Birth name: Gloria Jean SchoonoverBorn: April 14, 1926 in Buffalo, NY
Occupation: Actress
Biography: She only went by the name Gloria Jean. Born in Buffalo, NY, Gloria Jean was raised in Scranton, Pa., where her dad ran a music store. Jean's stagestruck mom put her daughter on the stage at the age of three as a singer; by the time she was five, Jean was headlining her own local radio program.
Moving to NY with her family, Jean was trained for an operatic career. In 1939, Universal Studio, searching for a possible singing star. They cast Jean in The Under-Pup, a comedy-drama set in an interlochen-style musical camp. The film was a hit, and Jean was signed to a Universal contract.
It took me almost 70 years to figure this out. Purty Cool!
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