Gloria LeRoy is an American

United States

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 character actress

Character actor

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 best remembered for having played voluptuous Mildred "Boom-Boom" Turner in classic 1970s sitcom All in the Family

All in the Family

All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...

, as well as Bobbi Jo Loomis, wife of army-airforce buddy "Duke" Loomis in the earlier All in the Family

All in the Family

All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...

episode "The Threat". LeRoy had a diverse career, with a number of roles in film, TV and stage.

She has had recurring roles on the soaps

Soap opera

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 Passions

Passions

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and Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives

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. She also appeared in Married with Children as Chesty LaRue in episode Live Nude Peg (1997).

She most recently appeared as "Aunt Ginger" on Showtime's "Shameless".

Selected filmography

• The Day of the Locust
  The Day of the Locust (film)
  The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is based on the 1939 novel of the same title by Nathanael West...
  
  (1975)
• Bloodbrothers
  Bloodbrothers (1978 film)
  Bloodbrothers is a 1978 coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan. It stars Richard Gere, Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco and Marilu Henner. The film was also based on the novel of the same title by Richard Price...
  
  (1978)
• Barfly
  Barfly (film)
  Barfly is a 1987 American film which is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in...
  
  (1987)
• Snapdragon
  Snapdragon (film)
  Snapdragon is a 1993 film starring former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson. Pamela Anderson, just coming off the success of her Playboy layouts, has her first starring film role.- Plot summary :...
  
  (1993)

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