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Gloria Dickson is a Actor American born on 13 august 1916 at Pocatello (USA)

Gloria Dickson

Gloria Dickson
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Birth name Thais Alalia Dickerson
Nationality USA
Birth 13 august 1916 at Pocatello (USA)
Death 10 april 1945 (at 28 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Gloria Dickson (August 13, 1917 – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

De 1941 à 1944, elle fut mariée au réalisateur américain Ralph Murphy.

Usually with

Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(8 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(8 films)
John Harron
John Harron
(7 films)
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
(7 films)
Glen Cavender
Glen Cavender
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gloria Dickson (20 films)

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Actress

Rationing
Rationing (1944)
, 1h33
Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Genres Comedy
Actors Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, Howard Freeman, Connie Gilchrist, Dorothy Morris
Roles Miss McCue
Rating60% 3.0472353.0472353.0472353.0472353.047235
Ben Barton, grocer in Tuttleton, is trying to get gas coupons from the local rationing board, but instead he gets a lecture on thrift from the head of the board, his enemy since twenty years, Iris Tuttle.
Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
, 1h31
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Horror, Musical, Crime, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, Iris Adrian, Charles Dingle, J. Edward Bromberg, Frank Conroy
Roles Dolly Baxter
Rating62% 3.144733.144733.144733.144733.14473
Dixie Daisy est l’une des vedettes d’un spectacle burlesque dans un théâtre de Broadway transformé en music-hall. Lolita, une des actrices de la troupe, est retrouvée assassinée. Dixie est très vite soupçonnée à cause de la rivalité qui régnait entre les deux femmes. Mais d’autres crimes inexpliqués sont bientôt commis et Dixie veut mettre en place un piège pour démasquer l’assassin.
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
, 1h12
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson, Roman Bohnen, George E. Stone, Spencer Charters
Roles Cleo Arden
Rating60% 3.047773.047773.047773.047773.04777
To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe) encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy Valentine, who is reportedly retired. The reward for the person who finds the legendary gentleman burglar is set to $10,000. There is little tough guy Mousey (George Stone), who becomes over zealous over the possibility of winning the reward. Valentine is rumored to have thrown down his hat in a picturesque small town called Fernville in Illinois. Jason and co worker Cleo Arden (Gloria Dickson) lead the hunt, together with Mousey, and it takes them to the small and previously quiet town. The search begins in the small town's local newspaper, where Jason hopes to find some old files that can reveal Jimmy Valentine's whereabouts. Jason meets the daughter of the newspaper editor, Bonnie Forbes (Ruth Terry), who takes him to see her father, Tom Forbes (Roman Bohnen). It turns out Tom isn't willing to help out in the search for Valentine. But Bonnie has taken a romantic interest in Jason, and offers to help out. She takes the party to Tom's gardener, Pinky (Harry Shannon), who she has heard tell stories about Valentine in the past. The lead is a dead end, as Pinky claims to know nothing about Valentine of use to Jason. But when Jason and Mousey visits the Forbes' house, Mousey finds Pinky rummaging about in Tom's office, destroying old files, and there is a photo of Pinky when he was younger, where his hair color matches the color of Valentine's side kick back in the day. Mousey turns out to be the son of an infamous mobster who was framed by Valentine, and kills Pinky to revenge his father. When Jason finds out about the killing, he suspects Valentine of being the murderer. He goes about town to collect fingerprints of important persons, and stirs up the whole town, since they are all ex-convicts, having settled down in this peacful place to live a quiet law-abiding life. The fingerprints are stored in a safe at the sheriff's office, and Jason plans to ambush Valentine and catch him red-handed when he tries to crack the safe open to get hold of the prints. Just as planned, Jason catches Tom, who turns out to be Jimmy Valentine, as he breaks the safe. In an effort to save the rest of the town from being caught, Tom wants to give Jason his prints in exchange for all the others'. Mousey enters the scene and tries to get his revenge on Tom/Jimmy. Mousey manages to kill himself, and Jason realizes that Tom/Jimmy wasn't the one who killed Pinky. Jason tells the police that Pinky was Jimmy Valentine in disguise, thus saving Tom and his daughter from ruin. Then Jason decides to stay in the small town with Bonnie.
Mercy Island
Mercy Island (1941)
, 1h12
Directed by William Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Ray Middleton, Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger, Donald Douglas, Forrester Harvey, Terry Kilburn
Roles Leslie Ramsey
Rating52% 2.6278452.6278452.6278452.6278452.627845
A young man takes his wife and a friend on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys on a boat owned by local Conks. Following a blow on the head when their boat hits a shallow bottom and loses its propeller, the husband becomes mentally unstable and believes his wife is having an affair.
