Acting

Gloria DeHaven

Born July 23, 1925 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died July 30, 2016 · aged 91

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). Sh…

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Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Summer Stock

Summer Stock · 1950

MovieMusicRomance

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.

Out to Sea

Out to Sea · 1997

MovieComedyRomance

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home · 1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

MovieComedyMystery

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman · 1941

Two-Faced Woman

MovieComedyRomance

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Step Lively

Step Lively · 1944

MovieDramaMusic

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

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Modern Times

Modern Times · 1936

MovieComedyDrama

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Gamin's Sister (uncredited)

Summer Stock

Summer Stock · 1950

MovieMusicRomance

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.

Abigail Falbury

Out to Sea

Out to Sea · 1997

MovieComedyRomance

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.

Vivian

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home · 1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

MovieComedyMystery

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Laura Belle Ronson

Two-Faced Woman

Two-Faced Woman · 1941

Two-Faced Woman

MovieComedyRomance

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Debutante in Ladies' Room (uncredited)

Step Lively

Step Lively · 1944

MovieDramaMusic

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

Christine Marlowe

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer · 1943

Thousands Cheer

MovieComedyRomance

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.

Gloria DeHaven

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing! · 1985

That's Dancing!

MovieDocumentaryMusic

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Three Little Words

Three Little Words · 1950

Three Little Words

MovieMusicComedy

Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry his former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their professional relationship.

Mrs. Carter DeHaven

So This Is Paris

So This Is Paris · 1954

So This Is Paris

MovieRomanceComedy

Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.

Colette d'Avril / Jane Mitchell (as Gloria De Haven)

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

President's Girl 1 (as Gloria De Haven)

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime · 1949

Scene of the Crime

MovieCrimeMystery

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

Lili

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor · 1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

MovieMusicComedy

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

Jean Deyo

Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway · 1951

Two Tickets to Broadway

MovieMusicRomance

A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.

Hannah Holbrook

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After · 1944

Twenty Years After

MovieDocumentary

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

(archive footage)

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart · 1995

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible tragic misunderstandings, they go on the run, leaving a bloody trail wherever they go.

Molly Plenty

The Doctor and the Girl

The Doctor and the Girl · 1949

The Doctor and the Girl

MovieDramaRomance

Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.

Fabienne Corday

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free · 1976

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free

MovieWesternTV Movie

A traveling horse trader and his young nephew travel the west in search of the boy's prize Arabian horse, who has been stolen by a bounty hunter.

Lady Jane Gray

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

The Pigs vs. The Freaks · 1984

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

MovieComedyDrama

In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides of the fence are Frank, the police sergeant, and his son Neal. Also at odds are Neal and one time friend Doug, a returned Vietnam Vet who has joined the police force, who is also protective of his younger sister who prefers the hippie element. To make things even more intense, Mickey South, who has fled to Canada to avoid the war, returns to play for the Freaks football team. Tensions mount and all are challenged as the climax of the film approaches.

Maureen Brockmeyer

Call Her Mom

Call Her Mom · 1972

A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women's lib controversy.

Helen

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

Who Is the Black Dahlia? · 1975

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short.

Police Matron

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress · 1977

Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress

MovieDramaTV Movie

A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men.

Mrs. Blake

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

SeriesMysteryCrime

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Phyllis Grant

The Rifleman

The Rifleman · 1958

SeriesAction & AdventureWestern

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.

Mannix

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Gloria Farnsworth

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents · 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

Betty Laurence

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest · 1981

SeriesSoapDrama

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

Gloria Marlowe

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart · 1979

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island · 1978

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.

Mrs. Brennan

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E. · 1976

SeriesCrimeDrama

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

Doreen

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke · 1955

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

Carrie Thompson

Burke's Law

Burke's Law · 1963

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Connie French

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman · 1976

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

SeriesDramaSoap

In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.

Annie Wylie

The Defenders

The Defenders · 1961

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.

Agnes Gideon Pratt

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise · 1959

Adventures in Paradise

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

Liana MacIntosh

Police Story

Police Story · 1973

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

Mama's Family

Mama's Family · 1983

Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo · 1959

Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.

Ronna Desmond

B. J. and the Bear

B. J. and the Bear · 1979

B. J. and the Bear

SeriesDramaComedy

B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Christopher Crowe and Glen A. Larson, the series stars Greg Evigan and Claude Akins.

Hello, Larry

Hello, Larry · 1979

Radio host Larry Alder has to cope with being a single father to his two daughters, Diane and Ruthie.

Lorraine

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Eddie Capra Mysteries · 1978

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Darkroom

Darkroom · 1981

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

'You're in a house. Maybe your own... maybe one you've never seen before. You feel it. Something evil. You run, but there's no escape... nowhere to turn. You feel something beckoning you... drawing you into the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!' Darkroom is an American horror/thriller anthology broadcast on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. Similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery, each hour-long episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a different story and a different cast, but James Coburn hosts all the wraparound segments.

Louise Lawrence

Delta House

Delta House · 1979

Delta House is an American sitcom that was adapted from the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House. The series aired from January to April 1979 on ABC.

The Ted Knight Show

The Ted Knight Show · 1978

The Ted Knight Show

The Ted Knight Show is a 1978 United States comedic television series starring Ted Knight which centers around the owner of an escort service in New York City. The show aired between April 8, 1978, and May 13, 1978.

Evening in Byzantium

Evening in Byzantium · 1978

Evening in Byzantium

While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.

Sonia Murphy

Nakia

A deputy sheriff in New Mexico finds his Navajo heritage at odds with his law-enforcement duties. Filmed in and around Albuquerque, the series lasted only 13 episodes.