Brewster, Gloria (1918–1996)

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Brewster, Gloria (1918–1996)

American dancer. Name variations: Ruth Stevenson Brewster; Ruth Stroud; Brewster Twins; Gloria Brewster Stroud. Born Ruth Stevenson, Feb 19, 1918, in Tucson, Arizona; died Oct 25, 1996, in Denver, Colorado; twin sister of Barbara Brewster (dancer); m. Claude Stroud (1907–1985, actor and one of the Stroud Twins).

With sister, appeared in film musicals as the Brewster Twins, including Little Miss Broadway (1938) and Hold That Co-ed (1938); also appeared on Broadway; worked with husband on radio.

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