Gloria LeRoy
Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy (November 7, 1925 – May 24, 2018[1]) was an American character actress. LeRoy had a diverse career, on stage, in film and television. Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on stage and cast her in The Night They Raided Minsky's in 1968.
Gloria LeRoy | |
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Born | Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy November 7, 1925 Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | May 24, 2018 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1943–2018 |
Biography
Best known for playing the voluptuous Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner in the 1970s sitcom All in the Family,[2] she was born in 1925 to vaudeville performers Loletta and Russell LeRoy in Bucyrus, Ohio. When Gloria was a young girl the family moved to New York where they owned a dance school. Both Gloria and her brother Kenneth studied dance. Ken LeRoy went on to star on Broadway as a dancer and singer and was the first Bernardo in West Side Story. Gloria performed on Broadway in Artists and Models[3][4] with Jackie Gleason in 1943 at age 17 as a Specialty Dancer.[5][6] Her early career started in night clubs as a dancer and singer for Barbara Walters' father, impresario Lou Walters, at the Latin Quarter. Later headlining Nouvelle Eve, a Parisian cabaret show import, at the Hotel El Rancho Vegas from 1951-52.[7][8]
She was cast in a production of Hello, Dolly! (1964) as Ernestina Money, but replaced by Mary Jo Catlett.[9] She toured with Ann Corio's This Was Burlesque[10][11][12][13][14] as a tassel-twirler[15][16][17][18][11][19][20][21][22]
She appeared in George M : A New Musical.[23][11] She appeared on The Mike Douglas Show in 1963. She had recurring roles on the soaps Days of Our Lives as Queenie (1989), The Young and the Restless as Beatrice Tucker (1998) and Passions as Ruth (2000). She appeared in Three's Company as Nancy in episode "The Goodbye Guy" (1980), as well as on Married... with Children as Chesty LaRue in episode "Live Nude Peg" (1997). In 2001, she appeared in season 8 episode 23 of Frasier entitled "A Day in May" as Mrs. Smolenski, a prospective house buyer. In 2007, LeRoy appeared in the "Pilot" of Rules of Engagement. In 2009, she appeared in Season 5 of Desperate Housewives as Rose Kemper. In 2010, she appeared in Shameless as Aunt Ginger.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Mae Harris | |
1971 | Cold Turkey | Lottie Davenport (Masseuse)[8] | |
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Ida | ||
1974 | Welcome to Arrow Beach | Ginger | |
1975 | The Day of the Locust | Mrs. Loomis | |
1978 | Bloodbrothers | Sylvia | |
1980 | Cheaper to Keep Her | Woman on Diving Board | |
Tricks of the Trade | |||
1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Fish Restaurant Waitress | |
Pennies from Heaven | A Prostitute | ||
1986 | Sid and Nancy | Grandma | |
Stewardess School | Grandma Polk | ||
1987 | Barfly | Grandma Moses | |
1990 | Cool Blue | Ida | Video |
1992 | Body Waves | Mrs. Matthews | |
Final Embrace | Velvet | ||
1993 | Snapdragon | Nurse | |
1994 | Bad Blood | Elderly Bank Lady | |
1996 | Going Home | Toni | Short |
1997 | Sparkler | Maxine | |
Jack | Mrs. Goodman | ||
1999 | The Clock | Gracie | Short |
Pumpkin Hill | Gracie | Short | |
2000 | Sordid Lives | Peggy Ingram | |
Face the Music | Grandma | ||
2001 | All You Need | Nana Sabistan | |
2003 | Shotgun | Minnie | Short |
2005 | The Amateurs | Mrs. Mendelson | |
2010 | Quit | Pawn Clerk | |
2014 | Out | Louise[24] | Short |
- Television
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1972 | Gunsmoke | Clare | Episode: Eleven Dollars |
All in the Family | Bobbi Jo Loomis | Episode: The Threat | |
1973 | Love, American Style | Episode: Love and the Cozy Comrades | |
Cannon | Episode: The Perfect Alibi | ||
