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Gloria DeHaven

American actress and singer (–)

Gloria DeHaven

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Born

Gloria Mildred DeHaven


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Los Angeles, California, US

DiedJuly 30, () (aged&#;91)

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

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Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, – July 30, ) was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Early life

DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. A newspaper article reported, "Miss DeHaven says that her real family name was O'Callahan before her father legally changed his name to DeHaven."[1]

Film

She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times ().[2] She was signed to a contract with MGM.

She had featured roles in such films as Best Foot Forward (), The Thin Man Goes Home (), Scene of the Crime () and Summer Stock (), and was voted by exhibitors as the third most likely to be a "star of tomorrow'" in [3] She portrayed her own mother, Flora Parker DeHaven, in the Fred Astaire film Three Little Words ().

After a long absence from the screen, DeHaven appeared as the love interest of Jack Lemmon in the comedy Out to Sea (), also starring Walter Matthau.

Music

DeHaven's musical talents supplemented her acting abilities. Besides being cast as a singer in many of her films, including I'll Get By, So This Is Paris and The Girl Rush, and performing numbers in many of her movies, DeHaven sang with the bands of Jan Savitt and Bob Crosby and at one time had her own nightclub act.

DeHaven appeared often in the s at the El Rancho Vegas, the first full service hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip[1] During the early s, DeHaven recorded for the small Seeco label, where she appeared on the compilation album Gloria Lynne and Her Friends. She was also heard on four of the Revisited compilations produced by Ben Bagley.[4]

Television

DeHaven appeared in the soap operasRyan's Hope (as Bess Shelby), As the World Turns (as Sara Fuller),[1] and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

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She was one of the numerous celebrities who appeared in the all-star box office flop, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (), and guest-starred in television series, including Robert Montgomery Presents; Appointment with Adventure (episode entitled "The Snow People"); The Guy Mitchell Show; Johnny Ringo (as Rosemary Blake in "Love Affair"); The Rifleman; Wagon Train; The Lloyd Bridges Show; Flipper; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Gunsmoke; Mannix; The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Eddie Capra Mysteries; Fantasy Island; Hart to Hart; The Love Boat; Mama's Family; Highway to Heaven; Murder, She Wrote; and Touched by an Angel.

On March 21, , Gloria appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Later that year, she was cast in the short-lived police dramaNakia.,[5] She also appeared with Horace Heidt on his "Swift Family Show Wagon" in

From January to February , DeHaven hosted a morning call-in movie show on WABC-TV in New York City.[5] She also appeared on five episodes of Match Game 75 as a guest panelist.

Stage

DeHaven's Broadway debut came in She played Diane in the musical version of Seventh Heaven.[6] She also toured in a summer stock production of No, No, Nanette.[1]

Personal life

DeHaven married four times.

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Her first husband was actor John Payne, star of The Restless Gun, whom she married in and divorced in Her second husband was real estate developer Martin Kimmel.[7] They were married in and divorced the following year. She was married to Richard Fincher, member of the Florida House of Representatives and a Miami Oldsmobile dealer, from until They remarried in and divorced again in [8]

She had two children with Payne, daughter Kathleen Hope (born ) and son Thomas John (born ) as well as two children with Fincher, son Harry (born ) and daughter Faith (born ).

DeHaven has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd.[9]

DeHaven was a staunch Republican[10] and attributed her youthful appearance in later years to an organic diet and faith in prayer.[10]

Death

DeHaven died on July 30, , in Las Vegas of undisclosed causes a week after her 91st birthday while in hospice care after having had a stroke a few months earlier.[11][12] She was survived by her four children.[13]

