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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

26

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-08-13

Day of Death

1945-04-10 (29 years old)

Place of Birth

Pocatello, Idaho, USA

Also Known As

Thais Alalia Dickerson

Gloria Dickson

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.

Known For

Acting

They Won't Forget

1937

They Won't Forget

as

Sybil Hale

Lady of Burlesque

1943

Lady of Burlesque

as

Dolly Baxter

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

as

Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright

Racket Busters

1938

Racket Busters

as

Nora Jordan

Power of the Press

1943

Power of the Press

as

Edwina Stephens

On Your Toes

1939

On Your Toes

as

Peggy Porterfield

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939

The Cowboy Quarterback

as

Evelyn Corey

Gold Diggers in Paris

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris

as

Mona Verdivere

The Big Boss

1941

The Big Boss

as

Sue Peters

Secrets of an Actress

1938

Secrets of an Actress

as

Mrs. Carla Orr

Private Detective

1939

Private Detective

as

Mona Lannon

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Heart of the North

1938

Heart of the North

as

Joyce MacMillan

Rationing

1944

Rationing

as

Miss McCue

This Thing Called Love

1940

This Thing Called Love

as

Florence Bertrand

I Want a Divorce

1940

I Want a Divorce

as

Wanda Holland

Tear Gas Squad

1940

Tear Gas Squad

as

Jerry Sullivan

No Place to Go

1939

No Place to Go

as

Gertrude Plummer

Mercy Island

1941

Mercy Island

as

Leslie Ramsey

Waterfront

1939

Waterfront

as

Ann Stacey

King of the Lumberjacks

1940

King of the Lumberjacks

as

Tina Martin Deribault

Talent Scout

1937

Talent Scout

as

Blonde on Bus (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing