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Gloria Fonda

Gloria Fonda (born Gertrude Katherine Fonda;[1][2][3] January 24, 1894[4][5] – January 20, 1978[6]) was a U.S. actress of the silent film era.

Gloria Fonda
Born
Gertude Katherine Fonda

(1894-01-24)January 24, 1894
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1978(1978-01-20) (aged 83)
Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
OccupationFilm Actress
Spouse
Victor Emmett Dalton
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(m. 1924; div. 1939)​
Children2

Early years

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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in Seattle, Washington,[7] Fonda was the daughter of Mary Etta Walsh and Willard Archibald Fonda,[3][8] a successful glove manufacturer.[9] While she was a student at the University of Washington, she won a beauty contest, and in 1917 she was one of two winners in the International Beauty Contest held in the United States.[10]

Brief Movie Career

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Fonda won a most beautiful girl in Washington pageant sponsored by Universal Pictures. Her home was in Seattle, Washington. She came to Hollywood with sixty other beauties from American states.

Fonda made only seven films during a career which lasted from 1915–1916. Often she appeared in movies directed by William C. Dowlan. Among these are The Mayor's Decision (1915), The Devil and Idle Hands (1915), and Drugged Waters (1916).

She played the role of Gladys Saunders in the latter, her final film. Released by Red Feather Productions, the drama concerned a health resort and a spring of water which was pure. The water was drugged daily in order to deceive wealthy people who came to the spa to restore their health. The Mayor's Decision was a short drama of politics, slum life, and double intrigue. It was a Universal and Carl Laemmle production.

Dowlan directed Fonda in a Laemmle single reel picture entitled The Great Fear (1915). Dowlan co-starred along with Lula Warrenton.

In 1919-1921 Fonda performed on stage in the Orient.[11]

Personal life and death

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On October 22, 1934, Fonda married automobile and radio financier Victor Emmett Dalton; they separated on November 8, 1935 and were divorced on March 24, 1939.[12][13][14] The marriage produced two daughters.[15]

Fonda died in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico in 1978.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "A Sensational Scoop! Gertrude Fonda". Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Grey, Cynthia (March 2, 1917). "Cynthia Grey's Answers". The Tacoma Times. p. 4. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDZQ-8NY : 5 February 2020), Gertrude Katherine Fonda, 1894.
  4. ^ "Gloria Gertrude Fonda Dalton: Grave Photo". Find a Grave.
  5. ^ Universal Service (December 13, 1925). "Michael Arlen Sets Style for Movie Actresses"' Quad-City Times. Retrieved October 23, 2024. "Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schenck, (Norma Talmadge), who are week-ending at Hotel Del Coronado, entertained as their guests at the races Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dalton, Miss Diana Kane, and Lee Shubert of New York. Mrs. Dalton, the former Gloria Fonda, a beauty of castilian type, before her marriage to the eastern financier, was a favorite of the stage in France and her own native Spain."
  6. ^ a b Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). "Silent Film Necrology". Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 175. ISBN 9780786410590.
  7. ^ "W. A. Fonda Funeral to Be Held Friday". The Seattle Star. September 28, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved October 21, 2024. "Funeral services for Willard A. Fonda, 58, president of the Puget Sound Glove Co. [...] He has been a resident of Seattle 18 years."
  8. ^ "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M5-GV11 : Mon Jul 08 13:48:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Willard A Fonda and Mary E Walsh, 18 Feb 1890.
  9. ^ "They wanted wives, not chorus girls, in Orient". The South Bend Tribune. January 25, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Famous mainland beauties enjoy Hawaii". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. March 2, 1917. p. 9. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Film and Drama". Seattle Union Record. December 6, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Mrs. Victor Dalton Wins Divorce". Los Angeles Daily News. March 25, 1939. p. 3. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  13. ^ "Radio Station Owner Passes". The Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1941. pt. II, p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Q-4HRP : 11 February 2023), Victor Emmett Dalton, .
  15. ^ "Daughters Visited". The Los Angeles Times. January 11, 1938. pt. II, p. 8. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  • Frederick Post, The Star, High Class Photoplays, March 16, 1916, Page 6.
  • Syracuse Herald, Seen On The Screen, April 13, 1916, Page 22.
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