Actor: Gloria Dickson

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Birthday: 1916-08-13
Born in: Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Biography: Gloria Dickson (born Thais Alalia Dickerson; August 13, 1917 – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s. In April 1936, as she worked in a production of the Federal Theatre Project, she was spotted by Warner Bros. talent scout Max Arnow, who signed her to a contract. Her film debut in 1937's They Won't Forget landed her on the top of Hollywood's short list of important up-and-comers, a distinction that garnered her enormous publicity. In Autumn 1937, she was on many magazine covers and was the subject of several major movie magazine articles, with titles such as The Luckiest Girl in the World and New Star of the Year.

Known for

Lady of Burlesque

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
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Lady of Burlesque

1943

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Private Detective

A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
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Private Detective

1939

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They Won't Forget

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his ticket to the Senate if he can find the right victim to finger for the crime. He sets out to convict Robert Hale, a transplanted northerner who was Mary's teacher at the business school where she was killed. Despite the fact that all the evidence against Hale is circumstantial, Griffin works with a ruthless reporter to create a media frenzy of prejudice and hate against the teacher.
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They Won't Forget

1937

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Racket Busters

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Racket Busters

1938

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Mercy Island

The beautiful Florida Keys provide the setting of this adventure that tells the tale of a fun-filled fishing trip that becomes a nightmare when the charter boat is wrecked on an isolated island. Unfortunately, there are very few provisions and the group must fend for themselves. They are eventually assisted by a hermit, but before that one of the group goes insane, and another is eaten by an alligator.
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Mercy Island

1941

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Talent Scout

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Talent Scout

1937

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They Made Me a Criminal

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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They Made Me a Criminal

1939

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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943

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King of the Lumberjacks

Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.
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King of the Lumberjacks

1940

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This Thing Called Love

Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
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This Thing Called Love

1940

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Gold Diggers in Paris

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.
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Gold Diggers in Paris

1938

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