← Back

Gloria Dickson

Gloria Dickson

Born: 1916-08-13 • Pocatello, Idaho, USA

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.

Filmography
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rationing poster
Rationing
1944 • Miss McCue
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case poster
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943 • Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
Lady of Burlesque poster
Lady of Burlesque
1943 • Dolly Baxter
Power of the Press poster
Power of the Press
1943 • Edwina Stephens
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine poster
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 • Cleo Arden
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 poster
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Mercy Island poster
Mercy Island
1941 • Leslie Ramsey
The Big Boss poster
The Big Boss
1941 • Sue Peters
This Thing Called Love poster
This Thing Called Love
1940 • Florence Bertrand
I Want a Divorce poster
I Want a Divorce
1940 • Wanda Holland
Tear Gas Squad poster
Tear Gas Squad
1940 • Jerry Sullivan
King of the Lumberjacks poster
King of the Lumberjacks
1940 • Tina Martin Deribault
Private Detective poster
Private Detective
1939 • Mona Lannon
On Your Toes poster
On Your Toes
1939 • Peggy Porterfield
No Place to Go poster
No Place to Go
1939 • Gertrude Plummer
No Image
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 • Self
The Cowboy Quarterback poster
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939 • Evelyn Corey
Waterfront poster
Waterfront
1939 • Ann Stacey
They Made Me a Criminal poster
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 • Peggy
Heart of the North poster
Heart of the North
1938 • Joyce MacMillan
Secrets of an Actress poster
Secrets of an Actress
1938 • Mrs. Carla Orr
Racket Busters poster
Racket Busters
1938 • Nora Jordan
Gold Diggers in Paris poster
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938 • Mona Verdivere
Talent Scout poster
Talent Scout
1937 • Blonde on Bus (uncredited)
They Won't Forget poster
They Won't Forget
1937 • Sybil Hale