Gloria Shea

Gloria Shea

Nascimento : 1910-05-30, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1995-02-08

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gloria Shea (May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995) was an American film actress. She was sometimes billed as Olive Shea. Born in New York City, Shea received her schooling at the Convent of Notre Dame de Sande and was trained for the stage by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Shea had the female lead role in the Universal serial, The Phantom of the Air (1933). On stage (billed as Olive Shea), she had the role of Baby in the Broadway production of Blind Mice (1930) She married Robert J. Stroh in 1938. On February 8, 1995, Shea died in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Gloria Shea

Filmes

Black Gold
Cynthia Jackson
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on their territory. When longtime driller Dan O'Reilly falls to his death from a well tower sabotaged by Anderson's strong-arm thugs, his teenage son 'Fishtail' inherits the property and the troubles that come with it. With the help of his geologist pal, Hank Langford, the boy fights to bring in a gusher before the deed to the well-site expires.
One Way Ticket
Willa
A convict marries the warder's daughter after his escape and she eventually persuades him to finish his sentence.
Men of Action
Lilly
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
Great God Gold
Gert - Hart's Secretary
Greed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize that those he ruined will seek vengeance. He meets his match and downfall when his path crosses with a reporter, Phil Stuart; a girl, Marcia Harper, and a man-with-a-gun from a family he ruined.
Laddie
Sally Stanton
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents.
The Oil Raider
Alice Varley
"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a romance with Varley's daughter Alice. Varley suffers market reverses and knowing that Dave is about to strike oil hires Simmons to wreck the rig so he can foreclose and take over.
A Successful Failure
Ruth Cushing
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
Tomorrow's Youth
Jane Holsworth
A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
A Demon for Trouble
Lita Morton
Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Fleeing from the Sheriff, Bob teams up with the Mexican outlaw Golinda. Having seen Dyer pay off his men, he has a plan to trap him and Golinda is just the man he needs to make it work.
We're Rich Again
Victoria 'Vic' Page
A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
Money Means Nothing
Julie Ferris McKay
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling Brooklyn boy meet and fall in love. She marries him against the wishes of her family, believing that love can solve everything, but she soon wonders if she made the right choice when she finds herself living in a manner, and with the kinds of people, she hadn't counted on.
Smoking Guns
Alice Adams
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
I Like it That Way
Trixie
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Bolero
Lucy
The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.
Umpa
Blonde nurse, Mr. Umpa's girl
Dialogue and songs are all in rhyme (including one identical song), in the manner of later Columbia film "The Women Haters." Jack Osterman is smitten with a woman on a park bench, and cannot stop saying the word "Umpa" for the rest of the film, which involves his treatment by a doctor and his singing and dancing temptress nurses.
Big Time Or Bust
Betty Roberts Kane
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
Dance, Girl, Dance
Cleo Darville
Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away from her small-town family to join his act. She winds up heartbroken, pregnant and broke when Joe runs off with the magician's sexy assistant. Sally bravely persists and her immense dancing and singing talent gain the notice of prominent producer, Wade Valentine. Under Valentine's tutelage, she rockets to Broadway stardom while Joe Pitt is reduced to waiting on tables. Alone, Sally proudly gives birth to a baby son. Wade proposes marriage to his beloved protege and it appears that Joe Pitt may never learn about the son he has fathered.
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Ann Kerriman
Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
Strange People
Helen Mason - the Secretary
All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.
The Phantom of the Air
Mary Edmonds
An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.
The Dude Bandit
Betty Mason
After Burton kills Dad Mason and makes it look like a suicide, Ace Cooper arrives to investigate. He poses as a coward during the day but at night he becomes the daring Dude Bandit.
The Eleventh Commandment
Nina Ross
A wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly after, various people turn up claiming to be the rightful heir to her fortune.
Women Won't Tell
April Specks Moorehouse
A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actually the rightful heir.
They Call It Sin
Humphries' receptionist (uncredited)
An innocent, young, small town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big-city and left fending for herself.
Big City Blues
Agnes (uncredited)
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
Life Begins
Gladys Banks (uncredited)
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
The Night Mayor
Gwen
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.
A Private Engagement
The Yacht Club Boys sing at a private party for George Mellon and his daughter. There are four of them, one of whom plays the piano, two play the guitar, and fourth plays the violin.
Glorifying the American Girl
Barbara
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.