Actor
Gloria Jean
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 Skyl ...

Known For
Acting
1986 -- W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Self
1961 -- The Ladies Man | Gloria
1955 -- Air Strike | Marg Huggins
1949 -- There's a Girl in My Heart | Ruth Kroner
1949 -- Manhattan Angel | Gloria Cole
1949 -- An Old-Fashioned Girl | Polly Milton
1948 -- I Surrender Dear | Patty Nelson aka Patty Hart
1947 -- Copacabana | Anne Stuart
1945 -- River Gang | Wendy
1945 -- Easy to Look At |
1945 -- I'll Remember April | April Garfield
1944 -- Destiny | Jane Broderick
1944 -- Reckless Age | Linda Wadsworth
1944 -- Ghost Catchers | Melinda Marshall
1944 -- Pardon My Rhythm | Jinx Page
1943 -- Moonlight in Vermont | Gwen Harding
1943 -- Mister Big | Patricia Davis
1943 -- It Comes Up Love | Victoria Peabody
1942 -- When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Marilyn Benton
1942 -- Get Hep to Love | Doris Stanley
1942 -- What's Cookin'? | Sue Courtney
1941 -- Jingle Belles | herself
1941 -- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | His Niece
1940 -- A Little Bit of Heaven | Midge Loring
1940 -- If I Had My Way | Patricia 'Pat' Johnson
1939 -- The Under-Pup | Pip-Emma Binns
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