Gloria DeHaven

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

DeHaven was the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former 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) and Summer Stock (1950), she did not achieve film stardom.

DeHaven 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] Selected Filmography

• Out to Sea (1997)
• Ladies on Sweet Street (1990)
• Bog (1983)
• Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
• The Girl Rush (1955)
• So This Is Paris (1955)
• Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
• Summer Stock (1950)
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
• Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949)
• The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
• Scene of the Crime (1949)
• Summer Holiday (1948)
• Between Two Women (1945)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
• Broadway Rhythm (1944)

[edit] External links

• Gloria DeHaven at the Internet Movie Database