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Gloria Jean is a Actor American born on 14 april 1926 at Buffalo (USA)
Gloria Jean (born April 14, 1926) is an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films between 1939 and 1959, as well as making numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances.
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Birth name Gloria Jean Schoonover
Nationality USA
Birth 14 april 1926 at Buffalo (USA)
Death 31 august 2018 (at 92 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 april 1926 at Buffalo (USA)
Death 31 august 2018 (at 92 years)
Biography
In 1962, Gloria Jean gave up show business to get married and raise a family. The marriage was not successful; her husband was frequently absent, living apart from his wife and son. Gloria Jean obtained a divorce and began a second career with Redken Laboratories, a national cosmetics firm, where she worked until 1993.Usually with
Filmography of Gloria Jean (15 films)
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The Ladies Man (1961)
, 1h35Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman, Buddy Lester, George Raft, Marty Ingels
Roles Gloria
Rating62%
Herbert H. Heebert (Jerry Lewis) is a young man who loses his girlfriend, swears off romance, and then takes a job at a genteel, women-only boarding house, run by Helen Wellenmellen (Helen Traubel). Although most of the women treat him like a servant, Fay (Pat Stanley) helps him with his fear of women.
Copacabana (1947)
, 1h32Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Steve Cochran, Andy Russell, Gloria Jean, Ralph Sanford
Roles Anne Stuart
Rating60%
Lionel Q. Devereaux and his alluring girlfriend, Brazilian singer Carmen Navarro have been engaged for ten years. They are highly unsuccessful nightclub performers, due to Lionel's total lack of talent. They stay at an upscale hotel in New York. One day they get a twenty four hour notice to pay their bill, but needless to say they lack the funds to oblige. They hurriedly try to convince the big shot producer Steve Hunt to give Carmen a job at the Club Copacabana, and with the help of the easily convinced, gullible singer Andy Russell, posing as an agent, they achieve their goal to get her an audition.
Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
, 1h2Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Patric Knowles, Evelyn Ankers, Marjorie Weaver, Walter Catlett, Mel Tormé
Roles Jinx Page
Rating61%
Destiny (1944)
, 1h5Directed by Julien Duvivier, Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, Minna Gombell, Frank Fenton (Moran), Gayne Whitman
Roles Jane Broderick
Rating60%
A fugitive from the law (Curtis) becomes the victim of several double-crosses, eventually finding refuge with a blind girl (Jean) and her father (Craven) at a secluded farmhouse.
Ghost Catchers (1944)
, 1h8Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical, Crime
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Ole Olsen, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Leo Carrillo, Gloria Jean, Martha O' Driscoll
Roles Melinda Marshall
Rating55%
It Comes Up Love (1943)
, 1h1Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Ian Hunter, Donald O'Connor, Frieda Inescort, Louise Allbritton, Beatrice Roberts
Roles Victoria Peabody
Rating65%
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, George Dolenz, Fay Helm, Sidney Miller, William Benedict, Virginia Brissac
Roles Gwen Harding
Rating62%
Get Hep to Love (1942)
, 1h17Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Peggy Ryan, John Abbott
Roles Doris Stanley
Rating67%
Doris Stanley is an adolescent singer ("14 going on 15") billed as an 11-year-old "child prodigy" by her money-hungry aunt. When Doris finds that her Aunt Addie has reneged on her promise to give her a break from her singing tour, she runs away, and finds herself in a small town. Doris presents herself as a potential adoptee to a young married couple (Ann and Steve Winters). Unbeknownst to Doris, Ann was on the verge of breaking up with Steve due to his preoccupation with golf and refusal to find a real job. Her arrival gives the couple a reason to stay together.
