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Wynne Gibson

Wynne Gibson

Born: 1905-07-03 • New York City, New York, USA

Winifred Elaine "Wynne" Gibson (July 3, 1898 – May 15, 1987) was an American actress who was most active during the 1930s. She was born in New York City to efficiency expert Frank W. Gibson and authorized Christian Science healer Elaine Coffin Gibson. She began her acting career on stage, performing in the Ritz Girls show and as a member of Frederick Santley's Melody Maids and Ray Raymond's Melody Charmers. Gibson's first film credit was in Paramount's talkie Nothing But the Truth (1929). She went on to appear in approximately fifty films between 1929 and 1956, many of them B movies.

Gibson had a brief marriage to a stage manager. After that, she married actor John Gallaudet in 1927. They divorced in 1930. She became a long-time 'companion' of actress Beverly Roberts, with whom she starred alongside in the MGM comedy Flirting with Fate (1938). They shared homes together on both coasts until Gibson's death in 1987 of a cerebral thrombosis in Laguna Niguel, California at age 88.

Filmography
Mystery Broadcast poster
Mystery Broadcast
1943 • Eve Stanley
The Falcon Strikes Back poster
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943 • Geraldine H. Lipton
A Man's World poster
A Man's World
1942 • Blossom Donovan
Double Cross poster
Double Cross
1941 • Fay Saunders
Forgotten Girls poster
Forgotten Girls
1940 • Frances Wingate
Cafe Hostess poster
Cafe Hostess
1940 • Annie
My Son Is Guilty poster
My Son Is Guilty
1939 • Claire Morelli
Miracle on Main Street poster
Miracle on Main Street
1939 • Sade Blake
Flirting with Fate poster
Flirting with Fate
1938 • Bertha
Gangs of New York poster
Gangs of New York
1938 • Orchid
Trapped by G-Men poster
Trapped by G-Men
1937 • Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan
Michael O'Halloran poster
Michael O'Halloran
1937 • Grace Mintum
Racketeers in Exile poster
Racketeers in Exile
1937 • 'Babe' DeVoe
Come Closer, Folks poster
Come Closer, Folks
1936 • Mae
The Crouching Beast poster
The Crouching Beast
1935 • Gail Dunbar
Admirals All poster
Admirals All
1935 • Gloria Gunn
Gambling poster
Gambling
1934 • Maizie Fuller
The Captain Hates the Sea poster
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 • Mrs. Jeddock
I Give My Love poster
I Give My Love
1934 • Judy Blair
The Crosby Case poster
The Crosby Case
1934 • Lynn Ashton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 poster
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Sleepers East poster
Sleepers East
1934 • Lena Karelson
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men poster
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933 • Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
Her Bodyguard poster
Her Bodyguard
1933 • Margot Brienne
Emergency Call poster
Emergency Call
1933 • Mabel Weenie
The Crime of the Century poster
The Crime of the Century
1933 • Mrs. Frieda Brandt
The Devil Is Driving poster
The Devil Is Driving
1932 • 'Silver'
If I Had a Million poster
If I Had a Million
1932 • Violet Smith (uncredited)
Night After Night poster
Night After Night
1932 • Iris Dawn
Lady and Gent poster
Lady and Gent
1932 • Puff Rogers
The Strange Case of Clara Deane poster
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932 • Clara Deane
Two Kinds of Women poster
Two Kinds of Women
1932 • Phyllis Adrian
Ladies of the Big House poster
Ladies of the Big House
1931 • Susie Thompson
The Road to Reno poster
The Road to Reno
1931 • Mrs. It-Ritch
Kick In poster
Kick In
1931 • Myrtle Sylvester
City Streets poster
City Streets
1931 • Agnes
The Stolen Jools poster
The Stolen Jools
1931 • Reporter
Man of the World poster
Man of the World
1931 • Irene Harper
June Moon poster
June Moon
1931 • Lucille Sears
The Gang Buster poster
The Gang Buster
1931 • Zella Cameron
The Fall Guy poster
The Fall Guy
1930 • Lottie Quinlan
Children of Pleasure poster
Children of Pleasure
1930 • Emma Gray
Sympathy poster
Sympathy
1929 • Trixie
Nothing but the Truth poster
Nothing but the Truth
1929 • Sabel Jackson