowboy Quarterback
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1940King of the Lumberjacks
1943Power of the Press
1938Racket Busters
1939Private Detective
1938Secrets of an Actress
1939Waterfront
1940