I Want a Divorce
I Want a Divorce (1940)
, 1h15
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Gloria Dickson, Frank Fay, Jessie Ralph, Harry Davenport
Roles Wanda Holland
Rating60% 3.0027653.0027653.0027653.0027653.002765
Alan and Geraldine MacNally are a married couple, who are doubting if they did the right thing by marrying each other. Meanwhile, David and Wanda Holland are in the final stages of their divorce. It so happens Alan is the attorney who arranges their divorce. This makes him and Geraldine fall even further apart. Everything changes when Wanda commits suicide after she loses custody of her son. The MacNallys then start thinking about what is really important to them.
Tear Gas Squad
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
, 55minutes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson, George Reeves, Frank Wilcox, Herbert Anderson
Roles Jerry Sullivan
Rating55% 2.7593652.7593652.7593652.7593652.759365
Tommy McCabe (Dennis Morgan) is a cocky nightclub singer who gets his jollies out of making fun of the local police force. In fact his act includes a parody of a Policeman. This does not prove amusing to pretty Jerry Sullivan (Gloria Dickson), the daughter of a police lieutenant (Harry Shannon), nor to Jerry's flatfoot boyfriend Bill Morrissey (John Payne). Falling in love with Jerry himself, Tommy joins the police force, where he is subject to the rigorous training program applied by Morrissey. Eventually suspended from the police because of his carelessness, Tommy ends up saving the day by saving Morrisey's life. Tommy is finally reinstated in the force, thus rewarding Jerry's faith in him.
King of the Lumberjacks
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
, 58minutes
Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, Joe Sawyer, Victor Kilian, Earl Dwire
Roles Tina Martin Deribault
Rating55% 2.758142.758142.758142.758142.75814
They Made Me a Criminal
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
, 1h32
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Hal B. Wallis, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson, Gloria Dickson, Billy Halop
Roles Peggy
Rating67% 3.3954853.3954853.3954853.3954853.395485
Johnnie Bradfield (John Garfield) is a world champion boxer falsely accused of murder. He disappeared and is presumed dead. The only witnesses who could have exonerated him were his manager and girlfriend, both of whom have died in an automobile accident. Detective Monty Phalen (Claude Rains) believes that Johnnie is still alive and hasn't given up the search for him. Johnnie, meanwhile, is hiding out on Grandma Rafferty's (May Robson) farm in Arizona. It is there that Johnnie meets up with some juvenile delinquents, Tommy (Billy Halop), Angel (Bobby Jordan), Spit (Leo Gorcey), Dippy (Huntz Hall), T.B. (Gabriel Dell), and Milty (Bernard Punsly), who are under the guardianship of Tommy's sister Peggy (Gloria Dickson).
Private Detective
Private Detective (1939)
, 55minutes
Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Actors Jane Wyman, Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, John Ridgely, Morgan Conway, John Eldredge
Roles Mona Lannon
Rating60% 3.001163.001163.001163.001163.00116
No Place to Go
No Place to Go (1939)
, 56minutes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson, Fred Stone, Sonny Bupp, Charles Halton, Frank Faylen
Roles Gertrude Plummer
Rating60% 3.002263.002263.002263.002263.00226
Racket Busters
Racket Busters (1938)
, 1h11
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Allen Jenkins, Walter Abel, Henry O'Neill
Roles Nora Jordan
Rating59% 2.9974652.9974652.9974652.9974652.997465
Hugh Allison, a lawyer with a reputation for putting gangsters in jail, is asked by the city to break up the trucking rackets. In response to his appointment, the racketeers, led by John Martin, crack down on the truckers, using brutal attacks to force them to join their organization. Allison runs into resistance, however, when he interviews the restaurant and business owners that are the victims of the racketeers. No one wants to speak out against the gangsters. Skeets Wilson and Denny Jordan are partners in a small trucking business. They are holdouts against the Martin organization, but when Pop, the owner of the garage, is beaten by the gangsters, Skeets decides to leave the trucking business and sell tomatoes. Soon Denny is the target of attacks. After his pregnant wife Nora is threatened, Denny sends her to the country for her safety. Because his business has been ruined by the gangsters, Denny steals money from the trucking association to pay for her lodging. That night when he returns home, he finds Martin's men waiting for him. They tell him he can keep the money but he must join their organization, and he finally gives in to their demands. Allison questions Denny, but he refuses to tell him anything. When Pop is killed by the gang, Nora tells Denny that he is in the wrong and has lost her respect. Allison arrests Denny, and when he will not testify against the gang he is sent to jail. Martin sends the truckers out on strike in order to close down the market and a city-wide food shortage results. Skeets intervenes and is shot and killed after he rouses the truckers against the gang. Denny witnesses the murder and can no longer stand aside. He sees Martin escaping and helps to capture him. He finally agrees to testify and his courage sets an example for the other men, with the result that Martin is sent to jail.