Gloria Shea

Gloria Shea
Gloria Shea
	Shea in 1930
Born	Olive Gloria Shea; May 30, 1910; New York City, U.S.
Died	February 8, 1995 (aged 84); Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Other names	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

Born in New York City, Shea 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.^[3]

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)^[4]

She married Robert J. Stroh in 1938.^[5]

On February 8, 1995, Shea died in Jacksonville, Florida.^[5]

Selected filmography

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
Women Won't Tell (1932)
The Night Mayor (1932)
Big City Blues (1932) as Agnes (uncredited)
Big Time or Bust (1933)
The Dude Bandit (1933)
Strange People (1933)
Dance Girl Dance (1933)
A Successful Failure (1934)
Demon for Trouble (1934)
Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
The Oil Raider (1934)
I Like It That Way (1934)
Money Means Nothing (1934)
Laddie (1935)
Dangerous Intrigue (1936)
Black Gold (1936)

References

^ Pitts p.26
^ ^a ^b ^c "Gloria Shea Formerly Was a Ziegfeld Girl". Universal Weekly. May 13, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ 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.
^ "Blind Mice-Cast". Playbill Vault. Playbill. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Gloria Shea". MyHeritage. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

Bibliography

Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.