Gloria Shea
{{Short description|American actress (1910–1995)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gloria Shea
| image = Gloria Shea Fryer.jpg
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| caption = Shea in 1930
| birth_name = Olive Gloria Shea
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|05|30|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|02|08|1910|05|30|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
| other_names = Olive Shea
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1929–1936
| spouse = {{marriage|Robert J. Stroh|1938||end=divorced}}
}}
Olive Gloria Shea (May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995) was an American film actress.Pitts p.26 She was sometimes billed as Olive Shea.{{cite news|title=Gloria Shea Formerly Was a Ziegfeld Girl|url=https://archive.org/stream/universalweekly100movi_7#page/n301/mode/1up|accessdate=26 April 2017|work=Universal Weekly|date=May 13, 1933|page=12}}
Biography
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. She is the sister of William Shea.{{Cite news|title=7th Inning Stretch|author=Davidoff, Ken|date=December 7, 2008|work=Newsday|page=B18|quote=POP QUIZ The 1929 film 'Glorifying the American Girl' has a connection, through one of the featured actors, to the Mets. Identify the connection. [...] Pop quiz answer: Olive Shea, also known as Gloria Shea, played the second female lead. She was the sister of New York lawyer William Shea, the man for whom the Mets named the now-departed Shea Stadium. Thanks to Joel Blumberg of WGBB Radio for the suggestion.|id={{ProQuest|280273813}}}}
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){{cite web|title=Blind Mice-Cast|url=http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea6-d936-a7fd-eef6dd6a0001&type=op#oc|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|accessdate=26 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426141339/http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea6-d936-a7fd-eef6dd6a0001&type=op|archivedate=26 April 2017}}
She married Robert J. Stroh in 1938.{{cite web|title=Gloria Shea|url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-751205/gloria-shea-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|website=MyHeritage|accessdate=26 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426135721/https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-751205/gloria-shea-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|archivedate=26 April 2017}}
Selected filmography
- Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
- Women Won't Tell (1932)
- The Night Mayor (1932)
- Big City Blues (1932) as Agnes (uncredited)
- Big Time or Bust (1933)
- The Dude Bandit (1933)
- Strange People (1933)
- Dance Girl Dance (1933)
- A Successful Failure (1934)
- Demon for Trouble (1934)
- Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
- The Oil Raider (1934)
- I Like It That Way (1934)
- Money Means Nothing (1934)
- Laddie (1935)
- Dangerous Intrigue (1936)
- Black Gold (1936)
References
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Bibliography
- Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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- {{IMDb name|0790277}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:20th-century American actresses
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