Gloria Grahame Net Worth is
$16 Million

Mini Biography

Gloria Hallward was created in LA, California. She was the child of Michael Hallward, an architect, and Jean MacDougall, an celebrity whose stage name was Jean Grahame. Her mom later on became her performing trainer. Descended from royalty–King Edward III through her father’s side–she was bred for performing young. By enough time Gloria was an adolescent she had small interest in college; she quit Hollywood SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL just in short supply of graduation to become listed on a touring display called “Great Night Women”. Later on she made an appearance in several Broadway takes on, where she was noticed by MGM studio room main Louis B. Mayer in 1944. He was impressed plenty of to provide her a agreement with MGM at $250 weekly. Her first part was that of Sally Murfin in Blonde Fever (1944), nonetheless it was a couple of years later on that her part as Violet in It’s an excellent Life (1946) arranged her aside from additional stars. She performed the area of the regional temptress who units her places on Wayne Stewart, and was carried out for Columbia while she was on loanout from MGM. Although Gloria was incredibly talented and sexy, MGM sensed she didn’t suit its rigid superstar pattern and marketed her agreement to RKO. After performances in such movies as It Occurred in Brooklyn (1947) and Tune from the Thin Guy (1947), Gloria strike paydirt simply because Ginny Tremaine in Crossfire (1947) for RKO. This is the film that could capture her into superstardom. She was nominated for an Academy Prize but dropped out to Celeste Holm for Gentleman’s Contract (1947). After another stellar efficiency in THE BEST Show on the planet (1952), Gloria was nominated for just one more Oscar in The Poor and the stunning (1952), where she performed Rosemary Bartlow, the wife of the novelist converted screenwriter, reverse Dick Powell. Her overall performance was absolutely exceptional, and this period she took house the Oscar. The film itself received four additional honours, rendering it the year’s most honored film. That same yr saw her celebrity in Macao (1952) and Sudden Dread (1952), both perfectly received. The 1950s was an excellent 10 years for Gloria, as she made an appearance in several even more hits, like the epic musical Oklahoma! (1955). After that, as with a great many other performers, her profession slowed. She produced Chances Against Tomorrow (1959), her last film until Trip Beyond Vengeance (1966). She experienced through another paucity of tasks until she got a component in The Todd Killings (1971). Gloria had not been idle during this time period, however. She returned to stage function and did visitor appearances on Television. She ultimately managed to get back again to the display screen, but the movies were not especially well received (or up to her prior criteria). Her last two movies had been Melvin and Howard (1980) as well as the Nesting (1981). Gloria Grahame, among Hollywood’s most critical and skilled stars, contracted cancers and passed away in NEW YORK on Oct 5, 1981, at age 57. She was, certainly, among the finest stars ever to sophistication the display screen. She did, certainly, remind legions of supporters of the lady next door.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Gloria Grahame
Died	October 5, 1981, New York City, New York, United States
Height	1.67 m
Profession	Actor
Education	Hollywood High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Anthony Ray, Cy Howard, Nicholas Ray, Stanley Clements
Children	Timothy Ray, Marianna Paulette Howard, Anthony Ray Jr., James Ray
Parents	Reginald Michael Bloxam Hallward, Jeanne McDougall
Siblings	Joy Hallward
Awards	Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominations	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Movies	In a Lonely Place, The Big Heat, It's a Wonderful Life, The Bad and the Beautiful, Crossfire, Human Desire, The Greatest Show on Earth, Sudden Fear, Naked Alibi, Oklahoma!, A Woman's Secret, Odds Against Tomorrow, The Cobweb, Macao, Blonde Fever, The Man Who Never Was, Roughshod, Song of the Thin Man, Melvin and Howard, Man on a Tightrope, Ride Beyond Vengeance, It Happened in Brooklyn, Chilly Scenes of Winter, The Nesting, Blood and Lace, Ride Out for Revenge, The Glass Wall, Mama's Dirty Girls, The Good Die Young, Merton of the Movies, Prisoners of the Casbah, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, The Todd Killings, Rich Man, Poor Man, Mansion of the Doomed, Black Noon, The Girl on the Late, Late Show, The Loners, Without Love, Not as a Stranger, Escape, Merry Wives of Windsor, Autopsy
TV Shows	Rich Man, Poor Man