Gloria DeHaven

Gloria DeHaven

Gloria DeHaven (born July 23, 1925, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.

The daughter of vaudeville performers, DeHaven began her career as a child actor as an extra in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM Studios and despite featured roles in such films as The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) she did not obtain the kind of stardom some had expected of her.

She has also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope. She was one of the numerous celebrities enticed to appear in the all-star box office flop Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), and has guest starred in such television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote and Touched By An Angel.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Gloria DeHaven has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.

[edit] Trivia

Had a very public extramarital affair with actor/comedian Jerry Lewis in the late 1940s, as described in Lewis's 2005 book, Dean and Me: A Love Story. Lewis was also married at the time.