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Gloria Jean was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances. She is probably best remembered today for her appearance with W.C. Fields in the film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).
Birth Name
Gloria Jean Schoonover
Born
Wednesday, 14 April 1926
Died
Friday, 31 August 2018
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Universal Horror | interview / Self | 1998 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Self - Co-Star | 1986 |
| Tobo the Happy Clown | Sally - Tobo's wife | 1965 |
| Saints and Sinners | Sheila | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Ellen Ryan | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Gloria | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Lock Up | Laura Cruthers | 1959 |
| Air Strike | Marg Huggins | 1955 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Universal Horror | interview / Self | 1998 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Self - Co-Star | 1986 |
| Tobo the Happy Clown | Sally - Tobo's wife | 1965 |
| Saints and Sinners | Sheila | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Ellen Ryan | 1961 |
| The Ladies Man | Gloria | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Lock Up | Laura Cruthers | 1959 |
| Air Strike | Marg Huggins | 1955 |
| Annie Oakley | Mary Rogers / Lucy Ann Barker | 1954 |
| Wonder Valley | Sweetheart | 1953 |
| Death Valley Days | Lotta Crabtree | 1952 |
| Rebound | Isabelle | 1952 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Ginny | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Nancy | 1950 |
| Cavalcade of Bands | Herself | 1950 |
| There's a Girl in My Heart | Ruth Kroner | 1949 |
| Movietown USA | Self | 1949 |
| Manhattan Angel | Gloria Cole | 1949 |
| An Old-Fashioned Girl | Polly Milton | 1949 |
| Copacabana | Anne Stuart | 1947 |
| River Gang | Wendy | 1945 |
| Easy to Look At | Judy | 1945 |
| I'll Remember April | April Garfield | 1945 |
| Destiny | Jane Broderick | 1944 |
| Ghost Catchers | Melinda Marshall | 1944 |
| Pardon My Rhythm | Jinx Page | 1944 |
| Follow the Boys | Gloria Jean | 1944 |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Gwen Harding | 1943 |
| Mister Big | Patricia / Patricia Davis | 1943 |
| It Comes Up Love | Victoria Peabody | 1943 |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Marilyn Benton | 1942 |
| Get Hep to Love | Doris Stanley | 1942 |
| What's Cookin' | Sue Courtney | 1942 |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | Gloria / His Niece | 1941 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Midge Loring | 1940 |
| If I Had My Way | Patricia Johnson / Patricia 'Pat' Johnson | 1940 |
| The Under-Pup | Pip-Emma Binns | 1939 |
