Gloria LeRoy obit

Actress Gloria LeRoy has died

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She had a diverse career on stage, in film, and on television. Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on stage and cast her in The Night They Raided Minsky's in 1968. She was perhaps best known for playing the voluptuous Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner in the 1970s sitcom All in the Family.

LeRoy was born in 1925 to vaudeville performers Loletta and Russell LeRoy in Bucyrus, Ohio. When she was a young girl the family moved to New York, where they owned a dance school, which both Gloria and her brother Kenneth studied. Kenneth 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 with Jackie Gleason in 1943 at age 17 as a Specialty Dancer. Her early career started in night clubs as a dancer and singer for Barbara Walters' father, impresario Lou Walters, at the Latin Quarter. She later headlined Nouvelle Eve, a Parisian cabaret show import, at the Hotel El Rancho Vegas from 1951 to 1952.

She was cast in a production of Hello, Dolly! (1964) as Ernestina Money, but was replaced by Mary Jo Catlett. She toured with Ann Corio's This Was Burlesque as a tassel-twirler. She also appeared in George M! A New Musical.

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 the episode "The Goodbye Guy" (1980), as well as on Married... with Children as Chesty LaRue in the episode "Live Nude Peg" (1997). In 2001, she appeared in the season 8 Frasier episode "A Day in May" as Mrs. Smolenski, a prospective house buyer. In 2007, LeRoy appeared in the pilot episode of Rules of Engagement. In 2009, she appeared in Season 5 of Desperate Housewives as Rose Kemper. She also appeared in season 1 and season 2 episodes of the Showtime series Shameless as Aunt Ginger. Her final appearances were in season 3 episodes of the HBO series Getting On in 2015.

LeRoy died in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2018 at age 92.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1968      The Night They Raided Minsky's                 Mae Harris         

1971      Cold Turkey        Lottie Davenport (Masseuse)     

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

1972      Gunsmoke          Claire     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      22 episodes

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                Stripper                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)