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词条 Gloria Dickson
释义

  1. Early years

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Death

  5. Filmography

  6. Stage credits

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Gloria Dickson
| image = GloriaDicksonLadyofBurlesquecropped.jpg
| caption = From the film Lady of Burlesque (1943)
| birth_name = Thais Alalia Dickerson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|8|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|4|10|1917|8|13|mf=y}}
| death_cause = house fire
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| spouse = Perc Westmore
(m.1938–1941; divorced)
Ralph Murphy
(m.1941-1944; divorced)
William Fitzgerald
(m.1944–1945; her death)
| yearsactive = 1937-1945
}}

Gloria Dickson (August 13, 1917 – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s.

Early years

Born in Pocatello, Idaho as Thais Alalia Dickerson, she was the daughter of a banker. After her father's death in 1929, the family moved to California.[1] She graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School.[2]

She began acting during high school in amateur theatre productions. Encouraged by her acting coaches, she moonlighted doing dramatic readings at social clubs and on KFOX radio station in Long Beach, California.

Career

In April 1936, as she worked in a production of the Federal Theatre Project,[3] she was spotted by Warner Brothers talent scout Max Arnow who signed her to a Warner contract. Her film debut in 1937's They Won't Forget[2] landed her on the top of Hollywood's short list of important up and comers, a distinction which 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 like, The Luckiest Girl in the World and New Star of the Year. {{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}

Personal life

Dickson married Perc Westmore June 20, 1938, in Santa Barbara, California. She filed suit for divorce from him May 17, 1940.[4] The uncontested divorce was granted June 22, 1941, in Los Angeles, California.[5] Her second marriage was to director Ralph Murphy, whom she divorced in 1944.[6] Later in 1944, she married William Fitzgerald, a former boxer.[7]

Death

Dickson died during a fire at her Los Angeles home[8] caused by an unextinguished cigarette that ignited an overstuffed chair on the main floor while she slept upstairs. Her body, and that of her pet dog, were found in the bathroom, and it was assumed that she had attempted to escape through the bathroom window. She died from asphyxiation; flames had seared her lungs, and her body had suffered first- and second-degree burns.[9] She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Filmography

{{div col}}
  • They Won't Forget (1937)
  • Talent Scout (1937)
  • Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
  • Racket Busters (1938)
  • Heart of the North (1938)
  • Secrets of an Actress (1938)
  • They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
  • Waterfront (1939)
  • The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
  • No Place to Go (1939)
  • On Your Toes (1939)
  • Private Detective (1939)
  • King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
  • Tear Gas Squad (1940)
  • I Want a Divorce (1940)
  • This Thing Called Love (1940)
  • The Big Boss (1941)
  • Mercy Island (1941)
  • The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
  • Power of the Press (1943)
  • Lady of Burlesque (1943)
  • The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
  • Rationing (1944)
{{end div col}}

Stage credits

  • Wise Tomorrow (1937)

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Sensible Is The World For Gloria|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5795624/wilkesbarre_times_leader_the_evening/|work=The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News|agency=Associated Press|date=April 7, 1937|location=Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Majestic: Gloria Dickson Film|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5795828/shamokin_newsdispatch/|work=Shamokin News-Dispatch|date=April 12, 1943|location=Pennsylvania, Shamokin|page=5|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=WPA Player Signed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5795510/the_salt_lake_tribune/|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=November 29, 1936|location=Utah, Salt Lake City|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5795752/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=May 18, 1940|location=California, San Bernardino|page=12|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5796686/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=June 23, 1941|location=California, San Bernardino|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}} {{Open access}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Actress Dies In Home Fire|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19450411&id=_TcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sEwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3060,2933400&hl=en|work=The Pittsburgh Press|agency=United Press|date=April 11, 1945}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Gloria Dickson Of Films Victim Of Suffocation|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5796793/fitchburg_sentinel/|work=Fitchburg Sentinel|agency=Associated Press|date=April 11, 1945|location=Massachusetts, Fitchburg|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Film Actress Dies In Fire In Home|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5796729/warren_times_mirror/|work=Warren Times-Mirror|agency=Associated Press|date=April 11, 1945|location=Pennsylvania, Warren|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2016}} {{Open access}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=The Private Life and Times of Gloria Dickson|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/67/Gloria+Dickson/index.html|publisher=glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com|accessdate=2008-07-10}}

External links

{{Portal|Biography}}{{Commons|Gloria Dickson}}
  • {{IMDb name|0225649}}
  • {{IBDB name}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20030923002535/http://www.classicimages.com/2000/january00/gloriadickson.shtml Gloria Dickson, We Won't Forget: Essay by Dan Van Neste]
  • {{Find a Grave|7910}}
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Gloria}}

10 : 1917 births|1945 deaths|Actresses from Idaho|People from Pocatello, Idaho|American film actresses|Deaths from fire in the United States|Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery|Accidental deaths in California|Deaths by smoke inhalation|20th-century American actresses

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