Filmography

Films

Television

Year Title Role Notes
The Alan Young Show
The George Gobel ShowDecember 8 episode[14]
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen1 episode
The RiflemanLillian HalsteadSeason 2, episode 6: "Eddie's Daughter"
Johnny RingoRonna Desmond1 episode
Wagon TrainAllison Justis1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night PlayShirley Kellogg1 episode
The DefendersAgnes ASeason 1, episode "Gideon's Follies"
MannixGloria NewmanSeason 1, episode 3: "Nothing Ever Works Twice"
The Jimmy Stewart ShowLucy CarruthersSeason 1, episode 'Old School Ties"
GunsmokeCarrie1 episode
NakiaIrene James13 episodes
Match GameHerself for one week
Movin' OnJaney1 episode
Quincy, M.E.Doreen1 episode
Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanAnnie Wylie30 episodes
The Ted Knight ShowDelores1 episode
Police StoryJill's Mother1 episode
The Eddie Capra MysteriesGail Cormac1 episode
Delta HouseMarion Wormer2 episodes
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J. and the Bear

Mama1 episode
Hello, Larry1 episode
DarkroomLouise Lawrence1 episode
Fantasy IslandSophie / Mrs. Brennan2 episodes
Hart to HartReva1 episode
Falcon CrestGloria Marlowe1 episode
Mama's FamilySally NashEpisode: "Positive Thinking"
Ryan's HopeBess Shelby14 episodes
The Love BoatMary Halbert / Florence Dolan2 episodes
Highway to HeavenPhoebe HallSeason 3, episode "A Mother and Daughter"
Murder, She WrotePhyllis Grant3 episodes
All My Children

Emma Mallory

Touched by an AngelBeverly1 episode

Stage work

Radio appearances

References

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    (August 27, ). "Gloria DeHaven heads for 'Ryan's Hope'". The Index-Journal. p.&#; Retrieved June 15, &#; via

  2. ^"Gloria DeHaven To Star At Bucks Co. Playhouse". The Daily Intelligencer. Greenwood, South Carolina.

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  8. ^"Saga of the High Seas". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania: National Library of Australia. November 11, p.&#;9. Retrieved April 24,
  9. ^"Ben Bagley's Harold Arlen Revisited". Smithsonian Institution.
  10. ^ abBarnes, Mike; Byrge, Duane (July 31, ).

    "Gloria DeHaven, Effervescent Star of MGM Musicals, Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6,

  11. ^"Gloria DeHaven to Be Diane In Musical 'Seventh Heaven'".

    John payne biography: Her second husband was real estate developer Martin Kimmel. Theatre Features. Sunset Boulevard. Filmography [ edit ].

    The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 1, p.&#; Retrieved June 15, &#; via

  12. ^"Gloria DeHaven to wed New York Realtor". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. June 21, Retrieved December 6,
  13. ^"Gloria DeHaven Divorced Again". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. January 11, p.&#; Retrieved June 16, &#; via
  14. ^"Gloria DeHaven".

    Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved June 16,

  15. ^ ab"Gloria DeHaven, Hollywood actress – obituary". The Telegraph. August 17, &#; via
  16. ^"Gloria DeHaven, star of s, '50s films, dead at age 91".

    Gloria de haven biography death With her father's help who was assistant director and a friend of Charles Chaplin she finagled her first movie appearance -- an uncredited bit part in Modern Times First and foremost, Gloria concentrated on her singing career. My years there were golden, a wonderful time! July 31,

    CBS News. Associated Press. August 1, Retrieved December 6,

  17. ^Lincoln, Ross A. (July 31, ). "Gloria DeHaven Dies: Singer-Actress & Star Of MGM Musicals Was 91". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 6,
  18. ^Lentz, Harris III (September ). "Obituaries: Gloria DeHaven, 91". Classic Images ():
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    Corpus Christi Caller-Times. December 2, p.&#; Retrieved June 15, &#; via

  20. ^Kirby, Walter (November 30, ).

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    "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p.&#; Retrieved June 14, &#; via

  21. ^Kirby, Walter (March 1, ). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p.&#; Retrieved June 23, &#; via

Further reading

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  • Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, –. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., , p.&#;

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