Personal Info
Gloria Jean Schoonover
Baby Skylark
Gloria Jean
Acting
Biography
Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover, April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) 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).
Gloria Jean was three years old when she first sang on radio; in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she sang, under the name "Baby Skylark", with Paul Whiteman's orchestra on radio broadcasts. When she was 12, she was engaged by a New …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
as Self
The Ladies Man
as Gloria
Air Strike
as Marg Huggins
There's a Girl in My Heart
as Ruth Kroner
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Polly Milton
Manhattan Angel
as Gloria Cole
I Surrender Dear
as Patty Nelson aka Patty Hart
Copacabana
as Anne Stuart
River Gang
as Wendy
Easy to Look At
