Gloria DeHaven
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1925-07-23
- Died
- 2016-07-30
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Gloria Mildred DeHaven · Gloria De Haven
Biography
Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, 1925-July 30, 2016) was an American actress, singer and a former contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director, Carter DeHaven, and actress, Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers.
She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM. Despite featured roles in such films as Best Foot Forward, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and Summer Stock (1950), and being voted by exhibitors as the third most likely to be a "star of tomorrow'" in 1944, she did not achieve film stardom. She portrayed her own mother, Flora Parker DeHaven, in the Fred Astaire film Three Little Words (1950).
DeHaven also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope. She was one of the numerous celebrities enticed to appear in the all-star box office flop, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), and has guest starred in such television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, Appointment with Adventure (episode entitled "The Snow People"), The Guy Mitchell Show, Johnny Ringo (as Rosemary Blake in "Love Affair"), The Rifleman, Wagon Train, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, Mannix, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Mama's Family, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote and Touched by an Angel. She was also on five episodes of Match Game 75 along with Patti Deutsch and Buck Owens as guest panelists.
Gloria DeHaven died July 30, 2016 (age 91), in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Phyllis Grant
Mannix
1967
as Gloria Farnsworth
Falcon Crest
1981
as Gloria Marlowe
The Rifleman
1958
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Doreen
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Annie Wylie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Betty Laurence / Betty Schaefer
Hart to Hart
1979
Burke's Law
1963
as Connie French
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Agnes Gideon Pratt
Gunsmoke
1955
as Carrie Thompson
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Liana MacIntosh
Mama's Family
1983
Police Story
1973
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Ronna Desmond
B. J. and the Bear
1979
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Dick Clark Show
1958
as Self
Hello, Larry
1979
as Lorraine
Darkroom
1981
Delta House
1979
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Nakia
1974
Evening in Byzantium
1978
as Sonia Murphy
The Ted Knight Show
1978
Movies (42)
Modern Times
1936
as Gamin's Sister (uncredited)
Out to Sea
1997
as Vivian
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keeping Company
1940
as Evelyn Thomas
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Step Lively
1944
as Christine Marlowe
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Summer Stock
1950
as Abigail Falbury
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Laura Belle Ronson
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
as Maureen Brockmeyer
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as President's Girl 1 (as Gloria De Haven)
Three Little Words
1950
as Mrs. Carter DeHaven
Evening in Byzantium
1978
as Sonia Murphy
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
The Girl Rush
1955
as Taffy Tremaine
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976
as Lady Jane Gray
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
as Police Matron
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Gloria DeHaven
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Patsy Demming (as Gloria de Haven)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Angela Toland
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Jean Deyo
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
1977
as Mrs. Blake
Two-Faced Woman
1941
as Debutante in Ladies' Room (uncredited)
Summer Holiday
1948
as Muriel McComber
Scene of the Crime
1949
as Lili
The Penalty
1941
as Anne Logan
The Doctor and the Girl
1949
as Fabienne Corday
Susan and God
1940
as Enid
Between Two Women
1945
as Edna
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Minerva Fierce
Mr. Broadway
1957
Bog
1979
as Ginny Glenn / Adrianna
So This Is Paris
1954
as Colette d'Avril / Jane Mitchell (as Gloria De Haven)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
as Self
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
as Molly Plenty
Call Her Mom
1972
as Helen Hardgrove
I'll Get By
1950
as Terry Martin
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Sarah Jane Winfield
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Ellen Goodrich
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951
as Hannah Holbrook
Lucy Moves to NBC
1980
as Self
The Zodiac Murders
1975
About Gloria DeHaven
Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, 1925-July 30, 2016) was an American actress, singer and a former contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director, Carter DeHaven, and actress, Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM. Despite featured roles in such films as Best Foot Forward, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and Summer Stock (1950),… With 72 credits spanning from 1936 to 2006, Gloria DeHaven has appeared in 42 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gloria DeHaven Movies
- Modern Times (1936) — as Gamin's Sister (uncredited)
- Out to Sea (1997) — as Vivian
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Keeping Company (1940) — as Evelyn Thomas
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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