Gloria Dickson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 w...
Known For
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
Peggy
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
They Won't Forget
Sybil Hale
This Thing Called Love
Florence Bertrand
Lady of Burlesque
Dolly Baxter
Gold Diggers in Paris
Mona Verdivere
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Filmography
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rationing
1944
as Miss McCue
Lady of Burlesque
1943
as Dolly Baxter
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943
as Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Power of the Press
1943
as Edwina Stephens
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Cleo Arden
The Big Boss
1941
as Sue Peters
Mercy Island
1941
as Leslie Ramsey
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Florence Bertrand
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Wanda Holland
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Jerry Sullivan
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
as Tina Martin Deribault
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Peggy
On Your Toes
1939
as Peggy Porterfield
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
as Evelyn Corey
Private Detective
1939
as Mona Lannon
No Place to Go
1939
as Gertrude Plummer
Waterfront
1939
as Ann Stacey
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Racket Busters
1938
as Nora Jordan
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Mona Verdivere
Secrets of an Actress
1938
as Mrs. Carla Orr
Heart of the North
1938
as Joyce MacMillan
They Won't Forget
1937
as Sybil Hale
Talent Scout
1937
as Blonde on Bus (uncredited)