Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Elbert Rush 'Bert' and Lillian May Greer (née Harris), she had two older sisters, Vivian and Lillian.When she was three years old, her family moved to Ashland, Oregon, where her father purchased the Ashland Daily Tidings newspaper. After graduating from Ashland High School, she attended the University of Oregon where she was a member of Chi Omega.
Keen on pursuing a movie career she relocated to Los Angeles, California, in 1927 and adopted the stage name Gloria Greer. In 1928. she joined the Hal Roach Bathing Beauties,[citation needed] a group of young women who appeared in provocative bathing costumes in comedy short subjects and at promotional events. Her brief career included two speaking roles, one as Oliver Hardy's girlfriend in 1929's Men O' War and another as a honeymooner in the 1930 RKO short Moonlight and Monkey Business, directed by Mark Sandrich.
Greer married Carlos Noelle (1904-1978) in 1930. The couple intended to relocat...
