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Gloria Loring Biography

Gloria Loring is an American singer and actress, best known for five years playing Liz Chandler on ‘Days of Our Lives’. Gloria and her fellow singer-actor Carl Anderson also performed the duet “Friends and Lovers”, which earned the number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986.

Gloria Loring Early Life

She was born Gloria Jean Goff. She was born and raised in New York City. Both her parents had a calling in music. Her mother (Ann) was a singer, while her father (Popularly known as “Buzzy”) was a professional trumpet player with the Tommy Dorsey Big Band.

Gloria Loring Education

Loring began her music career at the tender age of 14. She sang with a folk group known as ‘Those Four’.

Gloria Loring Age

Gloria Jean Goff was born on December 10, 1946, in New York City, the U.S. as Gloria Jean Goff -Lagler. She celebrates her birthday on the 10th of December every year.

Gloria Loring Family

She is the daughter of Dorothy Ann Tobin and Gerald Lewis Goff, popularly known as “Buzzy”.

Her mother was a singer, while her father was not only a professional trumpet player but also a salesman and a restaurant and hospitality consultant.

Buzzy played the trumpet with the Tommy Dorsey Big Band along with other popular swing groups.

It is not known if Loring has any siblings.

Is Gloria Loring Married | Gloria Loring Husband

Loring has been married thrice: First to the popular actor, Alan Thicke, from 1970 to 1986.

She again married Christopher Beaumont, an actor, from 1988 to 1993.

She later married René Lagler, a production designer, in 1994. Loring and Lagler had met 24 years earlier on the set of Glen Campbell’s variety series.

Gloria Loring Children

Her marriage with Alan Thicke brought forth two children: Brennan and Robin Thicke. Robin is a singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Gloria Loring Career

Loring started her music career at an early age of 14, she sang with a folk group called ‘Those Four’. She then released her first album in 1968, titled Today on MGM Records. Loring later released several singles, including cover versions of Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” and Roger Whittaker’s “New World in the Morning”, were released on the Evolution label, though none charted. Loring continued to perform on a variety of television shows in the late 1960s and 1970s, from The Carol Burnett Show to the Academy Awards ceremony.

Loring signed to Atco Records and later released the single “Brooklyn,” produced by Mike Post, in 1977 under the alias Cody Jameson, and it became her first chart single, that climbing to No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also appearing on the Adult Contemporary and Country Charts.

In early 1977 the singer flew to Toronto to be the guest star on the popular weekly variety program ‘The Bobby Vinton Show’, which was viewed widely across the United States and Canada. The program was produced by Alan Thicke, her husband back then. She performed “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and also a duet with Vinton on “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”.

Loring and Alan composed the theme songs to “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts of Life” in 1979 and 1980. She sang two versions of the ‘Facts of Life’ theme song: One used from seasons 2 to 6, while the other from seasons 7 to 9.

A year later, after her son Brennan was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1979, Loring joined Days of Our Lives and got the idea to create and self-publish the Days Of Our Lives Celebrity Cookbook to raise money for diabetes research. There were two volumes published: Volume One was published in 1981, while Volume Two was published in 1983. The books, together with her single ‘A Shot in the Dark’, garnered more than one million dollars which facilitated the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, abbreviated as JDRF.

Over the last 30 years, Gloria has served as a spokesperson for JDRF.

Loring released her first holiday album by the name ‘You Make It Christmas’ in 2003. Later on, in 2008, she released the album, ‘A Playlist’, which included a new recording of the song “Friends and Lovers” with Carl Anderson. It was recorded one year before he died. The singer’s book released late in 2012, ‘Coincidence Is God’s Way of Remaining Anonymous’, is a spiritual autobiography of how a series of coincidences transformed her life.

Gloria Loring Net Worth

She has an estimated  net worth of $20 million dollars

Gloria Loring Salary

There are no details showing her annual or monthly earnings, her salary figures will be updated as soon as they are available.

Gloria Loring Albums|Discography|Songs

• 1968: Today (MGM Records); includes the original version of “One Way Ticket”
• 1970: And Now We Come to Distances (Evolution Records)
• 1972: Sing a Song for the Mountain (Evolution Records)
• 1984: A Shot in the Dark (Glitz Records); includes the full version of “The Facts of Life”
• 1986: Gloria Loring (Atlantic Records); includes the original version of “Friends and Lovers” with Carl Anderson
• 1988: Full Moon/No Hesitation (Atlantic Records)
• 1991: Is There Anybody Out There (Silk Purse); includes a solo version of “Friends and Lovers”
• 1999: Turn The Page (Silk Purse)
• 2000: By Request (Silk Purse); includes an acoustic recording of “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love”, the song adopted by Bo & Hope as their theme song on Days of Our Lives
• 2001: Friends and Lovers (Silk Purse)
• 2003: You Make It Christmas (Silk Purse)
• 2008: A Playlist (Silk Purse); she and Carl Anderson re-recorded “Friends and Lovers” for this project, just one year prior to his death

Gloria Loring Movies

• Correcting Christmas 2014
• Convicted: A Mother’s Story

Gloria Loring Books

• Coincidence Is God’s Way of Remaining Anonymous: Reflections on Daytime Dramas and Divine Intervention 2012
• Kids, Food and Diabetes 1986
• Parenting a Child With Diabetes
• Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Moving Past the Fear 2006
• Parenting a Diabetic Child: A Practical, Empathetic Guide to
• Help You and Your Child Live with Diabetes1991
  Gloria Loring’s guide to health and beauty 1985

Frequently Asked Questions About Gloria Loring

Who is Gloria Loring?

Gloria Loring Lagler is an American singer and actress who gained extensive recognition after appearing as a cast member of Days of our Lives as Liz Chandler.

How old is Gloria Loring?

Loring is an American national born on 10th December 1946, in New York City.

How tall is Gloria Loring?

She stands at a height of 1.75m (5’7″).

Is Gloria Loring married?

She was married to Alan Thicke from 1970 until 1986. She has two sons with Thicke. She was later married to actor Christopher Beaumont from 1988 to 1993. She is now married to Rene Lagler.

How much is Gloria Loring worth?

She has an estimated net worth of $20 million dollars. This amount has been accrued from her leading roles in the entertainment industry.

Where does Gloria Loring live?

She lives in California with her husband.

Is Gloria Loring dead or alive?

Loring is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Gloria Loring now?

She is still an active participant in the creative entertainment industry.

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