What's Cookin'? (1942)
, 1h9Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Gloria Jean, Leo Carrillo, Billie Burke, Charles Butterworth
Roles Sue Courtney
Rating67%
Mrs. Murphy's Theatrical Boarding House is a place where young performers reside. A group of those young people try to escape after finding out they are unable to pay the rent. However they get caught by the landlady and fellow tenant Marvo the Great is forced to sell his clothes to pay the rent. They next set out to the radio network WECA to visit singer Anne Payne. Anne is a former boarding house member who now works at the radio station with the Andrews Sisters and Woody Herman and His Orchestra. When Marvo is later conversing with Anne at her apartment, her wealthy neighbour Sue Courtney drops in their conversation and wonders if she can join the group.
, 1h14Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Olin Howland
Roles Marilyn Benton
Rating65%
Johnny Kovacs (Jones) is a war hero who comes back home for a ten-day leave. Pursued by a woman (Shelton) who considers herself his fiance, he works with his superior officers to hide during his leave. He adopts the name Johnny O'Rourke, and finds a room at a theatrical boarding house. He becomes friends with some other boarders (including O'Connor, Ryan and Gloria Jean) and falls in love with a woman (Frazee). His friends overhear him talking to his officer on the phone. They misinterpret the conversation and conclude that he is a deserter. They push him into giving himself up and returning to duty. Confused by their behavior at first, he figures out what they are up to, and plays along. It all works out in the end. The closing song in the picture is a rousing patriotic number sung directly to the audience by the main players in the film.
, 1h17Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Anne Nagel, Margaret Dumont, Franklin Pangborn
Roles His Niece
Rating69%
Introduction : Après une première scène où nous voyons W. C. Fields déambuler sous un panneau publicitaire vantant son dernier film puis dans un pub, nous assistons à une séance de répétition très tourmentée au sein des studios "Ésotériques" impliquant Gloria Jean, la nièce de W. C. Fields et Franklin Pangborn le producteur. Ensuite, W. C. Fields vient présenter à Franklin Pangborn le scénario de son prochain film. Nous avons alors, à la lecture du scénario, un film dans le film puisque celui-ci est interprété au fur et à mesure que le producteur le découvre.
If I Had My Way (1940)
, 1h33Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Charles Winninger, El Brendel, Allyn Joslyn, Claire Dodd
Roles Patricia 'Pat' Johnson
Rating60%
Buzz Blackwell, Fred Johnson and Axel Swenson are construction workers who are building a bridge. They are good friends and Buzz and Axel even help Fred raising his daughter Patricia. When Fred tragically dies in a fatal accident, Patricia is forced to live with her relatives in New York City whom she has never met. Buzz and Axel decide to depart with her. They soon arrive at her uncle and aunt Jarvis and Brenda, who are horrible persons. Jarvis is a snobby rich man, while Brenda is supercilious. Jarvis has received a letter from Buzz, warning him for their arrival and wants no part in raising Patricia. As they show up, Jarvis pretends to be someone else and sends them to the other "J. Johnson". This is Joe, Patricia's great uncle and husband of Marian. They are poor ex-vaudevillans but welcome them with open arms. Buzz wants to give Joe Fred's money he left him for Patricia, but finds out a drunken Axel used that money to buy a Swedish restaurant. This restaurant, which is doomed to fail, is now the only money bringer for the Johnsons. Buzz is determined to help them out and turns the restaurant in a night club, but is bothered with Jarvis, he has returned to claim "his" money back.
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
Directed by Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, Hugh Herbert, C. Aubrey Smith, Stuart Erwin, Nan Grey
Roles Midge Loring
Rating62%
The Under-Pup (1939)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Robert Cummings, Nan Grey, C. Aubrey Smith, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Weidler
Roles Pip-Emma Binns
Rating65%
L'histoire est adaptée par Grover Jones à partir d'une histoire tirée d'une magazine de l'auteur australien Wylie. Gloria est envoyée dans un camp d'été pour des filles de familles aisées. Elle est d'abord harcelée par les autres filles mais elle se défend et gagne le cœur de tout le monde.
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
, 1h29Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Bob Burns, Shirley Ross, George Barbier
Rating59%