Personal Info
Thais Alalia Dickerson
Gloria Dickson
Acting
Biography
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…
Filmography
Movies
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rationing
as Miss McCue
Lady of Burlesque
as Dolly Baxter
Power of the Press
as Edwina Stephens
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Mrs. Keppler / Evelyn Fenton Cartwright
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Cleo Arden
The Big Boss
as Sue Peters
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Mercy Island
as Leslie Ramsey
King of the Lumberjacks
as Tina Martin Deribault