Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 3, 1905
Place of Birth:
New 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.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back | Geraldine H. Lipton |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Eve Stanley |
| 1942 | A Man's World | Blossom Donovan |
| 1941 | Double Cross | Fay Saunders |
| 1940 | Forgotten Girls | Frances Wingate |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess | Annie |
| 1939 | Miracle on Main Street | Sade Blake |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty | Claire Morelli |
| 1938 | Gangs of New York | Orchid |
| 1938 | Flirting with Fate | Bertha |
| 1937 | Racketeers in Exile | 'Babe' DeVoe |
| 1937 | Trapped by G-Men | Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan |
| 1937 | Michael O'Halloran | Grace Mintum |
| 1936 | Come Closer, Folks | Mae |
| 1935 | Admirals All | Gloria Gunn |
| 1935 | The Crouching Beast | Gail Dunbar |
| 1934 | The Captain Hates the Sea | Mrs. Jeddock |
| 1934 | Gambling | Maizie Fuller |
| 1934 | Sleepers East | Lena Karelson |
| 1934 | The Crosby Case | Lynn Ashton |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | |
| 1934 | I Give My Love | Judy Blair |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century | Mrs. Frieda Brandt |
| 1933 | Emergency Call | Mabel Weenie |
| 1933 | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men | Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby |
| 1933 | Her Bodyguard | Margot Brienne |
| 1932 | Night After Night | Iris Dawn |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Violet Smith (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Clara Deane |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Puff Rogers |
| 1932 | The Devil Is Driving | 'Silver' |
| 1932 | Two Kinds of Women | Phyllis Adrian |
| 1931 | City Streets | Agnes |
| 1931 | Man of the World | Irene Harper |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House | Susie Thompson |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Reporter |
| 1931 | Kick In | Myrtle Sylvester |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno | Mrs. It-Ritch |
| 1931 | June Moon | Lucille Sears |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Zella Cameron |
| 1930 | The Fall Guy | Lottie Quinlan |
| 1930 | Children of Pleasure | Emma Gray |
| 1929 | Nothing But the Truth | Sabel Jackson |
| 1929 | Sympathy | Trixie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Hotcha - conspirator |