Gloria Marlen

Actress

February 2, 1925 (92 years)

† July 7, 2017

Georgia, USA

Biography

Gloria Marlen was a film actress back in the "glory days of Hollywood." Two of her most notable roles include that of the female lead in Border Feud, one of western star Lash LaRue's last films, and as Sally Wright in the exploitation feature The Story of Bob and Sally. Born in 1925, Gloria's father deserted her family soon after her birth, and she and her brother were raised through the Great Depression by their single mom in Miami. Gloria's mother, May Columbus Manon Tarte, with only an 8th g…

Filmography

7.6

Laura

Woman (uncredited)

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

7.0

On the Town

"Day in New York" Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

6.8

Anchors Aweigh

Woman (uncredited)

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

6.5

Something for the Boys

Minor Role (uncredited)

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...

8.0

Trouble Chasers

Nora Nolan

A pair of gangsters are under the mistaken impression that three goofballs know the location of a valuable stolen necklace.

6.0

Sweet Genevieve

The biggest town problem is worrying whether the high school basketball team will win the championship...until racketeers move into town and the kids begin to bet on horses, become overly fond of stripped-down racing cars, and Genevieve Rogers (Jean Porter) suspects her father of being too fond of the school principal's secretary. Town nerd Bill Kennedy (Jimmy Lydon) invents a new fuel amidst rumors that - horrors - the basketball game might be fixed. River City is not the only town that has trouble starting with a "T" and there's not a pool hall in sight.

6.5

Border Feud

Carol Condon

A marshal with a whip and a sheriff with a sense of humor end a gold-mine feud.

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