Gloria LeRoy
Biography
Gloria LeRoy was an American character actress who worked across stage, film and television. Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1925, she grew up in New York, where her vaudeville parents ran a dance school and she learned to dance. At 17 she was a specialty dancer on Broadway in Artists and Models with Jackie Gleason in 1943, and she later performed in nightclubs for Lou Walters at the Latin Quarter before headlining the cabaret import Nouvelle Eve at the Hotel El Rancho Vegas from 1951 to 1952. After she was spotted on stage, Norman Lear cast her in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968). She was best known as Boom Boom Turner on All in the Family, and her later television roles included Days of Our Lives, Passions, Shameless and Desperate Housewives. She died in 2018.
92years old at death
- Born Bucyrus
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 19 years1968 to 1987
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Big break
Norman Lear spotted Gloria LeRoy on stage and cast her in the 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky's, which began her film career.
A role that slipped away
LeRoy was cast as Ernestina Money in the 1964 production of Hello, Dolly! but was replaced by Mary Jo Catlett.
First role
In 1943, when she was 17, LeRoy was a Specialty Dancer on Broadway in Artists and Models alongside Jackie Gleason.
Beyond film
LeRoy later headlined a show called Nouvelle Eve at the Hotel El Rancho Vegas. The Parisian cabaret import ran there from 1951 to 1952.
Gloria LeRoy movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Gloria LeRoy shares two films with Lelia Goldoni, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lelia Goldoni's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Christopher Walken's page
Wallace Shawn's page
Mickey Rourke's page
Paul Sorvino's page
All films by Barbet Schroeder
All films by John Schlesinger
Herbert RossDirector, 1 film, 1981
All films by Herbert Ross
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Official profiles and reference pages.