The Blue Knight | TV film | ||
Miracle on 34th Street | Mother #1 | TV film | |
1974 | Mannix | Jenny | Episode: Mask for a Charade |
Gunsmoke | Mady | 2 episodes | |
The Streets of San Francisco | Mrs. Ledbetter | 2 episode 1974, 1976 | |
All in the Family | Mildred 'Boom Boom' Turner | 2 episodes 1974, 1978 | |
1975 | Hot L Baltimore | Millie | |
Baretta | Doris Mazurski | Episode: When Dues Come Down | |
Petrocelli | Mrs Ames / Zasu O'Brien | 2 episode | |
The Bob Crane Show | Lola | Episode: Son of the Campus Capers | |
1976 | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Hooker | TV film |
Baretta | Wicked Wanda | Episode: "Shoes" | |
In the Glitter Palace | Norma Addison | TV film | |
1977 | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Saleslady | TV film[25] |
Alice | Bar Waitress | Episode: Alice by Moonlight | |
1978-1979 | Kaz | Mary Parnell | |
1979 | But Mother! | Trixie | TV film |
Topper | Saleswoman | TV film | |
1980 | Scruples | Rosie | |
The Ropers | Gloria Mealy | Episode: Old Flames | |
Three's Company | Nancy | Episode: The Goobye Guy | |
1981 | Behind the Screen | Drunk Lady | Episode: 1.2 |
1982 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Sheila | 1 episode |
Hill Street Blues | Rena | 2 episodes | |
1983 | Automan | Landlady | Episode: Automan |
1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Episode: The Man Who Cried Fox | |
It's a Living | Customer | Episode: Harassed | |
1986 | Falcon Crest | Minister's Wife | Episode: Captive Hearts |
1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Waitress | TV film |
Hunter | Landlady | Episode: The Girl Next Door)[26] | |
1989 | Days of Our Lives | Queenie | |
1991 | The Flash | Pearl | 1 episode |
Flash III: Deadly Nightshade | Pearl | ||
1993 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Nancy Jameson | Episode: Dorky Housecall, M.D. |
1994 | The Larry Sanders Show | Helen | Episode: Next Stop Bottom |
Viper | Elderly Bank Lady | ||
1995 | Dad, the Angel & Me | Opera Diva Nanny | TV film |
Weird Science | Grandma | Episode: Grampira | |
1996 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Ilsa Lawsenstrom | Episode: Woman of the Year |
ER | Beth Lang | Episode: Homeless for the Holidays | |
1997 | Married... with Children | Chesty LaRue | Episode:Live Nude Peg |
1998 | Tracey Takes On... | Mrs. Jordache | Episode: Loss |
3rd Rock from the Sun | Dolores | Episode: Portrait of Tommy as an Old Man | |
Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Florence | Episode: Free for All | |
The Young and the Restless | Beatrice Tucker | Recurring Guest Role | |
1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Woman | Episode: Books |
Chicago Hope | Alzheimer-patiente | Episode: Vanishing Acts | |
2000 | Passions | Ruth | 9 episodes |
2001 | Dharma & Greg | Jeannette | Episode: How This Happened |
Diagnosis Murder | Christine Wilson | Episode: The Blair Nurse Project | |
Frasier | Mrs. Smolenskis | Episode: A Day in May | |
2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Martha | Episode: Hal Coaches |
2004 | My Wife and Kids | Grandmother | Episode: Childcare Class |
Charmed | Old Brenda | Episode: Charrrmed! | |
2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Judith | Episode: Malcolm's Money |
2007 | Rules of Engagement | Margaret | Episode: Pilot |
2009 | Desperate Housewives | Rose Kemper | 2 episodes |
2011-2012 | Shameless | Aunt Ginger | Episodes: Aunt Ginger and Summer Loving |
2014 | Suburgatory | Esther | 1 episode |
2015 | Getting On | Vivian 'Mama Viv' Hartley | 2 episodes, (final appearance) |
References
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- "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on January 11, 1969". newspapers.com. p. 15. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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External links
- Gloria LeRoy on IMDb