Gloria Dickson

Gloria Dickson born Thais Alalia Dickerson August 13 1917 April 10 1945 was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s In April 1936 as she worked in a production of the Federal Theatre Project she was spotted by Warner Bros talent scout Max Arnow who signed her to a contract Her film debut in 1937s They Wont Forget landed her on the top of Hollywoods short list of important upandcomers a distinction that garnered her enormous publicity In Autumn 1937 she was on many magazine covers and was the subject of several major movie magazine articles with titles such as The Luckiest Girl in the World and New Star of the Year