Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy (November , â€" May , ) was an American
character actress. LeRoy had a diverse career, on stage, in film and
television. Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on
stage and cast her in The Night They Raided Minsky's in .Best known
for playing the voluptuous Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner in the s sitcom
All in the Family, she was born in to vaudeville performers Loletta
and Russell LeRoy in Bucyrus, Ohio. When Gloria was a young girl the
family moved to New York where they owned a dance school. Both Gloria
and her brother Kenneth studied dance. Ken LeRoy 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 at age 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. Later headlining
Nouvelle Eve, a Parisian cabaret show import, at the Hotel El Rancho
Vegas from -.She was cast in a production of Hello, Dolly! () as
Ernestina Money, but replaced by Mary Jo Catlett. She toured with Ann
Corio's This Was Burlesque as a tassel-twirler
character actress. LeRoy had a diverse career, on stage, in film and
television. Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on
stage and cast her in The Night They Raided Minsky's in .Best known
for playing the voluptuous Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner in the s sitcom
All in the Family, she was born in to vaudeville performers Loletta
and Russell LeRoy in Bucyrus, Ohio. When Gloria was a young girl the
family moved to New York where they owned a dance school. Both Gloria
and her brother Kenneth studied dance. Ken LeRoy 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 at age 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. Later headlining
Nouvelle Eve, a Parisian cabaret show import, at the Hotel El Rancho
Vegas from -.She was cast in a production of Hello, Dolly! () as
Ernestina Money, but replaced by Mary Jo Catlett. She toured with Ann
Corio's This Was Burlesque as a tassel-twirler
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