Gloria Hope

Gloria Hope (born Olive Frances, November 9, 1901 – October 29, 1976) was an American silent film actress.

Gloria Hope
Hope, c. 1920
Born
Olive Frances

(1901-11-09)November 9, 1901
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 1976(1976-10-29) (aged 74)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1917–1926
Spouse(s)Lloyd Hughes (1921–1958) (his death)
Joe Bishow (1927 - 1928) (annulled)
Children2

Life and career

She was born as Olive Frances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[1] in 1901. Following her education at a Newark, New Jersey, school, she entered upon her career as a screen player and played successively with Ince, Triangle, Artcraft, Ince Paramount, Paralta, Universal and Goldwyn. Naughty, Naughty, The Gay Lord Quex, Burglar by Proxy, The Hushed Hour, The Great Love, and Outcasts of Poker Flat were a few of the many screen plays she appeared in. In 1920, Who's Who on the Screen reported that Hope was 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) high, weighed 106 pounds (48 kg) and had a light complexion, auburn hair and blue eyes.[2]

She was signed in 1917 and starred in about 30 films before her retirement in 1926 at age 25 to have children.

She starred with William Garwood in films such as The Guilty Man in 1918, and with Mary Pickford and Lloyd Hughes in Tess of the Storm Country in 1922.

She married Lloyd Hughes on June 30, 1921, and they had children Donald and Isabel. On October 11, 1927, she married Joe Bishow, but the marriage was annulled in 1928.[3]

Hope died in Pasadena, California. She is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, near Hughes.

Filmography

1920s
  • Sandy (1926) .... Judith Moore
  • That Devil Quemado (1925) .... Joanna Thatcher
  • Tess of the Storm Country (1922) .... Teola Graves
  • Trouble (1922) .... Mrs. Lee, the Plumber's Wife
  • The Grim Comedian (1921) .... Dorothy
  • Courage (1921) .... Eve Hamish
  • Colorado (1921) .... Kitty Doyle
  • Prairie Trails (1920) .... Alice Endicott
  • The Texan (1920) .... Alice Marcum
  • Seeds of Vengeance (1920) .... Mary Reddin
  • The Desperate Hero (1920) .... Mabel Darrow
  • The Third Woman (1920) .... Marcelle Riley

1910s

References
  1. "Scrapbook biographies". The Kansas City Star. Missouri, Kansas City. October 6, 1918. p. 48. Retrieved August 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Charles Donald Fox & Milton L. Silver (1920). "Gloria Hope". Who's Who on the Screen. New York City: Ross Publishing. (Note: Not currently in copyright)
  3. "Actress bares love note fake". The San Francisco Examiner. January 17, 1928. p. 3. Retrieved August 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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