Gloria Jean
Actor
Born April 14, 1926 in Buffalo, New York, USA
Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover, April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances. She is probably best remembered today for her appearance with W.C. Fields in the film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Gloria Jean was three years old when she first sang on radio; in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she sang, under the name "Baby Skylark", with Paul Whiteman's orchestra on radio broadcasts. When she was 12, she was engaged by a New York opera company and became the youngest member of an opera troupe in the United States.
Filmography
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
The Ladies Man
Gloria
Lock-Up
Air Strike
Marg Huggins
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
There's a Girl in My Heart
Ruth Kroner
Manhattan Angel
Gloria Cole
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Polly Milton
I Surrender Dear
Patty Nelson aka Patty Hart
Copacabana
Anne Stuart
River Gang
Wendy
Easy to Look At
I'll Remember April
April Garfield
Destiny
Jane Broderick
Reckless Age
Linda Wadsworth
Ghost Catchers
Melinda Marshall
Follow the Boys
Gloria Jean (uncredited)
Pardon My Rhythm
Jinx Page
Moonlight in Vermont
Gwen Harding
Mister Big
Patricia Davis
It Comes Up Love
Victoria Peabody
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Marilyn
Get Hep to Love
Doris Stanley
What's Cookin'?
Sue Courtney
Jingle Belles
herself
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
His Niece
A Little Bit of Heaven
Midge Loring
If I Had My Way
Patricia 'Pat' Johnson
The Under-Pup
Pip-Emma Binns