Gloria Grahame Biography

Fast Facts

• Began her career as a stage actress, making her debut in Chicago before getting her first job on Broadway as an understudy for "The Skin of Our Teeth․"
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Blond Fever" in 1944
• Quote: "[Director Bill Watts] first made me realize how to play movies ․․․ All he did was talk to me about who the character was, where she was, what she was, until I was so immersed in what it was all about․ After that, maybe I just did it for myself․"
• Often portrays femme fatales or provocative women who have good intentions
• Best known for playing Ginny in "Crossfire" and Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!"
• Would stuff cotton along her gumline in order to straighten out the tilt of her upper lip