Gloria Dickson

from Pocatello, Idaho, USA

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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.

Timeline

1983Aged 67

  • Poster for Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944Aged 28

  • Poster for Rationing

    Miss McCue

1943Aged 27

  • Poster for Power of the Press

    Edwina Stephens

  • Poster for Lady of Burlesque

    Dolly Baxter

  • Poster for The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

    Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright

1942Aged 26

  • Poster for The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    Cleo Arden

1941Aged 25

  • Poster for The Big Boss

    Sue Peters

  • Poster for Mercy Island

    Leslie Ramsey

  • Poster for Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    (Unknown)

1940Aged 24

  • Poster for King of the Lumberjacks

    Tina Martin Deribault

  • Poster for Tear Gas Squad

    Jerry Sullivan

  • Poster for I Want a Divorce

    Wanda Holland

  • Poster for This Thing Called Love

    Florence Bertrand

1939Aged 23

1938Aged 22

  • Poster for Gold Diggers in Paris

    Mona Verdivere

  • Poster for Racket Busters

    Nora Jordan

  • Poster for Secrets of an Actress

    Mrs. Carla Orr

  • Poster for Heart of the North

    Joyce MacMillan

1937Aged 21

  • Poster for They Won't Forget

    Sybil Hale

  • Poster for Talent Scout

    Blonde on Bus (uncredited)