Wynne Gibson

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.

Known For

Studio One

If I Had a Million

Her Bodyguard

The Falcon Strikes Back

The Stolen Jools

The Crime of the Century

Emergency Call

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

All Movies (44)

• Mystery Broadcast1943 · as Eve Stanley
• The Falcon Strikes Back1943 · as Geraldine H. Lipton
• A Man's World1942 · as Blossom Donovan
• Double Cross1941 · as Fay Saunders
• Forgotten Girls1940 · as Frances Wingate
• Cafe Hostess1940 · as Annie
• My Son Is Guilty1939 · as Claire Morelli
• Miracle on Main Street1939 · as Sade Blake
• Flirting with Fate1938 · as Bertha
• Gangs of New York1938 · as Orchid
• Trapped by G-Men1937 · as Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan
• Michael O'Halloran1937 · as Grace Mintum
• Racketeers in Exile1937 · as 'Babe' DeVoe
• Come Closer, Folks1936 · as Mae
• The Crouching Beast1935 · as Gail Dunbar
• Admirals All1935 · as Gloria Gunn
• Gambling1934 · as Maizie Fuller
• The Captain Hates the Sea1934 · as Mrs. Jeddock
• I Give My Love1934 · as Judy Blair
• The Crosby Case1934 · as Lynn Ashton
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-11934
• Sleepers East1934 · as Lena Karelson
• Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men1933 · as Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
• Her Bodyguard1933 · as Margot Brienne
• Emergency Call1933 · as Mabel Weenie
• The Crime of the Century1933 · as Mrs. Frieda Brandt
• The Devil Is Driving1932 · as 'Silver'
• If I Had a Million1932 · as Violet Smith (uncredited)
• Night After Night1932 · as Iris Dawn
• Lady and Gent1932 · as Puff Rogers
• The Strange Case of Clara Deane1932 · as Clara Deane
• Two Kinds of Women1932 · as Phyllis Adrian
• Ladies of the Big House1931 · as Susie Thompson
• The Road to Reno1931 · as Mrs. It-Ritch
• Kick In1931 · as Myrtle Sylvester
• City Streets1931 · as Agnes
• The Stolen Jools1931 · as Reporter
• Man of the World1931 · as Irene Harper
• June Moon1931 · as Lucille Sears
• The Gang Buster1931 · as Zella Cameron
• The Fall Guy1930 · as Lottie Quinlan
• Children of Pleasure1930 · as Emma Gray
• Sympathy1929 · as Trixie
• Nothing but the Truth1929 · as Sabel Jackson

All TV Shows (2)

• Producers' Showcase1954
• Studio One1948 · as Hotcha - conspirator