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Gloria Gaynor

Highest Rated: 100% Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive (2023)

Lowest Rated: 8% Gray Matters (2006)

Birthday: Sep 7, 1949

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Though R&B singer Gloria Gaynor enjoyed only a handful of hit singles at the height of the disco era, she stood apart from countless other successful artists by virtue of having recorded a genuine anthem - the soaring "I Will Survive" - which remained a battle cry for empowerment in all forms for the next three decades. Gaynor rose to fame in 1975 with the melancholy disco hit "Never Can Say Goodbye," but would not find true stardom until 1979, when "I Will Survive" topped the Billboard Hot 100. Widely embraced by a variety of listeners, from dance fans to the women's and gay pride movements, the song would become Gaynor's most enduring hit, as well as her last significant single; the backlash against disco would unmoor her career, which turned her briefly to Christian music before Gaynor returned to the dance fold. Countless cover versions and tireless radio airplay, along with Gaynor's willingness to perform the tune on any number of television series, talk shows and in live performance, kept the song's legacy alive, and in doing so, cemented Gaynor's status as one of disco's longest-reigning queens.

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Highest rated movies

100% 95% Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
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8% 45% Gray Matters
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80% Disco: Spinning the Story
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 95% Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive Self,
Executive Producer
- 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thursday Night Club Dr. Poitier (Character) - 2022
8% 45% Gray Matters Self $59.6K 2006
No Score Yet 80% Disco: Spinning the Story Unknown (Character) - 2005

TV

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No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doctors Music Performer,
Guest
2014 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry Music Performer 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Music Performer 2009
61% 78% Ally McBeal Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 82% That '70s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wayans Bros. Unknown (Guest Star) 1997