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.
Acted in 45
1940s
- 1948
- 1943
Mystery Broadcast
Eve Stanley
The Falcon Strikes Back
Geraldine H. Lipton
- 1942
A Man's World
Blossom Donovan
- 1941
- 1940
Forgotten Girls
Frances Wingate
Cafe Hostess
Annie
1930s
- 1939
My Son Is Guilty
Claire Morelli
Miracle on Main Street
Sade Blake
- 1938
Flirting with Fate
Bertha
Gangs of New York
Orchid
- 1937
Trapped by G-Men
Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan
Michael O'Halloran
Grace Mintum
Racketeers in Exile
'Babe' DeVoe
- 1936
Come Closer, Folks
Mae
- 1935
The Crouching Beast
Gail Dunbar
Admirals All
Gloria Gunn
- 1934
Gambling
Maizie Fuller
The Captain Hates the Sea
Mrs. Jeddock
I Give My Love
Judy Blair
The Crosby Case
Lynn Ashton
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Movie
Sleepers East
Lena Karelson
- 1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
Her Bodyguard
Margot Brienne
Emergency Call
Mabel Weenie
The Crime of the Century
Mrs. Frieda Brandt
- 1932
The Devil Is Driving
'Silver'
Night After Night
Iris Dawn
Lady and Gent
Puff Rogers
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Clara Deane
Two Kinds of Women
Phyllis Adrian
- 1931
Ladies of the Big House
Susie Thompson
The Road to Reno
Mrs. It-Ritch
Kick In
Myrtle Sylvester
City Streets
Agnes
The Stolen Jools
Reporter
Man of the World
Irene Harper
June Moon
Lucille Sears
The Gang Buster
Zella Cameron
- 1930
The Fall Guy
Lottie Quinlan
Children of Pleasure
Emma Gray
1920s
- 1929
Sympathy
Trixie
Nothing but the Truth
Sabel Jackson