{{short description|American film actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Dolores Rousse | image = Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) - Gloria Roy.jpg | caption = Still from ''Charlie Chan's Secret'' (1936) | other_names = Gloria Roy | birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|08|17}} | birth_place = San Jose, California, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|12|16|1901|08|17}} | death_place = Santa Clara, California, United States | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1923-1940 }} '''Dolores Rousse''' (August 17, 1901 – December 16, 1985)<ref name=":7">California, Death Index. 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Via Ancestry.com. Provo, Utah.</ref> was an American film actress who performed under the name '''Gloria Roy''' later in her career.
== Career == In May 1922, it was reported that Rousse would appear in Ziegfeld Follies<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 20, 1922|title=Musical Comedy: Musical Comedy Notes|volume=34|page=34|work=The Billboard|issue=20|id={{ProQuest|1031674618}}}}</ref> after she won a newspaper beauty contest.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 8, 1922|title=Notes of the Stage|page=11|work=New York Herald|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1923-12-15|title=Dolores Rousse Essays Big Part in Gentle Hulia|pages=11|work=The Rock Island Argus|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56905940/dolores-rousse-essays-big-part-in/|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>
Her first film was ''No Mother to Guide Her'' (1923). ''The Plain Speaker'' wrote, "Another prominent actress in the photodrama is Dolores Rousse, who was with the Follies previous to her first screen appearance in ''No Mother to Guide Her''. Her work in this picture gained her a contract and a leading part in other Fox productions".<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 10, 1925|title=For the Last Half|page=7|work=The Plain Speaker|location=Hazleton, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
''Variety'' noted her performance in ''Against All Odds'' (1924), calling her character a "rather an insipid heroine, possibly because the love interest is never emphasized to any appreciable degree".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=August 13, 1924|title=Pictures: Against All Odds|volume=75|page=21|work=Variety|issue=13|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1475830983 |id={{ProQuest|1475830983}} }}</ref>
''The Ukiah Dispatch Democrat'' wrote of her performance in ''Oh, You Tony!'': "Dolores is not only an actress, but if she came on the stage with the lights turned off, the audience would think that she carried her own spotlight--this child sends forth an aura of light in the brilliance of her beauty".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=December 19, 1924|title='Oh, You Toney!' Stars Tom Mix|page=8|work=Ukiah Dispatch Democrat|location=Ukiah, California|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
''Variety'' wrote the following about her performance in ''Thunder in the Night'' (1935): "Gloria Roy, girl who murdered her would-be blackmailer out of unrequited love, isn't in the footage as much as others, but gives a good account of herself while there."<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=September 18, 1935|title=Film Reviews: Thunder in the Night|volume=120|page=32|work=Variety|issue=1|id={{ProQuest|1475923341}}}}</ref>
She appeared in films in the Charlie Chan series and in the Mr. Moto series.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|last=Hanke|first=Ken|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dnq4DgAAQBAJ&q=arlene|title=Charlie Chan at the Movies: History, Filmography, and Criticism|date=2011-01-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8661-8|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Berlin|first=Howard M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0baBgZ1I2B0C&q=gloria+roy|title=The Complete Mr. Moto Film Phile: A Casebook|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=978-0-8095-1129-7|language=en}}</ref>
== Partial filmography ==
{{div col}} === Credited as Dolores Rousse === * ''No Mother to Guide Her'' (1923) as Kathleen Pearson<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 28, 1924|title=Pictures: No Mother to Guide Her|volume=2|page=22|work=Variety|issue=74|id={{ProQuest|1475655374}}}}</ref> * ''Ladies to Board'' (1924) as Model<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Jensen|first=Richard D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LiwRzKdo7AC&q=Dolores+Rousse&pg=PA231|title=The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies|date=2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-35949-3|language=en}}</ref> * ''The Trouble Shooter'' (1924) as Chiquita<ref name=":0" /> * ''Dark Stairways'' (1924) as Madge Armstrong<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 1, 1925|title=Picturegoers' Guide|volume=9|page=72|work=Pictures and The Picturegoer|issue=51|id={{ProQuest|1771173476}}}}</ref> * ''Against All Odds'' (1924) as Judy Malone<ref name=":1" /> * ''Oh, You Tony!'' (1924) as The Countess<ref name=":2" /> * ''Troubles of a Bride'' (1924) as Vera<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 1, 1925|title=Picturegoer Guide|volume=10|page=60|work=Pictures and The Picturegoer|issue=55|id={{ProQuest|1771194612}}}}</ref> * ''The Burning Trail'' (1925) as Esther Ramsey (credited as Dolores Roussey)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Katchmer|first=George A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWlZAAAAMAAJ&q=roussey|title=Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known|date=1991|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-494-0|language=en}}</ref>
