Gloria Jean (reminiscing about the dog that Bing Crosby had gifted her): This goes back, but in the Thin Man series, there was a little dog called "Asta." Bing gave me Asta's niece and I called her "Patsy." You talk about adorable! It was a wonderful gift.
Gloria Jean: Air Strike was certainly not a very good movie, but we had tons of fun while making it and Richard Denning was a delight. Don Haggerty was also in the movie and he was just as wonderful to be with.
Gloria Jean was lucky enough to have a successful film career throughout her teen years, unlike many of the other child stars of the same era.
For her last two movies with Universal Studios, Gloria Jean was teamed with singer-actor Kirby Grant. Both were released in 1945.
One of the motives Universal Studios had for hiring Gloria Jean was to use her as a "threat" to hold over their moody juvenile star, Deanna Durbin's head.
Gloria Jean's authorized biography Gloria Jean: A Little Bit of Heaven was published in 2005.
Gloria Jean's father owned and operated a music store in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1941 produced Gloria Jean's most famous role in the movie Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring opposite comedic genius W.C. Fields.
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