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Gloria Talbott

 
Actor: Gloria Talbott
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  • Born: Feb 07, 1931 in Glendale, California
  • Died: Sep 19, 2000
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Western, Action
  • Career Highlights: An Eye for an Eye, Arizona Raiders, Alias Jesse James
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Oklahoman (1956)

Biography

The daughter of a California dry-cleaning establishment owner, Gloria Talbott was dancing and singing almost from the time she could walk and talk. As a child and adolescent, she played unbilled bits in such films as Maytime (1937) and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). During her teen years, she won a high school acting trophy, and was voted "Miss Glendale" in 1947. Her first big professional break was in a Los Angeles stage production of One Fine Day, which starred the screen team of Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland. Restarting her film career in 1953, Talbott's first screen role of consequence was as the daughter of Leo G. Carroll and Joan Bennett in the delightful "comedy of murders" We're No Angels (1955). She truly came into her own as the nervous but self-reliant heroine of such B horror gems as The Cyclops (1957), The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1957) and The Leech Woman (1960). On a less fearsome note, she was seen in the recurring role of Abbie Crandall on the 1950s TV western Wyatt Earp. Though it might appear to the casual viewer that Talbott accepted any role that came her way, the claustrophobic actress was known to turn down parts that required her to swim underwater or to be trapped in small, enclosed places. She retired from acting in 1966 to spend more time with her family, emerging publicly only to appear at various science-fiction and nostalgia conventions around the country. In 1985, Gloria was co-starred with several other horror-flick veterans in the tongue-in-cheek thriller Attack of the B-Movie Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Gloria Talbott
Born February 7, 1931(1931-02-07)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Died September 19, 2000 (aged 69)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Years active 1937–1966
Spouse(s) Gene Parrish announcer at KUSC(1948–1953) (divorced)
Grover Sandy Sanders (1956–1965) (divorced)
Dr. Steven J. Capabianco (1967–1969) (divorced)
Dr. Patrick Mullally (1970–2000) (her death)

Gloria Talbott (7 February 1931 – 19 September 2000) was an American film and television actress.

Early life and career

She grew up in Glendale, California. Her sister, Lori Talbott, also became an actress.

Gloria Talbott began her career as a child actor in such films as Maytime (1937) Sweet and Lowdown (1943) and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945).

After leaving school, Talbott formed a dramatic group and played "arena"-style shows at various clubs. She stopped acting following her marriage, and resumed after her divorce, having worked extensively in film and television. She worked on a regular basis in the 1950s, having appeared in Crashout (1955), the Humphrey Bogart comedy We're No Angels (1955) and All That Heaven Allows (1955).

Talbott later became known as a 'scream queen' after appearing in a number of horror films including Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), The Cyclops (1957), and I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958).

Her multiple television credits include the syndicated The Cisco Kid, NBC's western anthology Frontier, the syndicated western-themed crime drama Sheriff of Cochise with John Bromfield, the syndicated American Civil War drama Gray Ghost, the 1961 NBC western Whispering Smith (as Cora Gates, with Robert Redford playing her husband, Johnny Gates), and CBS's Rawhide in the episode, "The Incident of the Calico Gun". She appeared with Robert Harland in the 1961 episode "Terror in the Afternoon" of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan.

Personal life

Married three times, Talbott died from kidney failure was survived by her third husband, Dr. Patrick Mullally and two children.

Daughter Mea Mullally, born to Gloria and Dr. Steven J. Capabianco, her second husband, won three gold medals in local ice-skating competitions and is an aspiring actress.

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