Biography
Gloria Mildred DeHaven (born July 23, 1925) is 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.
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Filmography
all 73
Movies 43
TV Shows 30
self 13
Summer Stock: Get Happy! (2006)
Out to Sea (1997)
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Bog (1979)
Hello, Larry (1979)
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
Nakia (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Call Her Mom (1972)
Mannix (1967)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Defenders (1961)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
Mr. Broadway (1957)
The Girl Rush (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
So This Is Paris (1954)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
I'll Get By (1950)
Summer Stock (1950)
Three Little Words (1950)
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
Summer Holiday (1948)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Step Lively (1944)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
The Penalty (1941)
Keeping Company (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1925-07-23
Deathday2016-07-30 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
Height
RelationshipsJohn Payne (1944 - 1950), Martin Kimmel (1953 - 1954), Dick Fincher (1957 - 1963)
FatherCarter DeHaven
MotherFlora Parker DeHaven
SiblingsCarter DeHaven, Jr., Marjorie Florence DeHaven
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsGloria Mildred DeHaven, Gloria De Haven
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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