Gloria Holden
Biography
Gloria Holden was an English-born American actress who worked in movies from the 1930s to the 1950s, often playing cold society women. Born in London in 1903, she moved to the United States as a child and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her stage work included taking over the part of Della in the 1927 Broadway production of The Royal Family, appearing in That Ferguson Family in 1929, and stock theater. Her first credited screen role was in Wife vs. Secretary (1936). She was best known for the title role in Dracula's Daughter (1936) and for playing Alexandrine Zola in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), an Outstanding Production winner. She also appeared in The Man Without a Country (1937), a Technicolor short nominated for an Academy Award, and performed on radio for Eddie Cantor and in a 1940 Lux Radio Theatre Show Boat. Her last film was This Happy Feeling (1958).
87years old at death
- Born London
- Died Redlands
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Gloria Anna Holden
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 20 years1936 to 1956
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Getting ready for a role
Holden played the title character in Dracula's Daughter, and that performance shaped the work of horror novelist Anne Rice. The film also appears in Rice's novel The Queen of the Damned.
A change of course
Before she became an actress, Holden worked as a model for artists, as a shopper for a store, and in a beauty salon.
Beyond film
Holden spent 26 weeks on Eddie Cantor's radio program. In 1940, she took the part of Julie La Verne, without singing, in the Lux Radio Theatre version of Show Boat.
A role that slipped away
Holden was announced for the 1932 play Manhattan Melody, set for Brooklyn's Majestic Theatre with a possible Broadway transfer, but the production never materialized.
A role that slipped away
Myron Fagan's play Memory was first announced with Holden in the cast for a New York world premiere in 1933. Instead it opened at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles in 1934, without her.
Gloria Holden movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Myrna LoyTest Pilot (1938) and Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
- Deborah KerrDream Wife (1953) and The Hucksters (1947)
- Kathryn CardA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
- Richard GainesA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.