Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, 1925 – July 30, 2016)
was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Gloria Mildred DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California,
to vaudeville headliners Carter and Flora DeHaven. Her parents made sure their
daughter would be educated at the very best private schools. They also indulged
her ambition to be in show business by packing her off to the Mar-Ken
Professional School in Hollywood (1940-42). Diminutive of stature and
dark-haired, budding musical star Gloria (her nickname then was
"Glo")
enjoyed collecting perfume, reading (her favourite book being Daphne Du Maurier) and listening to the big bands (particularly Tommy Dorsey).
enjoyed collecting perfume, reading (her favourite book being Daphne Du Maurier) and listening to the big bands (particularly Tommy Dorsey).
With her father's help (who was assistant director and a
friend of Charles Chaplin), she finagled her first movie appearance -- an un-credited bit part in Modern Times (1936). Her first visible role was in the
George Cukor-directed Susan and God (1940). A contemporary newspaper article
quipped that the winsome lass was "a backstage baby, never a child
star". Always a popular pin-up with American servicemen in World War II,
Gloria was featured on the cover of 'Yank' magazine in June 1944.
She was
awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard on
Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. Also during the early 1960s, DeHaven recorded for the small
Seeco label, where she appeared on the 1962 compilation album
Gloria Lynne and Her Friends. She was also heard on four of the Revisited compilations produced by Ben Bagley.
Gloria Lynne and Her Friends. She was also heard on four of the Revisited compilations produced by Ben Bagley.
Gloria never quite managed to get first tier assignments
and her career waned as musicals ceased to be a bankable commodity. In the
early 1950s, she attempted stronger dramatic roles but with only moderate
success. By 1955, she had wisely turned to the stage for occasional appearances
on Broadway. She played Diane opposite Ricardo Montalban in the musical version
of Seventh Heaven. She also toured in a summer stock production of No, No,
Nanette.
As late as 1989, she sang in cabaret at the Rainbow &
Stars in New York. There was also a screen comeback of sorts with recurring
roles in the soap operas Ryan's Hope (1975), As the World Turns (1956) and Mary
Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976).
She was one of the numerous celebrities who appeared in
box office bomb Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), and
guest-starred on television series, such as Gunsmoke (1955), Mannix (1967),
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Love Boat (1977), Fantasy Island (1977), Hart to
Hart (1979), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Touched by an Angel (1994).
After a long absence from the screen, DeHaven appeared as
the love interest of Jack Lemmon in the comedy Out to Sea (1997), also starring
Walter Matthau. She moved to Las Vegas in 2003 from Beverly Hills to be closer
to family.
Gloria died of a stroke in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 30,
2016, one week after her 91st birthday.
DeHaven was married four times to three men. Her first
husband was actor John Payne, star of The Restless Gun, whom she married in
1944 and divorced in 1950. Her second husband was real estate developer Martin
Kimmel. They were married in 1953 and divorced the following year.
She was married to Richard Fincher, son of a Miami Oldsmobile dealer, from 1957 until 1963. They remarried in 1965 and divorced again in 1969. She had two children with Payne, daughter Kathleen Hope (born 1945) and son Thomas John (born 1947) as well as two children with Fincher, son Harry (born 1958) and daughter Faith (born 1962).
She was married to Richard Fincher, son of a Miami Oldsmobile dealer, from 1957 until 1963. They remarried in 1965 and divorced again in 1969. She had two children with Payne, daughter Kathleen Hope (born 1945) and son Thomas John (born 1947) as well as two children with Fincher, son Harry (born 1958) and daughter Faith (born 1962).
(Edited mainly from IMDb bio by I.S.Mowis &
Wikipedia)
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For “Gloria DeHaven – Sings” go here:
https://www.upload.ee/files/10258433/Gloria_DeHaven_-_Sings.rar.html
1. Because of You 2:24
2. Out O' Breath 2:38
3. I See a Million People 3:10
4. Who's Sorry Now? 2:59
5. Blue Moon 2:31
6. Somebody Loves Me 2:06
7. I Wish I Wuz 2:51
8. Hold Me Hold Me Hold Me 2:39
9. Let the Worry Bird Worry for You 2:41
10. The Closer You Are 3:19
11. I Like to Do Things for You 3:04
12. He's Funny That Way 2:49
13. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend 1:50
14. Someone to Watch Over Me 3:27
15. Where Is That Someone for Me 2:57
16. If It's a Dream 3:21
17. The Two of Us 3:01
18. So This Is Paris 2:43
19. The Lady Is a Tramp 2:48
20. Carolina In the Morning 2:28
21. Time After Time 2:42
22. Won't You Save Me 2:50
23. Red Hot Pepper Pot 2:44
24. Dearly Beloved 2:52
25. Life 1:55
26. Love, Love, Love 2:16
27. I Hadn't Anyone Till You 2:40
A big thank you to Tunesmith for original post.
Gloria DeHaven started her Hollywood career playing ingénues in musicals before graduating to femme fatale roles. Between films, DeHaven performed in supper clubs; Decca signed her in 1951 to her first record deal and where she was given mainly commercial material ("Red Hot Pepper Pot", "I Wish I Wuz"), pitched blatantly at the charts. Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians backed her on several sides and DeHaven's cover of the Tony Bennett hit Because of You reached number eleven on the charts.
She did her best recorded work for RCA Thesaurus, a transcription service that supplied tracks for radio. DeHaven's Thesaurus sides are sampled here commercially for the first time. Backed by small ensembles, she sings choice standards (Someone to Watch Over Me, He's Funny That Way, The Lady Is a Tramp) with intimacy and great charm.
This CD also takes a look back at DeHaven's big chance on Broadway in 1955. Seventh Heaven had a score by film composer and resident Decca maestro Victor Young. From the show DeHaven pulled out all the stops in two heart-tugging, tear-stained ballads, Where Is That Someone for Me? and If It's a Dream.
Studio recordings from her film So This is Paris and four sides cut in the late 1950s; Dearly Beloved and I Hadn't Anyone Till You performed with a semi-rock beat conclude this 27 track Sepia CD.
This brings back memories for an old man. Thanks Boppinbob.
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