=== Credited as Gloria Roy === * ''Hot Pepper'' (1933) as Lily<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 24, 1933|title=Film review: Hot Pepper|volume=109|page=12|work=Variety|issue=7|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1529012254 |id={{ProQuest|1529012254}} }}</ref> * ''Charlie Chan's Greatest Case'' (1933) as Arlene Compton<ref name=":8" /> * ''Jimmy and Sally'' (1933) as Shirley<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 19, 1933|title=Pictures: Film Reviews - Jimmy and Sally|volume=113|page=37|work=Variety|issue=1}}</ref> * ''Wild Gold'' (1934) as one of the Golden Girls<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pitts|first=Michael R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgo3EgGRt44C&q=wild+gold+%22gloria+roy%22&pg=PA398|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.|date=2012-12-13|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0090-1|language=en}}</ref> * ''Life Begins at 40'' (1935) as Girl (uncredited)<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Ankerich|first=Michael G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4WhCAAAQBAJ&q=%22gloria+roy%22|title=The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Bridged the Gap Between Silents and Talkies|date=2011-12-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8534-5|language=en}}</ref> * ''Asegure a su mujer'' (1935)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Staff|first1=America Film Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsoUXGZSxZcC&q=Asegure+a+su+mujer+%22gloria+roy%22&pg=PA96|title=Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960|last2=Gevinson|first2=Alan|date=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20964-0|language=en}}</ref> * ''Charlie Chan in Paris'' (1935) as Minor Part (uncredited)<ref name=":5" /> * ''Charlie Chan in Egypt'' (1935) as Bit Girl (uncredited)<ref name=":5" /> * ''Thunder in the Night'' (1935) as Katherine Szabo<ref name=":3" /> * ''This Is the Life'' (1935) as Diane Revier<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 9, 1935|title=Film Reviews: This Is the Life|volume=120|page=15|work=Variety|issue=4|id={{ProQuest|1475931284}}}}</ref> * ''Charlie Chan's Secret'' (1936) as Carlotta<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 22, 1936|title=Film Reviews: Charlie Chan's Secret Wear|volume=121|page=15|work=Variety|issue=6|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1475946083 |id={{ProQuest|1475946083}} }}</ref> * ''Song and Dance Man'' (1936) as Dolores<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collier|first=Lionel|date=August 8, 1936|title=Review: On the Screens Now|volume=6|page=24|work=Picturegoer|issue=272|id={{ProQuest|1771216495}}}}</ref> * ''Charlie Chan at the Race Track'' (1936) as Catherine Chester<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 19, 1936|title=Film Reviews: Chan at Race Track|volume=123|page=16|work=Variety|issue=10|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1475983628|id={{ProQuest|1475983628}}}}</ref> * ''Crack-Up'' (1936) as Operative #16<ref>{{Cite book|last=Youngkin|first=Stephen D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAeSxjYazhEC&q=%22gloria+roy%22&pg=PT510|title=The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre|date=2005-09-30|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-3700-1|language=en}}</ref> * ''The Holy Terror'' (1937) as Maria Blair<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collier|first=Lionel|date=December 18, 1937|title=Reviews|volume=7|page=24|work=Picturegoer|issue=343|id={{ProQuest|1771137468}}}}</ref> * ''The Great Hospital Mystery'' (1937) as Nurse (uncredited)<ref name=":5" /> * ''Charlie Chan on Broadway'' (1937) as Hat Check Girl (uncredited) * ''Fair Warning'' (1937) as Grace Hamilton<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collier|first=Lionel|date=August 28, 1937|title=Reviews|volume=7|page=26|work=Picturegoer|issue=327|id={{ProQuest|1771123205}}}}</ref> * ''Mr. Moto's Gamble'' (1938) as Doctor<ref name=":4" /> * ''Mr. Moto Takes a Chance'' (1938) as Keema<ref name=":4" /> * ''Mr. Moto on Danger Island'' (1939) as Nurse<ref name=":4" /> * ''Charlie Chan at Treasure Island'' (1939) as Plane Passenger (uncredited)<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Neibaur|first=James L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dq9dDwAAQBAJ&q=charlie+chan+in+panama+%22gloria+roy%22&pg=PT168|title=The Charlie Chan Films|date=2018|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}</ref> * ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940) as waitress (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Matheson|first=Sue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&q=gloria+roy|title=The John Ford Encyclopedia|date=2019-12-15|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-0382-1|language=en}}</ref> * ''Charlie Chan in Panama'' (1940) as Hostess (uncredited)<ref name=":6" /> {{div col end}}
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== External links == {{commons category|Dolores Rousse}} *{{IMDb name|id=0747033|name=Gloria Roy}} *{{Find a Grave|id=199685962|name=Dolores Kircher}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rousse, Dolores}} Category:1901 births Category:1985 deaths Category:American actresses