Wynne Gibson

Wynne Gibson

1905-07-03 – 1987-05-15 (age 81) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Her Bodyguard
Her Bodyguard

1933

as Margot Brienne

Double Cross
Double Cross

1941

as Fay Saunders

Forgotten Girls
Forgotten Girls

1940

as Frances Wingate

June Moon
June Moon

1931

as Lucille Sears

Sympathy
Sympathy

1929

as Trixie

Admirals All
Admirals All

1935

as Gloria Gunn

The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools

1931

as Reporter

Michael O'Halloran
Michael O'Halloran

1937

as Grace Mintum

City Streets
City Streets

1931

as Agnes

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Violet Smith (uncredited)

Two Kinds of Women
Two Kinds of Women

1932

as Phyllis Adrian

A Man's World
A Man's World

1942

as Blossom Donovan

The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy

1930

as Lottie Quinlan

Emergency Call
Emergency Call

1933

as Mabel Weenie

The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea

1934

as Mrs. Jeddock

The Crime of the Century
The Crime of the Century

1933

as Mrs. Frieda Brandt

Lady and Gent
Lady and Gent

1932

as Puff Rogers

Man of the World
Man of the World

1931

as Irene Harper

Night After Night
Night After Night

1932

as Iris Dawn

The Falcon Strikes Back
The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

as Geraldine H. Lipton