Gloria Dickson (born Thais Alalia Dickerson; August 13, 1917[1] – April 10, 1945) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1930s and 1940s.

Encouraged by her acting coaches, she moonlighted doing dramatic readings at social clubs and on KFOX radio station in Long Beach, California.

[citation needed] In April 1936, as she worked in a production of the Federal Theatre Project,[4] she was spotted by Warner Bros. talent scout Max Arnow, who signed her to a contract.

[3] Dickson was married to the famous makeup artist Perc Westmore on June 20, 1938, in Santa Barbara, California, then filed suit for divorce from him on May 17, 1940.

[8] Dickson died during a fire on April 10, 1945, at the Los Angeles home she was renting from actor Sidney Toler,[9] caused by an unextinguished cigarette that ignited an overstuffed chair on the main floor, while she slept upstairs.