Gloria Saunders
| Gloria Ella Saunders | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 29, 1927 Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
| Died | June 4, 1980 (aged 52) Kern County, California |
| Residence | Los Angeles County, California |
| Occupation | Actress of film and television |
| Years active | 1946–1960 |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Arthur Rue "Tommy" Thompson (divorced) (2) Richard Maier |
| Children | Alexandra Cathy Thompson |
Gloria Ella Saunders (September 29, 1927 - June 4, 1980) was an American actress of film and television, primarily from the late 1940s to 1960.
Saunders was born to George D. and Lucille P. Saunders in the capital city of Columbia, South Carolina. As a child she worked in radio and in the Little Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the age of sixteen in June 1944, she screen tested for Paramount Studios. In 1945, she was seriously injured in an automobile accident and suffered a facial cut from her forehead to the tip of her chin. By October 1951, numerous plastic surgeries finally resolved the scarring.
Saunders first married the television director Arthur Rue "Tommy" Thompson (1927-2000), who was two months her junior. Saunders said that she likely would not have gone into television acting had it not been for her accident, and she would not have met Thompson had she not gone into television. The couple divorced in 1956, with a two-year-old child. She subsequently married a man named "Maier".
Her first important role was as Sparky, an operator in the Women's Army Corps of World War II in the 1946 film O.S.S., with Alan Ladd. In 1951, she played Terry Flynn in the film Crazy Over Horses. That same year, she was cast as Anne DuMere in the film, Northwest Territory, starring Kirby Grant, later the star of Sky King. In 1952, Saunders was cast as Catherine in the science fiction film, Captive Women.
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