Gloria Grahame

Birth Name:

Gloria Hallward

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

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․"
Best known for playing Ginny in "Crossfire" and Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!"
Often portrays femme fatales or provocative women who have good intentions
Would stuff cotton along her gumline in order to straighten out the tilt of her upper lip

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