Gloria Ella Saunders (September 29, 1927 – June 4, 1980 ) was an American actress of film and television, primarily from the late 1940s to 1960.

Career

Saunders acting career began on stage. She was discovered when she performed in a production of ''Rebecca'' in the southern United States, after which she acted in a San Francisco production of ''Adam Ate His Apple''. Saunders appeared as a radio operator in the war film '' O.S.S.'' (1946) and in the

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film '' Red Snow'' (1952), and she portrayed Zelda in the Columbia production '' Prisoners of the Casbah'' (1953). She made many television appearances including Adventures of Superman s1e20, "The Riddle of the Chinese Jade."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Gloria 1927 births 1980 deaths American stage actresses American television actresses American film actresses Actresses from Columbia, South Carolina Actresses from Charlotte, North Carolina Actresses from Greater Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses