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Gloria DeHaven
Gloria DeHaven never made it to the front ranks of film stardom and none of her credits can be considered a major classic, but she was in her own modest way one of the signature perky soubrettes of the 1940s, a hometown sweetheart for many GIs. A good singer and a highly vivacious screen presence, her career had its ups and downs, but TV and stage work and the very occasional film nonetheless kept her busy for over six decades until her retirement at the dawn of the 21st century. She died at the age of 91 on July 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, several months after suffering a stroke.
Gloria Mildred DeHaven was born into a prominent entertainment family: her parents were Carter DeHaven and Flora Parker (often known professionally as Mrs. Carter DeHaven), famed vaudevillians and legitimate stage performers who also graced a number of silent films together. DeHaven and her brother Carter DeHaven Jr (who later became a producer) traveled with their parents on tour tours while growing up, and Gloria enjoyed her first screen exposure in a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's "Modern T
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French postcard by Editions Tour Eiffel, Lyon. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (M.G.M.).
Italian postcard by Garami, Milano. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gloria DeHavenin Two Girls and a Sailor(Richard Thorpe, 1944).
Belgian collectors card by Kwatta, Bois d'Haine, no. C. 172. Photo: MGM. Mickey Rooneyand Gloria DeHavenin Summer Holiday(Rouben Mamoulian, 1948).
British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. W 752. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Belgian collectors card by Kwatta, no. C. 279. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gloria DeHavenin Scene of the Crime(Roy Rowland, 1949).
Portraying her own mother
Gloria Mildred DeHavenwas born in Los Angeles, California, in 1925. She was the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHavenand actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. Her real family name was O'Callahanbefore her father legally changed his name to DeHaven. With her fa
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Gloria Mildred DeHaven was born on July 23, 1925 in Los Angeles to vaudeville headliners Carter and Flora DeHaven. Her parents made sure their daughter would be educated at the very best private schools. They also indulged her ambition to be in show business by packing her off to the Mar-Ken Professional School in Hollywood (1940-42). Diminutive of stature and dark-haired, budding musical star Gloria (her nickname then was "Glo") enjoyed collecting perfume, reading (her favorite author being Daphne Du Maurier) and listening to the big bands (particularly Tommy Dorsey). With her father's help (who was assistant director and a friend of Charles Chaplin) she finagled her first movie appearance -- an uncredited bit part in Modern Times (1936). Her first visible role was in the George Cukor-directed Susan and God (1940). A contemporary newspaper article quipped that the winsome lass was "a backstage baby, never a child star".
First and foremost, Gloria concentrated on her singing career. She developed her own nightclub act over the years and also enjoyed cons
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