Gloria Dickson

Known for ActingBorn 1916-08-13Died 1945-04-10Pocatello, Idaho, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

I Want a Divorce

This Thing Called Love

No Place to Go

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Private Detective

Gold Diggers in Paris

The Cowboy Quarterback

Talent Scout

Power of the Press

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Waterfront

They Made Me a Criminal

Mercy Island

The Big Boss

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Secrets of an Actress

They Won't Forget

Racket Busters

Lady of Burlesque

Tear Gas Squad

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Heart of the North

On Your Toes

Rationing

King of the Lumberjacks