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Gloria Mildred DeHaven (July 23, 1925-July 30, 2016) was an American actress, singer and a former contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director, Carter DeHaven, and actress, Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM. Despite featured roles in such films as Best Foot Forward, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and Summer Stock (1950), and being voted by exhibitors as the third most likely to be a "star of tomorrow'" in 1944, she did not achieve film stardom. She portrayed her own mother, Flora Parker DeHaven, in the Fred Astaire film Three Little Words (1950). DeHaven also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary...
Known for
Falcon CrestSeries • 1981
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
MannixSeries • 1967
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950
Fantasy IslandSeries • 1978
Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanSeries • 1976
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
The DefendersSeries • 1961
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959
Police StorySeries • 1973
Mama's FamilySeries • 1983
Hello, LarrySeries • 1979
B. J. and the BearSeries • 1979
Johnny RingoSeries • 1959
Modern TimesMovie • 1936
That's Entertainment!Movie • 1974
That's Entertainment! IIIMovie • 1994
Out to SeaMovie • 1997
Summer StockMovie • 1950
That's Dancing!Movie • 1985