Gloria Stroock
{{Short description|American actress (1924–2024)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gloria Stroock
| birth_name = Gloria Jane Stroock
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|07|10}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|05|1924|07|10}}
| death_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| spouse = {{marriage|Leonard B. Stern|1956|2011|end=d.}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Geraldine Brooks (sister)
}}
Gloria Jane Stroock (July 10, 1924 – May 5, 2024) was an American actress. She had a supporting role in the television series McMillan & Wife as Maggie, the secretary of lead character Stewart McMillan.{{cite news |title=Gloria Stroock in 'McMillan' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60241662/gloria-stroock/ |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |work=Sunday News |date=October 3, 1976 |location=Pennsylvania, Lancaster |page=101|via = Newspapers.com}}
Early years
Stroock was born in New York City on July 10, 1924,{{cite web |title=Gloria Stroock Stern |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/gloria-stern-obituary?id=55100966 |website=Legacy |access-date=14 May 2024 |date=14 May 2024}} as the daughter of James Stroock,{{cite book |last1=Shearer |first1=Stephen |title=Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life |date=19 May 2006 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-7136-4 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bfGYghnSEUC&q=%22Gloria+Stroock%22&pg=PA41 |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |language=en}} president of Brooks Costume and Uniform Company, and his wife.{{cite news |title=Gloria Stroock Wed |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/113749407 |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=August 13, 1956 |page=16|id={{ProQuest|113749407}} |via = ProQuest}} She was the elder sister of Geraldine Brooks.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}
Career
On television, Stroock portrayed Cornelia Otis Skinner in the CBS situation comedy The Girls (1950).{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=24 June 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=540 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=%22Gloria+Stroock%22&pg=PA540 |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |language=en}} She co-starred in "Person to Person", the November 7, 1950, episode of Armstrong Circle Theatre.{{cite news |title=Pick of the Programs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76768521/the-record/ |access-date=April 30, 2021 |work=The Record |date=November 7, 1950 |location=New Jersey, Hackensack |page=29|via = Newspapers.com}}
Stroock had supporting roles in films including The Competition and The Day of the Locust as well as guest roles in television series such as Archie Bunker's Place, Baretta, Martin Kane, Private Eye, and Operation Petticoat.{{Citation needed |date=September 2020}}
Stroock's roles on Broadway included Joan Massuber in Oh, Brother (1945), Meg in Little Women (1945), and Polly Dalton in Cayden (1949). She also appeared in Truckline Cafe (1946).{{cite web |title=Gloria Stroock |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gloria-stroock-472262 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929235110/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gloria-stroock-472262 |archivedate=September 29, 2020}}
Personal life and Death
On August 12, 1956, Stroock married Leonard B. Stern. They remained wed until his death in 2011; the couple had two children, Kate and Michael.[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/08/13/archives/gloria-stroock-wed-actress-is-bride-of-leonard-stern-writer-for.html Notice of Gloria Stroock/Leonard Stern marriage], nytimes.com; accessed August 22, 2014.[https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mad-libs-co-creator-leonard-stern-dies-at-88 Obituary for Leonard B. Stern], foxnews.com; accessed August 22, 2014.
Stroock died at her son's home in Tucson, Arizona, on May 5, 2024, at the age of 99.{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Gloria Stroock, ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Fun With Dick and Jane’ Actress, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gloria-stroock-dead-mcmillan-wife-fun-with-dick-jane-1235898917/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 14, 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Day of the Locust | Alice Estee | |
| 1977 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Mildred Blanchard | |
| 1980 | Seed of Innocence | Sophie, Danny's Mother | |
| 1980 | The Competition | Mrs. Dietrich | |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Mrs. MacGregor | |
| 1991 | Missing Pieces | Woman at Concert | |
| 1996 | No Easy Way | Alice Jacobson | Final film role |
References
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External links
- {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20230314091641/https://www.gloriastroock.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0835083}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American women
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
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