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 โ€“ 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

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Violet Smith (uncredited)

Her Bodyguard
Her Bodyguard

1933

as Margot Brienne

The Falcon Strikes Back
The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

as Geraldine H. Lipton

City Streets
City Streets

1931

as Agnes

The Road to Reno
The Road to Reno

1931

as Mrs. It-Ritch

Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York

1938

as Orchid

The Crime of the Century
The Crime of the Century

1933

as Mrs. Frieda Brandt

Emergency Call
Emergency Call

1933

as Mabel Weenie

The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools

1931

as Reporter

June Moon
June Moon

1931

as Lucille Sears

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933

as Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby

Sympathy
Sympathy

1929

as Trixie

Racketeers in Exile
Racketeers in Exile

1937

as 'Babe' DeVoe

Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess

1940

as Annie

The Devil Is Driving
The Devil Is Driving

1932

as 'Silver'

The Crosby Case
The Crosby Case

1934

as Lynn Ashton

Sleepers East
Sleepers East

1934

as Lena Karelson

The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy

1930

as Lottie Quinlan

Two Kinds of Women
Two Kinds of Women

1932

as Phyllis Adrian