Gloria Jean
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover, April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances. She is probably best remembered today for her appearance with W.C. Fields in the film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Gloria Jean was three years old when she first sang on radio; in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she sang, under the name "Baby Skyl...
Known For
Filmography
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
as Self
The Ladies Man
1961
as Gloria
Lock-Up
1959
Air Strike
1955
as Marg Huggins
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Ruth Kroner
Manhattan Angel
1949
as Gloria Cole
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949
as Polly Milton
I Surrender Dear
1948
as Patty Nelson aka Patty Hart
Copacabana
1947
as Anne Stuart
I'll Remember April
1945
as April Garfield
Easy to Look At
1945
River Gang
1945
as Wendy
Destiny
1944
as Jane Broderick
Ghost Catchers
1944
as Melinda Marshall
Pardon My Rhythm
1944
as Jinx Page
Reckless Age
1944
as Linda Wadsworth
Follow the Boys
1944
as Gloria Jean (uncredited)
Mister Big
1943
as Patricia Davis
It Comes Up Love
1943
as Victoria Peabody
Moonlight in Vermont
1943
as Gwen Harding
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Doris Stanley
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Sue Courtney
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942
as Marilyn
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
as His Niece
Jingle Belles
1941
as herself
If I Had My Way
1940
as Patricia 'Pat' Johnson
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940
as Midge Loring
The Under-Pup
1939
as Pip-Emma Binns