Gloria DeHaven Overview:

Legendary actress, Gloria DeHaven, was born Gloria Mildred DeHaven on Jul 23, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA. DeHaven died at the age of 91 on Jul 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV .

MINI BIO:

Strawberry-blonde (earlier brunette) singer, dancer, and light actress, from a vaudeville family. She began as a band singer, but developed into one of the most zippiest, bounciest, and freshest MGM musical co-stars of the forties. Four times married (twice to the same man and once to actor John Payne from 1944 to 1950); later appearances confirmed that she had lost none of her cheeky good looks. Surname sometimes billed DeHaven.

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. DeHaven was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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1925 – 2016

By Carol Martinheira on Aug 1, 2016 From The Old Hollywood Garden

1925 – 2016 On August 1, 2016August 1, 2016 By CarolIn Uncategorized With a career spanning several decades, was one of those stars who could ‘do everything’. She was an accomplished?actress and?singer (The Thin Man Goe... Read full article


R.I.P. (1925-2016)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 31, 2016 From 4 Star Films

I did a double take when I saw an article indicating the passings of the Classic Hollywood musical starlet . She was 91. I could have sworn I just was thinking about her recently and I was. Just last week I came across her in a publicity still with two other young stars who I’ve ... Read full article


R.I.P. (1925-2016)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 31, 2016 From 4 Star Films

I did a double take when I saw an article indicating the passings of the Classic Hollywood musical starlet . She was 91. I could have sworn I just was thinking about her recently and I was. Just last week I came across her in a publicity still with two other young stars who I’ve ... Read full article


By Art on Jul 26, 2012 From Classic Cinema Gold

Gloria Mildred DeHaven, born July 23, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actress and a former contract star for MGM. DeHaven began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” (1936) and moved on to become a Hollywood leading lady. Du... Read full article


“Two Girls And A Sailor” – June Allyson and

By Art on Feb 9, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

Two Girls?And A Sailor (MGM 1944)? stars?June Allyson and as sisters who perform as a?song and dance team?that headline at the New York Club “Floriano”. After their performances at Floriano they use their home as a canteen to entertain servicemen, reminiscent of many cante... Read full article


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Gloria DeHaven Facts
Ex-step-grandmother of Katharine Towne.

She was taught to speak eloquent English by Joan Crawford.

In 1944 De Haven came into the makeup and hair department at MGM to wash her hair in prep for a scene she was going to shoot. Halfway into the endeavor she felt a hand push her head into the bowl and began washing her hair. When she was finished she looked up and saw that it was Marlene Dietrich who had washed her hair. Dietrich had entered the room to pick up the gold paint she was using for to cover her left leg in _"Kismit"_ (1944) and figured that since she was there she would give De Haven a quick hairwash. De Haven was so stunned that she could hardly utter a thank you.

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