- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 7, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Newark, New York, USA
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor (née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), "I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1974). Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel Fowles and Queenie Mae Proctor. Her grandmother lived nearby and was involved in her upbringing. "There was always music in our house", Gaynor wrote in her autobiography I Will Survive. She enjoyed listening to the radio, and to records by Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. Her father played the ukulele and guitar and sang professionally in nightclubs with a group called Step 'n' Fetchit. Gloria grew up a tomboy; she had five brothers and one sister. Her brothers sang gospel and formed a quartet with a friend. Gaynor was not allowed to sing with the all-male group, nor was her young…
Filmography
movieDisco Never Dies! - Musikladen-Hits für die Ewigkeit
2026 · Self (archive)
movieGloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
2024 · Self, Producer
movieThe Thursday Night Club
2022 · Dr. Poitier
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
tvThe Masked Singer
2019 · Mermaid, Mermaid (archive footage)
tvCachitos de hierro y cromo
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Secret Disco Revolution
2012 · Self
tvX-Factor
2010 · Self - Guest
movieBest of Disco Star Parade 70-80
2007 · self
movieSoul Divas
2007 · Self
The A-List
tvThe A-List
2007 · Self
movieNY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2007 · Self
movieDisco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 · Self
movieGray Matters
2007 · Self
movieThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1979
2007 · Self
tvEl hormiguero
2006 · Self - Guest
tvI Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006 · Self
movieDisco: Spinning The Story
2005 · self
movieCelia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
2004 · Self
movieMichael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001 · Self
Starnacht am Wörthersee
tvStarnacht am Wörthersee
2000 · Self
Where Are They Now?
tvWhere Are They Now?
1999 · Self
tvCiao Darwin
1998 · Ospite Musicale
Die Lotto-Show
tvDie Lotto-Show
1998 · Self
tvThat '70s Show
1998 · Mrs. Clark
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieOld Songs About the Main Thing 3
1998 · Cameo
tvAlly McBeal
1997 · Gloria Gaynor
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
tvOld Songs about the Main Thing
1995 · камео
tvThe Wayans Bros.
1995 · Gloria Gaynor
movieRhythm Divine: The Story of Disco
1992 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Musical Guest
Musik liegt in der Luft
tvMusik liegt in der Luft
1991 · Self - Singer
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986 · Self
Goldene Kamera
tvGoldene Kamera
1984 · Self
tvWogan
1982 · Self
Na sowas!
tvNa sowas!
1982 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvDe TV Show
1981 · Self
Telezirkus
tvTelezirkus
1981 · Self
movieThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979
1979 · Self
Système 2
tvSystème 2
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvRock Concert
1973 · Self
tvMusikladen
1972 · Self
tvDisco
1971 · Self
tvStarparade
1968 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self