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Gloria Loring

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Gloria Loring
A consummate singer and entertainer, Gloria Loring is the recording artist of the #1 hit song "Friends and Lovers," co-composer of television theme songs for Diff'rent Strokes (1978) and The Facts of Life (1979), an audience favorite from daytime TV's Days of Our Lives (1965), spokesperson for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the author of seven books, a keynote speaker, one of the few artists to sing two nominated songs at the Academy Awards, and is the mother of world-wide singing sensation Robin Thicke.

With eleven albums to her credit, Loring has performed all over North America and Australia. As an actress and singer, she's starred in musicals, movies of the week, prime time series and specials, and has hosted television shows and live events.

Gloria's new book, Coincidence is God's Way of Remaining Anonymous: Reflections on Daytime Dramas and Divine Intervention, details a series of extraordinary coincidences that transformed her life and offers prescriptive insight into how each of us can use coincidence for our own good and the good of those we love.

Gloria is a certified yoga instructor and an articulate champion of biomedical research. After her son Brennan was diagnosed with diabetes at age four, she created and self-published two volumes of the Days Of Our Lives Celebrity Cookbook which raised more than $1 million for diabetes research. In total, she has written and created six books benefiting people with diabetes.

Her newest musical show, TV Tunez, a celebration of television's best theme songs, draws from sitcoms and dramas, to westerns, sports, games shows and commercials, appealing to all demographics.

Honored with the Lifetime Commitment Award from JDRF and the 1999 Woman of Achievement Award from the Miss America Organization, Loring is listed in the World Who's Who of Women and Who's Who in America. She is married to Emmy Award-winning art director and production designer René Lagler and lives in Southern California.
BornDecember 10, 1946
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Known for

Michael Muhney and Kelly Overton in A Secret Service Christmas (2013)
A Secret Service Christmas
5.6
TV Movie
  • Robin
  • 2013
Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk (1977)
The Incredible Hulk
7.0
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("The Facts of Life")
Inside Moves (1980)
Inside Moves
7.0
  • Soundtrack("What Have You Got to Lose")
  • 1980
Once Upon a Coffee House (1965)
Once Upon a Coffee House
5.5
  • One of Betty's Friends
  • 1965

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Actress

  • I Love You But
    • Pre-production
  • Melanie Holmes, Gloria Loring, Ally Holmes, Cassie Jordan, Brett Graybill, Veronica Vega, Cailyn Paxton, John F. Stanley, and Timothy Turner in Heavenly (2016)
    Heavenly
  • Candice A. Buenrostro and Reece Everett Ryan in Disney XD Growing Up Viral (2016)
    Disney XD Growing Up Viral
  • Michael Muhney and Kelly Overton in A Secret Service Christmas (2013)
    A Secret Service Christmas
  • Renegade (1992)
    Renegade
  • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
    Beverly Hills, 90210
  • Mitzi Kapture and Rob Estes in Silk Stalkings (1991)
    Silk Stalkings
  • Gene Barry and Peter Barton in Burke's Law (1994)
    Burke's Law
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Bob Golic, Mario Lopez, Anne Tremko, and Kiersten Warren in Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)
    Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  • Halle Berry, Alison Elliott, Michael Learned, David Moscow, Leah Remini, and Deborah Tucker in Living Dolls (1989)
    Living Dolls
  • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
    Freddy's Nightmares
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
  • Another World (1964)
    Another World
  • Angie Dickinson and Ben Gazzara in Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)
    Police Story: The Freeway Killings
  • Stacy Keach in The New Mike Hammer (1984)
    The New Mike Hammer
  • Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987)
    Convicted: A Mother's Story

Music Department

  • Nancy McKeon, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Charlotte Rae, and Lisa Whelchel in The Facts of Life (1979)
    The Facts of Life
  • Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, and Dana Plato in Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
    Diff'rent Strokes
  • McLean Stevenson in Hello, Larry (1979)
    Hello, Larry
  • The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
    The Carol Burnett Show

Soundtrack

  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • (uncredited)
  • Marlon Wayans in Sextuplets (2019)
    Sextuplets
  • Jimmy Fallon in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
    • (uncredited)
  • Le Van (2017)
    Le Van
  • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs (2013)
    The Goldbergs
    • (uncredited)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
  • Doug Walker in Nostalgia Critic (2007)
    Nostalgia Critic
    • (uncredited)
  • Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    The Big Bang Theory
    • (uncredited)
  • Formula 1: BBC Sport (2009)
    Formula 1: BBC Sport
    • (uncredited)
  • Jeanette Brox, Shelly Cole, Matt Keeslar, Sophia Myles, and Max Minghella in Art School Confidential (2006)
    Art School Confidential
  • Dave Chappelle and Joe Passaro in Chappelle's Show (2003)
    Chappelle's Show
  • John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes in Scrubs (2001)
    Scrubs
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
    The Wonderful World of Disney
    • ("The Facts of Life theme song")
  • Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)
    Freaks and Geeks
    • (uncredited)
  • Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)
    Married... with Children

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    • December 10, 1946
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • René LaglerDecember 20, 1994 - present
    • Brennan Thicke
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    Has been a co-host of the annual Telemiracle telethons in Saskatchewan, Canada since the early 1980s.
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    Mother, with Alan Thicke, of sons Brennan Thicke and Robin Thicke.

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