Gloria Dickson
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(26 total)
Lady of Burlesque
as Dolly Baxter
They Made Me a Criminal
as Peggy
They Won't Forget
as Sybil Hale
Racket Busters
as Nora Jordan
Power of the Press
as Edwina Stephens
Tear Gas Squad
as Jerry Sullivan
King of the Lumberjacks
as Tina Martin Deribault
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Secrets of an Actress
as Mrs. Carla Orr
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Cleo Arden
On Your Toes
as Peggy Porterfield
Heart of the North
as Joyce MacMillan
This Thing Called Love
as Florence Bertrand
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Mona Verdivere
The Big Boss
as Sue Peters
Rationing
as Miss McCue
Mercy Island
as Leslie Ramsey
Waterfront
as Ann Stacey
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Evelyn Corey
Private Detective
as Mona Lannon