Gloria DeHaven Dies: Singer-Actress & Star Of MGM Musicals Was 91
Gloria DeHaven Dies: Singer-Actress & Star Of MGM Musicals Was 91
Ross A. Lincoln
9 hrs ago
Gloria DeHaven, one of the last surviving stars from Hollywood’s golden age who made her screen debut in the Charlie Chaplin Modern Times and went on to be featured in several hit MGM musicals and numerous television roles, has died in Las Vegas. She was 91.
Born in 1925, DeHaven was the daughter of actor and director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, former Vaudevillians who transitioned to film in the 1910s. Growing up in Los Angeles and began her career with a bit part in 1936 with Modern Times, playing the younger sister of Paulette Goddard’s Gamin. Her next role came in 1940 with Susan and God, based on the successful play and starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March. She made three more films before being signed as a contract player with MGM, for which she appeared in several films alongside some of the biggest stars of the day.
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She was a gem..... These new female stars will never have that IMHO..--Tyr
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