Gloria - Definition and Overview

Gloria can refer to (among other things):

• Short for Gloria in Excelsis Deo, the main doxology of the Roman Catholic Mass.

• The 1980 John Cassavetes movie or its 1999 Sidney Lumet remake.

• The first name of the character Gloria Stivic, played by Sally Struthers on the 1970s situation comedy All in the Family (or the name of the brief-running 1982-1983 spinoff sitcom featuring that character, also called Gloria).

• Gloria Dinallo was the character played by a young Courteney Cox in the fantasy television series, The Misfits of Science.

• The 1982 Gloria dance single by Laura Branigan.

• The name of an H game.

• A character in the anime Scrapped Princess.

• The 1985 Hurricane.