Trivia of Gloria DeHaven
Trivia of Gloria DeHaven (23 July 1925 - 30 July 2016)
*DeHaven was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. A 1983 newspaper article reported, "Miss DeHaven ... says that her real family name was O'Callahan before her father legally changed his name to DeHaven."
*Before be a movie star, Gloria concentrated on her singing career. She developed her own nightclub act over the years and also enjoyed considerable success as a solo vocalist with the orchestras of Bob Crosby, Jan Savitt and Muzzy Marcellino. It was her singing which prompted Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to sign her under contract in 1940.
*She was Frank Sinatra's first screen kiss in the musical Step Lively (1944).
*In 1944, De Haven came into the makeup and hair department at MGM to wash her hair in prep for a scene she was going to shoot. Halfway into the endeavor she felt a hand push her head into the bowl and began washing her hair. When she was finished, she looked up and saw that it was Marlene Dietrich who had washed her hair. Dietrich had entered the room to pick up the gold paint she was using to cover her left leg in Kismet (1944) and figured that since she was there, she would give De Haven a quick hair wash since the studio beauticians had yet to arrive. De Haven was so stunned that she could hardly utter a thank you.
*In Three Little Words (1950), De Haven portrayed Flora Parker DeHaven (her own real-life mother).She recreates her mother singing "Who's Sorry Now".
*Her final film was Out to Sea (1997) .She played as Vivian, Jack Lemmon's love interest. This movie also was Donald O'Connor's last film and on-screen acting appearance.Gloria DeHaven and Donald O'Connor had starred together in Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949) nearly 50 years before this film.
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