Gloria Gifford

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Age: 77, born 6 July 1946

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

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Description: Gloria Gifford is a dynamic, versatile actress, producer and director with a career that spans over two decades. Discovered by Bill Cosby, Gloria went from Broadway in Arnold Wesker's "The Merchant," directed by the Tony Award winning director John Dexter and starring the legendary Zero Mostel, to Hollywood in Neil Simon's Academy Award winning"California Suite," opposite Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. Her illustrious career includes roles opposite some of Hollywood's most creative comedians, such as Eddie Murphy in Walter Hill's "8 Hrs.," and Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap" with Chris Gloria Gifford is a dynamic, versatile actress, producer and director with a career that spans over two decades. Discovered by Bill Cosby, Gloria went from Broadway in Arnold Wesker's "The Merchant," directed by the Tony Award winning director John Dexter and starring the legendary Zero Mostel, to Hollywood in Neil Simon's Academy Award winning"California Suite," opposite Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby.

Her illustrious career includes roles opposite some of Hollywood's most creative comedians, such as Eddie Murphy in Walter Hill's "8 Hrs.," and Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap" with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. She co-starred in Joel Schumacher's "D.C. Cab" with Bill Maher and Paul Rodriguez, co-starred opposite Judge Reinhold in "Vice Versa," and co-starred opposite John Candy and Ernie Hudson in "Going Berserk," directed by comedian/director David Steinberg.

She also had the pleasure of working with Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Charles Durning, and Beverly D'Angelo in director John Cassavetes' last film, "Big Trouble," and co-starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in John Carpenter's classic "Halloween II." Gloria produced the first play George Clooney did in Los Angeles, "The Biz," directed by Miguel Ferrer. She also starred opposite Tobey Maguire and Whoopi Goldberg in Nickelodeon's "Hot Rod Brown Class Clown."

Gloria's career extends to the small screen and has appeared as the principal on ABC-TV's ground breaking dramatic series "Life Goes On" for four seasons, and recurred on "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper," starring Mark Curry, for two seasons. She played "Darnetta" opposite Tracey Ullman on "Tracey Takes On..." for three seasons, and recurred on "The Nanny" opposite Fran Drescher, as well as guest-starred on shows like "ER," "Son of the Beach" and "The Practice," opposite Charles S. Dutton.

Other stage credits include the acclaimed London production of Robert Patrick's "My Cup Ranneth Over," and the very first black production of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune" in Philadelphia directed by award winning director Sheldon Epps. Behind the camera, she has directed over and produced over 60 stage productions and an independent film. Gloria has taught rock singers, lawyers how to act in the courtroom (2 years), and thousands of actors for over 17 years. In addition, for 6 years she has also been teaching directors and writers in the Masters Program at one of the top film schools in the world, the American Film Institute.

A savvy businesswoman, Gloria formed her own school in 2001, and is the President and CEO of The Gloria Gifford Conservatory for Performing Arts in Los Angeles. ... (more)

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