Gloria Loring, born Gloria Jean Goff on December 10, 1946, in New York City, is an American singer and actress. She began her music career at the age of 14, singing with a folk group called Those Four.

Her first album, titled "Today," was released in 1968 on MGM Records. She went on to perform on a wide range of television shows in the late 1960s and 1970s, including "The Carol Burnett Show" and the Academy Awards ceremony.

In 1977, she released the single "Brooklyn" under the alias Cody Jameson, which became her first chart single, reaching No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also composed the theme songs for "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" with her then-husband Alan Thicke.

Her career took a significant turn when she joined the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" in 1980, playing the role of Liz Chandler for six years.

Gloria Loring is perhaps best known for her duet with singer-actor Carl Anderson, "Friends and Lovers," which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986. Her personal life has been marked by her dedication to raising awareness and funds for diabetes research, inspired by her son Brennan's diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes in 1979.

She self-published two volumes of the "Days of Our Lives Celebrity Cookbook" to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, raising over $1 million.

Gloria Loring has authored several books, including "Kids, Food and Diabetes," "Parenting a Child with Diabetes," and "Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Moving Past the Fear." She has been honored with the Lifetime Commitment Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the 1999 Woman of Achievement Award from the Miss America Organization.