Wynne Gibson

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

July 3, 1905

died

May 15, 1987

place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

also known as

Winifred Elaine "Wynne" Gibson · Winifred Elaine Gibson

total credits

44 movies

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

Filmography

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If I Had a Million
6.6

If I Had a Million

1932as Violet Smith (uncredited)
The Falcon Strikes Back
5.6

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943as Geraldine H. Lipton
The Crime of the Century
6.7

The Crime of the Century

1933as Mrs. Frieda Brandt
The Road to Reno
4.0

The Road to Reno

1931as Mrs. It-Ritch
City Streets
6.3

City Streets

1931as Agnes
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
7.3

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934
The Stolen Jools
5.6

The Stolen Jools

1931as Reporter
Cafe Hostess
5.4

Cafe Hostess

1940as Annie
Emergency Call
6.3

Emergency Call

1933as Mabel Weenie
Her Bodyguard
6.7

Her Bodyguard

1933as Margot Brienne
Lady and Gent
5.8

Lady and Gent

1932as Puff Rogers
Gangs of New York
5.3

Gangs of New York

1938as Orchid
Double Cross
5.1

Double Cross

1941as Fay Saunders
Night After Night
6.3

Night After Night

1932as Iris Dawn
Man of the World
6.2

Man of the World

1931as Irene Harper
Admirals All
8.0

Admirals All

1935as Gloria Gunn
The Crouching Beast
9.0

The Crouching Beast

1935as Gail Dunbar
The Crosby Case
5.0

The Crosby Case

1934as Lynn Ashton
Trapped by G-Men
7.0

Trapped by G-Men

1937as Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan
A Man's World
7.0

A Man's World

1942as Blossom Donovan
The Devil Is Driving
5.3

The Devil Is Driving

1932as 'Silver'
Sleepers East
7.0

Sleepers East

1934as Lena Karelson
Miracle on Main Street
5.4

Miracle on Main Street

1939as Sade Blake
Mystery Broadcast
6.7

Mystery Broadcast

1943as Eve Stanley
Nothing but the Truth
5.3

Nothing but the Truth

1929as Sabel Jackson
I Give My Love
7.5

I Give My Love

1934as Judy Blair
Ladies of the Big House
6.0

Ladies of the Big House

1931as Susie Thompson
Flirting with Fate
7.7

Flirting with Fate

1938as Bertha
The Fall Guy
6.3

The Fall Guy

1930as Lottie Quinlan
Racketeers in Exile
7.5

Racketeers in Exile

1937as 'Babe' DeVoe
The Captain Hates the Sea
6.4

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934as Mrs. Jeddock
Kick In
7.5

Kick In

1931as Myrtle Sylvester
June Moon
8.0

June Moon

1931as Lucille Sears
Michael O'Halloran
9.0

Michael O'Halloran

1937as Grace Mintum
My Son Is Guilty
7.5

My Son Is Guilty

1939as Claire Morelli
Forgotten Girls
5.6

Forgotten Girls

1940as Frances Wingate
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
6.5

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

1932as Clara Deane
Two Kinds of Women
6.3

Two Kinds of Women

1932as Phyllis Adrian
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
7.8

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933as Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
Children of Pleasure
5.5

Children of Pleasure

1930as Emma Gray
The Gang Buster
6.2

The Gang Buster

1931as Zella Cameron
Come Closer, Folks
9.0

Come Closer, Folks

1936as Mae
Gambling
6.5

Gambling

1934as Maizie Fuller
Sympathy
4.0

Sympathy

1929as Trixie