Gale Storm

Gale Storm

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1922-04-05
Deathday: 2009-06-27 (87 years old)

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Biography

Josephine Owaissa Cottle, known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer who starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Six of her songs were top ten hits. Storm's greatest success was a cover version of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1955.


When Storm was 17, two of her teachers urged her to enter a contest on Gateway to Hollywood, broadcast from the CBS Radio studios in Hollywood. First prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio. She won and was immediately given the stage name Gale Storm. Her performing partner (and future husband), Lee Bonnell from South Bend, Indiana, became known as Terry Belmont. Storm had a role in the radio version of Big Town. After winning the contest in 1940, Storm made several films for the RKO Radio Pictures studio. Her first was Tom Brown's School Days, playing opposite Jimmy Lydon and Freddie Bartholomew. She worked steadily in low-budget films released during this period. In 1941, she sang in several soundies, three-minute musicals produced for "movie jukeboxes".


She acted and sang in Monogram Pictures' Frankie Darro series, and played ingénue roles in other Monogram features with the East Side Kids, Edgar Kennedy, and the Three Stooges, most notably in the film Swing Parade of 1946. Monogram had always relied on established actors with reputations, but in Gale Storm, the studio finally had a star of its own. She played the lead in the studio's most elaborate productions, both musical and dramatic. She shared top billing in Monogram's Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher, opposite Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell, and Frank Graham in the role of Jones, a character derived from network radio.


Storm starred in a number of films, including the romantic comedies G.I. Honeymoon and It Happened on Fifth Avenue, the Western Stampede, and the 1950 film-noir dramas The Underworld Story and Between Midnight and Dawn. U.S. audiences warmed to Storm and her fan mail increased. She performed in more than three dozen motion pictures for Monogram, experience which made possible her success in other media.


In the 1950s, she made singing appearances on such television variety programs as The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.


In 1950, Storm made her television debut in Hollywood Premiere Theatre on ABC. From 1952 to 1955, she starred in My Little Margie, with former silent film actor Charles Farrell as her father. The series began as a summer replacement for I Love Lucy on CBS, but ran for 126 episodes on NBC and then CBS. The series was broadcast on CBS Radio from December 1952 to August 1955 with the same actors. Her popularity was capitalized on when she served as hostess of the NBC Comedy Hour in the winter of 1956. That year, she starred in another situation comedy, The Gale Storm Show (Oh! Susanna), featuring another silent movie star, ZaSu Pitts. The show ran for 143 episodes on CBS and ABC between 1956 and 1960. Storm appeared regularly on other television programs in the 1950s and 1960s. She was both a panelist and a "mystery guest" on CBS's What's My Line?

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Filmography

all 63

Movies 45

TV Shows 18

self 11

Maisie Mayberry
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

TV
7
Gale Storm / Rose Kennycott
The Love Boat

The Love Boat (1977)

TV
6.85
Honey Feather Leeps / Dr. Nonnie Harper
Burke's Law

Burke's Law (1963)

TV
6
Self
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

TV
Susanna Pomeroy
The Gale Storm Show

The Gale Storm Show (1956)

TV
Self - Host
The NBC Comedy Hour

The NBC Comedy Hour (1956)

TV
Celebrity Playhouse

Celebrity Playhouse (1955)

TV
Self
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)

TV
5.98
Herself
How to Go Places

How to Go Places (1954)

Movie
Hope Foster
The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)

TV
Self
This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life (1952)

TV
Cathy Nordlund
Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country (1952)

Movie
Margie Albright / Margie / Cathy
My Little Margie

My Little Margie (1952)

TV
Virginia Sutton
Rim of the Wheel

Rim of the Wheel (1951)

Movie
Helen Fenton
The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers (1951)

Movie
Margo St. Claire
Al Jennings of Oklahoma

Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)

Movie
Jo
The Bigelow Theatre

The Bigelow Theatre (1950)

TV
Katharine 'Kate' Mallory
Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

Movie
6
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)

TV
Cathy Harris
The Underworld Story

The Underworld Story (1950)

Movie
Julie Martin
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)

Movie
Self
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show (1950)

TV
Irene Kain
The Kid from Texas

The Kid from Texas (1950)

Movie
Self - Panelist / Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?

What's My Line? (1950)

TV
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV
Paula Considine
Abandoned

Abandoned (1949)

Movie
Connie Dawson
Stampede

Stampede (1949)

Movie
Voice on Tape Recorder
Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Movie
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Liza Crockett
The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West (1948)

Movie
Trudy O'Connor
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Movie
Carol Lawrence
Swing Parade of 1946

Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)

Movie
Sue Casey
Sunbonnet Sue

Sunbonnet Sue (1945)

Movie
Ann Gordon
G.I. Honeymoon

G.I. Honeymoon (1945)

Movie
Joan Randall
Forever Yours

Forever Yours (1945)

Movie
Actress
I'm a Shy Guy

I'm a Shy Guy (1943)

Movie
Actress
Glamour Girl

Glamour Girl (1943)

Movie
Judy Lawson
Where Are Your Children?

Where Are Your Children? (1943)

Movie
Joan Abbott, aka Susie Smith
Campus Rhythm

Campus Rhythm (1943)

Movie
Jane 'Janie' Stanton
Nearly Eighteen

Nearly Eighteen (1943)

Movie
Jennifer Rand
Revenge of the Zombies

Revenge of the Zombies (1943)

Movie
3.67
Susan Fleming
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943)

Movie
Sally Benson
Rhythm Parade

Rhythm Parade (1942)

Movie
Mitzi Mayo
Foreign Agent

Foreign Agent (1942)

Movie
Ruth Stevens
Smart Alecks

Smart Alecks (1942)

Movie
Maui
Lure of the Islands

Lure of the Islands (1942)

Movie
Actress
He Plays Gin Rummy

He Plays Gin Rummy (1942)

Movie
Judy Evans
Man from Cheyenne

Man from Cheyenne (1942)

Movie
Jane Potter
Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Comes Home (1942)

Movie
Actress
The Merry-Go-Roundup

The Merry-Go-Roundup (1941)

Movie
Kay Sutherland
Red River Valley

Red River Valley (1941)

Movie
Clare Day
Uncle Joe

Uncle Joe (1941)

Movie
Jane Fillmore, 'St. Louis Journal' Reporter
Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay (1941)

Movie
Midge Lawrence
Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate (1941)

Movie
Lillian Harding
Gambling Daughters

Gambling Daughters (1941)

Movie
Actress
Let's Get Away from It All

Let's Get Away from It All (1941)

Movie
Susan Langley
Saddlemates

Saddlemates (1941)

Movie
Actress
Penthouse Serenade

Penthouse Serenade (1941)

Movie
Mary Phillips
City of Missing Girls

City of Missing Girls (1941)

Movie
Actress
I Know Somebody Who Loves You

I Know Somebody Who Loves You (1941)

Movie
Annie Mathews
One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night (1940)

Movie
Effie
Tom Brown's School Days

Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.12
Based on 70.9 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1940
1942
1948
1943
1984
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1922-04-05

Deathday
2009-06-27 (87 years old)

Birth Name
Josephine Owaissa Cottle

Birth Place
Bloomington, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Gail Storm, Josephine Owaissa Cottle

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


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