Gloria Mildred DeHaven (born July 23 1925, Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
The daughter of vaudeville performers, DeHaven began her career as a child actor as an extra in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM Studios and despite featured roles in such films as The Thin Man Goes Home (1945), as well as playing the younger sister of Judy Garland in Summer Stock in 1950, she did not achieve the kind of stardom some had expected of her.
She has also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas As the World Turns, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Ryan's Hope. She was one of the numerous celebrities enticed to appear in the all-star box office flop Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), and has guest starred in such television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, The Rifleman, Wagon Train, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gunsmoke, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote and Touched By An Angel.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Gloria DeHaven has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
Child then juvenile then leading-lady actress in Hollywood. During her long and varied career she would also perform as nightclub singer, as stage actress in Broadway and London theatre and as TV actress and hostess.
