Gloria DeHaven Biography
Gloria DeHaven was an American actress and singer. She was best known for being a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Both on stage and film including TV.
Gloria DeHaven Early Life | Age
DeHaven was born Gloria Mildred DeHaven on July 23, 1925, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven. Both former vaudeville performers.
An article in a 1983 newspaper reported, “Miss DeHaven … says that her real family name was O’Callahan before her father legally changed his name to DeHaven.”
Gloria DeHaven Death
Gloria died on July 30, 2016, in Las Vegas of undisclosed causes. This was only a week after her 91st birthday. She was in hospice care after having had a stroke a few months earlier. Gloria was survived by her four children. The remains were cremated.
Gloria DeHaven Husband| Divorce| Children
DeHaven was married four times but to three men. The first husband was actor John Payne, star of The Restless Gun. Gloria married him in 1944 and divorced in 1950. The second husband was real estate developer Martin Kimmel. The couple married in 1953 and divorced the following year.
Gloria was married to Richard Fincher, son of a Miami Oldsmobile dealer, from 1957 until 1963. Interestingly, they remarried in 1965 and divorced again in 1969.
Gloria had two children with Payne. A daughter Kathleen Hope (born 1945) and son Thomas John (born 1947). Similarly, she had two children with Fincher, son Harry (born 1958) and daughter Faith (born 1962).
Gloria DeHaven Film
DeHaven began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936). Gloria was signed to a contract with MGM. This is after she had featured roles in such films as Best Foot Forward (1943) and The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). Besides, Scene of the Crime (1949) and Summer Stock (1950).
Gloria was voted by exhibitors as the third most likely to be a star of tomorrow in 1944. Having portrayed her own mother, Flora Parker DeHaven. This, in the Fred Astaire film Three Little Words (1950).
DeHaven appeared as the love interest of Jack Lemmon in the comedy Out to Sea (1997). This was after a long absence from the screen. Also, starring was Walter Matthau.
Gloria DeHaven Music
Gloria’s musical talents supplemented her acting abilities. Thus, she was both a cast and singer in her films. Including I’ll Get By, So This Is Paris and The Girl Rush. Performing numbers in many of her movies.
DeHaven sang with the bands of Jan Savitt and Bob Crosby. At one time she had her own nightclub act. DeHaven recorded for the small Seeco label, during the early 1960s. She appeared on the 1962 compilation album Gloria Lynne and Her Friends. DeHaven was also heard on four of the Revisited compilations produced by Ben Bagley.
Gloria DeHaven Television
Gloria appeared in a number of soap operas. In Ryan’s Hope, she appeared as Bess Shelby. While in As the World Turns as Sara Fuller and Mary Hartman, as Mary Hartman.
Gloria was one of the numerous celebrities who appeared in the all-star box office flop, Won Ton Ton. Going to appear in the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) and guest-starred in television series. Including Robert Montgomery Presents, Appointment with Adventure and many more. Gloria appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on March 21, 1974. She was cast in the short-lived police drama, Nakia later that year.
DeHaven hosted a morning call-in movie show on WABC-TV in New York City from January 1969 to February 1971. Besides, she also appeared in five episodes of Match Game 75 as a guest panelist.
Gloria DeHaven Stage
Her Broadway debut came in 1955. Gloria played Diane in the musical version of Seventh Heaven. Further, she also toured in a summer stock production of No, No, Nanette. Gloria has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
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