{{Short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Gloria Grey | image = Gloria Grey - 1920s portrait.jpg | image_size = | caption = Grey {{circa}} 1920s | birth_name = Maria Dragomanovich | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|10|23}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | occupation = Actress | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|11|22|1909|10|23}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | resting_place= Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery | spouse = {{marriage|Ramón Romero|1929}} | children = 1 }}
'''Gloria Grey''' (born '''Maria Dragomanovich'''; October 23, 1909 – November 22, 1947) was an American screen and stage actress and director, appearing in mainly dramatic/romantic films during the silent era and after.
==Career== Grey was born Maria Dragomanovich<ref>{{cite news|date=November 2, 1924|title=What's In A Name? Ask Gloria Grey|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421730/daily_news/|work=New York Daily News|via=Newspapers.com|page=15}} {{open access}}</ref> in Portland, Oregon in 1909. She was educated in San Francisco, California.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Close Up|title=Ten Years Ago Today|date=July 20, 1923|page=12|url=https://archive.org/details/closeup19201921100clos/page/n353|via=Internet Archive|publisher=Pool Group}} {{free access}}</ref> Before beginning her career in film, Grey appeared onstage in vaudeville shows with the Gus Edwards Revue. Her career was spent chiefly during the 1920s in Hollywood, and the 1940s in Argentina. Her first film credit was the 1923 movie ''Bag and Baggage''.{{Sfn|Katchmer|2002|pages=143–44}}
She was given praise for her starring role in the 1924 adaptation of Gene Stratton-Porter's ''A Girl of the Limberlost'', which garnered her the honor of being selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1924. However, the film did little else to improve her career. She also appeared in an action serial titled ''Blake of Scotland Yard''.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Jul–Dec 1930|title=The Answer Man|url=http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpicturecla31moti_0082|journal=Motion Picture Classic|volume=31|pages=76|via=Media History Digital Library}}</ref>
Grey appeared in 33 films{{efn|The American Film Institute erroneously lists several films made after Grey's death as being part of her filmography; among them are ''Holiday Rhythm'' (1950) and ''Gang War'' (1958).<ref name=afi/>}} during the 1920s, as well as five Spanish-language films made in Argentina during World War II, notably ''Back in the Seventies'' and ''Fragata Sarmiento''.
==Death== Grey was found deceased in bed at her mother's home in Los Angeles, California on November 22, 1947, having succumbed to a two-month bout of influenza.<ref>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Ex-Actress Gloria Grey Found Dead|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421741/the_los_angeles_times/|date=November 23, 1947|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=The Honolulu Advertiser|title=Gloria Grey, Former Film Actress, Dead|page=5|date=November 24, 1947|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31421752/the_honolulu_advertiser/|location=Honolulu, Hawaii}} {{open access}}</ref> She was survived by her husband, magazine editor Ramón Romero, and their daughter. She is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.{{Sfn|Ellenberger|2001|p=215}} She is resting by her husband, mother, and daughter.{{Sfn|Donaldson|1997|p=194}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Title !Role !Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1923 || ''Bag and Baggage'' || Hope Anthony || '''Lost''' film || align="center"| <ref name=afi>{{cite web|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/62461|title=Gloria Grey Filmography|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181024040612/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/62461|archive-date=October 24, 2018|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=October 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1924 || ''A Girl of the Limberlost'' || Elnora Comstock || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''The Spirit of the USA'' || Gretchen Schultz || '''Incomplete''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''Little Robinson Crusoe'' || Gretta Schmidt || || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''Dante's Inferno'' || Mildred Craig || '''Incomplete''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''The Millionaire Cowboy'' || Pauline Truce || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''The House of Youth'' || Amy Marsden || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1924 || ''The No-Gun Man'' || Carmen Harroway || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1925 || ''The Snob Buster'' || Molly McGuire || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1925 || ''Heartless Husbands'' || Mary Kayne || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''The Patent Leather Pug'' || Billy's Fiancée || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''The Night Watch'' || Nellie Powell || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''Unknown Dangers'' || Corliss McHenry || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''The Hidden Way'' || Mary || || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''Thrilling Youth'' || Mary Bryson || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''Officer Jim'' || Banker's Daughter || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''The Ghetto Shamrock'' || || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1926 || ''The Boaster'' || Dick's Intended || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1927 || ''The Broncho Buster'' || Barbara Furth || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1927 || ''Range Courage'' || Betty Martin || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1927 || ''Blake of Scotland Yard'' || Lady Diane Blanton || '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1927 || ''The Thrill Seekers'' || Mystery Girl || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1927 || ''On Special Duty'' || || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1927 || ''Red Warning'' || || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1928 || ''The Prince and the Papa'' || || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1928 || ''Put 'Em Up'' || Helen Turner || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1928 || ''Winged Hoofs'' || Madge Weston || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film|| align=center| |- | 1928 || ''The Hound of Silver Creek '' || Molly White || '''Lost''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1928 || ''A Tenderfoot Hero'' || || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1928 || ''The Cloud Dodger'' || Sylvia LeMoyne || || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1929 || ''Days of Daring'' || Ranch Owner || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1929 || ''Dodging Danger'' || || Short film <br /> '''Lost''' film || align=center| |- | 1929 || ''Lucky Star'' || Mary Smith || || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1929 || ''Married in Hollywood'' || Charlotte || '''Incomplete''' film || align=center| <ref name=afi/> |- | 1940 || ''The Golden Arrow '' || || || align=center| |- | 1940 || ''Nosotros, los muchachos'' || || || align=center| |- | 1940 || ''Fragata Sarmiento'' || || || align=center| |- | 1945 || ''Back in the Seventies'' || || Also known as: Allá en el setenta y tantos || align=center| |- | 1946 || ''El tercer huésped'' || || || align=center| |- |}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book|title=Of joy and sorrow: a filmography of Dutch silent fiction|author=Donaldson, Geoffrey|year=1997|publisher=Stichting Nederlands Filmmuseum|isbn=9789071338106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-O4KAQAAMAAJ&q=gloria+grey+actress|ref={{SfnRef|Donaldson|1997}}}} *{{cite book|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|author=Ellenberger, Allan R.|year=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-78640-983-9|ref={{SfnRef|Ellenberger|2001}}}} *{{Cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|author=Katchmer, George A.|year=2002|isbn=978-0-78644-693-3|publisher=McFarland|ref={{SfnRef|Katchmer|2002}}}}
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