Ms. Dea was the first magician on what became known as the Las Vegas strip. She later had a brief career as a Hollywood starlet.
In 1941, Ms. Dea was 19 when she appeared onstage at, the first Las Vegas hotel and casino on a mostly desolate stretch of road now lined with towering spectacles of gambling and entertainment, including Caesars Palace and the Bellagio.
Decades later, she recounted her first performance with a tinge of nostalgia for a time when Las Vegas performances were intimate and lacking in pyrotechnics, lions or acrobats.the Review-Journal. “You had the audience seated, then floor-to-ceiling glass in the back, and on the other side of that was the swimming pool.”
Then, in 2020, Ms. Dea was rediscovered in a remarkable bit of happenstance. AnnaRose Einarsen, a magician and hypnotist, tried on a skirt at a Las Vegas vintage clothing store. The shop’s owner told Einarsen it once belonged to a magician who became an actress.with Connie Boyd, host of a YouTube channel about women in magic.
Gloria Metzner was born in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 25, 1922. Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a wallpaper and paint salesman who also performed magic as “The Great Leo.”
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