Gloria Lynne Henry
American actress
Gloria Lynne Henry is an American actress perhaps best known for the role of Rocky in the film Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead.
Henry was born in Detroit, Michigan and her first experience in front of the camera was when she was cast as Rocky in Don Coscarelli's Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. Henry has also had roles in The Devil's Advocate and Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer. Henry reprised her role as Rocky in the 2016 horror sequel Phantasm: Ravager.
After receiving her B.F.A. in theater arts at Wayne State University in Detroit, she helped to create a children's theater program at Detroit's Attic theater. She has also performed as lead singer in the funk, rock band Chatter, which was originally formed by her cousin Brian Hardgroove, the bass guitarist of the rap group Public Enemy.
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