Courtesy of Scott and Jan MacGillivray
Gloria Jean with W.C. Fields in 1941's 'Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.'
The young singing star also appeared in films with Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Mel Torme and Groucho Marx.
Gloria Jean, the perky actress and singer who starred as a teenager alongside W.C. Fields in the 1941 classic Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, has died. She was 92.
Jean died Friday of heart failure and pneumonia in Mountain View, Hawaii, her biographers, Scott MacGillivray and Jan MacGillivray, told The Hollywood Reporter.