Gloria Mildred DeHaven (1925 – 2016). American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) and was then signed to a contract with MGM.
She was also cast as a singer in many of her films including I'll Get By, So This Is Paris and The Girl Rush. In the 1950s, DeHaven often appeared at the El Rancho Vegas, the first full service hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
She also appeared in many TV shows as well.
- "Her forte was romantic musical comedy — Technicolor fare in which her golden red hair glistened for the camera..." https://web.archive.org/web/20160802232553/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/gloria-dehaven-actress-in-1940s-hollywood-musical-comedies-dies-at-91/2016/08/01/de86f874-57ed-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html
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