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| Born | Olive Gloria Shea May 30, 1910 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1995 (aged 84) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Other name | Olive Shea |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1929–1936 |
| Spouse |
Robert J. Stroh
(m. 1938, divorced) |
Olive Gloria Shea (May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995) was an American film actress.[1] She was sometimes billed as Olive Shea.[2]
Biography
[edit]Olive Gloria Shea was born in New York City on May 30, 1913.[3] She received her schooling at the Convent of Notre Dame de Sande and was trained for the stage by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.[2] She is the sister of William Shea.[4] While she was in high school she worked briefly in a department store, after which she became a model for the John Powers agency.[5]
Shea worked on CBS Radio and as a model in New York.[3] In 1929 she was named Miss Radio.[5] Her modeling for cigarette posters included her being featured as the first Chesterfield girl and the Camel girl.[6]
Early in Shea's career she was in six Vitaphone short films.[6]
Shea had the female lead role in the Universal serial, The Phantom of the Air (1933).[2] On stage (billed as Olive Shea), she had the role of Baby in the Broadway production of Blind Mice (1930)[7]
She married Robert J. Stroh in 1938.[8] The marriage and an autombile accident ended her career, as she retired to spend time with Stroh. She had a son and a daughter.[5]
On February 8, 1995, Shea died in Jacksonville, Florida.[8]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
- Women Won't Tell (1932)[3]
- The Night Mayor (1932)[3]
- Big City Blues (1932)[3] as Agnes (uncredited)
- Big Time or Bust (1933)[3]
- The Dude Bandit (1933)[3]
- Strange People (1933)
- Dance Girl Dance (1933)[3]
- A Successful Failure (1934)[3]
- A Demon for Trouble (1934)[3]
- Tomorrow's Youth (1934)[3]
- The Oil Raider (1934)[3]
- I Like It That Way (1934)[3]
- Money Means Nothing (1934)[3]
- Laddie (1935)[3]
- Dangerous Intrigue (1936)[3]
- Black Gold (1936)
References
[edit]- ↑ Pitts p.26
- 1 2 3 "Gloria Shea Formerly Was a Ziegfeld Girl". Universal Weekly. May 13, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rainey, Buck (October 18, 2024). Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 681. ISBN 978-1-4766-0311-7. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
- ↑ Davidoff, Ken (December 7, 2008). "7th Inning Stretch". Newsday. p. B18. ProQuest 280273813.
POP QUIZ The 1929 film 'Glorifying the American Girl' has a connection, through one of the featured actors, to the Mets. Identify the connection. [...] Pop quiz answer: Olive Shea, also known as Gloria Shea, played the second female lead. She was the sister of New York lawyer William Shea, the man for whom the Mets named the now-departed Shea Stadium. Thanks to Joel Blumberg of WGBB Radio for the suggestion.
- 1 2 3 Webman, Nancy (May 24, 1973). "Her Admiral 'Outranked' Hollywood's Leading Men". Jacksonville Journal. p. 29. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Aspires To Success In Films". Portland Evening Express. June 22, 1932. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Blind Mice-Cast". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- 1 2 "Gloria Shea". MyHeritage. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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- Gloria Shea at IMDb
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