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.

Most Known For

Studio One

as Hotcha - conspirator

June Moon

as Lucille Sears

Her Bodyguard

as Margot Brienne

Producers' Showcase

Double Cross

as Fay Saunders

Gambling

as Maizie Fuller

Forgotten Girls

as Frances Wingate

Admirals All

as Gloria Gunn

Lady and Gent

as Puff Rogers

The Stolen Jools

as Reporter

If I Had a Million

as Violet Smith (uncredited)

Night After Night

as Iris Dawn

Sympathy

as Trixie

City Streets

as Agnes

The Crime of the Century

as Mrs. Frieda Brandt

The Captain Hates the Sea

as Mrs. Jeddock

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Geraldine H. Lipton

Children of Pleasure

as Emma Gray

Emergency Call

as Mabel Weenie

Sleepers East

as Lena Karelson