
Gloria Jean
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday14 April 1926
Died31 August 2018 (age 92)
Place of birthBuffalo, New York, USA
Known credits29
Biography
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 …

W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986 · Self

The Ladies Man
1961 · Gloria

Lock-Up
1959

Air Strike
1955 · Marg Huggins

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self

There's a Girl in My Heart
1949 · Ruth Kroner

Manhattan Angel
1949 · Gloria Cole

An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949 · Polly Milton

I Surrender Dear
1948 · Patty Nelson aka Patty Hart

Copacabana
1947 · Anne Stuart

River Gang
1945 · Wendy

Easy to Look At
1945

I'll Remember April
1945 · April Garfield

Destiny
1944 · Jane Broderick

Reckless Age
1944 · Linda Wadsworth

Ghost Catchers
1944 · Melinda Marshall

Follow the Boys
1944 · Gloria Jean (uncredited)

Pardon My Rhythm
1944 · Jinx Page

Moonlight in Vermont
1943 · Gwen Harding

Mister Big
1943 · Patricia Davis

It Comes Up Love
1943 · Victoria Peabody

When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 · Marilyn

Get Hep to Love
1942 · Doris Stanley

What's Cookin'?
1942 · Sue Courtney

Jingle Belles
1941 · herself

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · His Niece

A Little Bit of Heaven
1940 · Midge Loring

If I Had My Way
1940 · Patricia 'Pat' Johnson

The Under-Pup
1939 · Pip-Emma Binns
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