Wynne Gibson

Wynne Gibson

7/3/1905 – 5/15/1987New 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 (46 titles)

6.8Show

Producers' Showcase

1954

Studio One5.4Show

Studio One

Hotcha - conspirator · 1948

Mystery Broadcast6.7Movie

Mystery Broadcast

Eve Stanley · 1943

The Falcon Strikes Back5.6Movie

The Falcon Strikes Back

Geraldine H. Lipton · 1943

A Man's World7.0Movie

A Man's World

Blossom Donovan · 1942

Double Cross5.1Movie

Double Cross

Fay Saunders · 1941

Forgotten Girls5.6Movie

Forgotten Girls

Frances Wingate · 1940

Cafe Hostess5.4Movie

Cafe Hostess

Annie · 1940

My Son Is Guilty7.5Movie

My Son Is Guilty

Claire Morelli · 1939

Miracle on Main Street5.4Movie

Miracle on Main Street

Sade Blake · 1939

Flirting with Fate7.7Movie

Flirting with Fate

Bertha · 1938

Gangs of New York5.3Movie

Gangs of New York

Orchid · 1938

Trapped by G-Men7.0Movie

Trapped by G-Men

Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan · 1937

Michael O'Halloran9.0Movie

Michael O'Halloran

Grace Mintum · 1937

Racketeers in Exile7.5Movie

Racketeers in Exile

'Babe' DeVoe · 1937

Come Closer, Folks9.0Movie

Come Closer, Folks

Mae · 1936

The Crouching Beast9.0Movie

The Crouching Beast

Gail Dunbar · 1935

Admirals All8.0Movie

Admirals All

Gloria Gunn · 1935

Gambling6.5Movie

Gambling

Maizie Fuller · 1934

The Captain Hates the Sea6.4Movie

The Captain Hates the Sea

Mrs. Jeddock · 1934

I Give My Love7.5Movie

I Give My Love

Judy Blair · 1934

The Crosby Case5.0Movie

The Crosby Case

Lynn Ashton · 1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-17.3Movie

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934

Sleepers East7.0Movie

Sleepers East

Lena Karelson · 1934

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men7.8Movie

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby · 1933

Her Bodyguard6.7Movie

Her Bodyguard

Margot Brienne · 1933

Emergency Call6.3Movie

Emergency Call

Mabel Weenie · 1933

The Crime of the Century6.7Movie

The Crime of the Century

Mrs. Frieda Brandt · 1933

The Devil Is Driving5.3Movie

The Devil Is Driving

'Silver' · 1932

If I Had a Million6.6Movie

If I Had a Million

Violet Smith (uncredited) · 1932