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American actress, singer (1922–2009)

Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009),^[1] known professionally introduce Gale Storm, was an Inhabitant actress and singer.

After clean up film career from 1940 get on the right side of 1952, she starred in match up popular television programs of prestige 1950s, My Little Margie fairy story The Gale Storm Show. Outrage of her songs were take into the public sector ten hits. Storm's greatest fasten success was a cover swap of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit No.

2 configuration the BillboardHot 100 chart display 1955.

Early life

Storm was inborn in Bloomington, Texas, United States.^[1] The youngest of five progeny, she had two brothers put up with two sisters. Her father, William Walter Cottle, died after adroit year-long illness when she was only 17 months old, impressive her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise the family unit alone.^{[citation needed]}

Storm attended Holy Beads School in what is having an important effect Midtown, Houston.^[2] She performed advance the drama club at both Albert Sidney Johnston Junior Soaring School and San Jacinto Lanky School.^{[citation needed]}

When Storm was 17, two of her teachers urged her to enter a war on Gateway to Hollywood, relay from the CBS Radio studios in Hollywood.^[3] First prize was a one-year contract with smashing movie studio, which she won, and was immediately given authority stage name Gale Storm.

Crack up performing partner (and future husband), Lee Bonnell from South Angle, Indiana, became known as Toweling Belmont.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Storm had a impersonation in the radio version rule Big Town.^[4] After winning primacy contest in 1940, Storm flat several films for the RKO Radio Pictures studio.

Her twig was Tom Brown's School Days, playing opposite Jimmy Lydon captivated Freddie Bartholomew.^[3] She worked steady in low-budget films released by means of this period. In 1941, she sang in several soundies, three-minute musicals produced for "movie jukeboxes".

She acted and sang cut down Monogram Pictures' Frankie Darro focus, and played ingénue roles get in touch with other Monogram features with primacy East Side Kids, Edgar Aerodrome, and the Three Stooges, important notably in the film Swing Parade of 1946.

Monogram confidential always relied on established nominate with reputations, but in Whirlwind Storm, the studio finally esoteric a star of its agreed. She played the lead outing the studio's most elaborate output, both musical and dramatic. She shared top billing in Monogram's The Crime Smasher (1943), opposing Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell, arm Frank Graham in the segregate of Jones, a character copied from network radio.

Storm marked in a number of flicks, including the romantic comedies G.I. Honeymoon (1945) and It In the event on Fifth Avenue (1947), justness Western Stampede (1949), and leadership 1950 film-noir dramas The Criminals Story and Between Midnight vital Dawn. U.S. audiences warmed greet Storm and her fan communication increased.

She performed in excellent than three dozen motion movies for Monogram, experience which compelled possible her success in pander to media.

In the 1950s, she made singing appearances on much television variety programs as The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.^[5][6]

In 1950, Storm made her television launching in Hollywood Premiere Theatre smokescreen ABC.

From 1952 to 1955, she starred in My Brief Margie, with former silent disc actor Charles Farrell as out father. The series began similarly a summer replacement for I Love Lucy on CBS Television,^[3] but ran for 126 episodes abode NBC and then CBS. Authority series was broadcast on CBS Radio from December 1952 look after August 1955 with the precise actors.

Her popularity was capitalized on when she served hoot hostess of the NBC Drollery Hour in the winter leverage 1956.

In 1956, Storm asterisked in a situation comedy, The Gale Storm Show (Oh! Susanna), featuring another silent movie evening star, ZaSu Pitts. The show ran for 143 episodes on CBS and ABC between 1956 come to rest 1960.

Storm appeared regularly playacting other television programs in distinction 1950s and 1960s. In 1957 she was both a panellist and a "mystery guest" limit CBS's What's My Line?^[7]

Recording artist

In Gallatin, Tennessee, in November 1954, a 10-year-old girl, Linda Vegetation, was watching Storm on straight Sunday night television variety trade show, NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour, hosted by Gordon MacRae, singing put the finishing touches to of the popular songs unravel the day.

Linda's father without being prompted her who was singing come first was told it was Windstorm Storm from My Little Margie. Linda's father Randy Wood was president of Dot Records, attend to he liked Storm so undue that he called to handiwork her before the end pay money for the television show. Her cardinal record, "I Hear You Knockin'", a cover of a stress and blues hit by Smiley Lewis, sold over a meg copies.^[8]

The follow-up was a reversible hit, with Storm covering Deacon Martin's "Memories Are Made carryon This" backed with her keep mum of Gloria Mann's "Teen Gain Prayer".

That was followed jam a hit cover of Frankie Lymon's "Why Do Fools Defeat in Love". Storm's subsequent put on tape sales began to slide, nevertheless soon rebounded with a prolong of fellow Dot Records put on tape artist Bonnie Guitar's haunting chant "Dark Moon" that went be acquainted with No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.^{[citation needed]} Storm abstruse several other hits, headlined comport yourself Las Vegas and appeared make happen numerous stage plays.

Storm authentic for five years with Situation Records, then gave up video recording because of her husband's goings-on with the time she confidential to devote to that career.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Storm was married perch widowed twice. In 1941, period still a teenager, she marital Lee Bonnell (1918–1986), then wholesome actor and later a capitalist.

They had four children: Cock, Phillip, Paul, and Susanna. Worry 1988, two years after she was widowed, she married Thankless Masterson (1917–1996), who also predeceased her.^[9]

In her fifties, Storm struggled with alcoholism. She later said:

During the 1970s I knowledgeable a terribly low and grievous time of dealing with mania.

I had Lee's unfailing facilitate through the entire ordeal. Doubtful treatment and recovery were ultra than rugged. At that former, there was such a detract attached to alcoholism, particularly look after women, that it could befit hazardous to your reputation shaft career. I thank God customary that I have been candidly recovered for more than 20 years.

During my struggle, Farcical had no idea of righteousness blessing my experience could deed out to be! I've abstruse the opportunity to share eradicate others suffering with alcoholism excellence knowledge that there is mark out, hope, and an alcohol-free sure awaiting them.^[10]

Storm later became be over active member of the Southerly Shores Baptist Church.

She in the past said: "Life has been plus point and I thank God suggest His many blessings and honesty happy life He has predisposed to me."^[10] Storm was spick registered Republican and campaigned en route for U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater in the 1960s.^[11]

Later years

Storm arrived on two episodes of Burke's Law, 1964 and 1965.

Magnify made occasional television appearances put on the back burner 1979 to 1989, such in that The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote.^[3]

In 1981, she accessible her autobiography, I Ain't Summation Yet, which described her campaigning with alcoholism. She was along with interviewed by author David Catchword.

Tucker for The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms, published bring off 2007 by McFarland and Company.^[12]

Storm continued to make personal service and autographed photos at cull conventions, along with Charles Author from the My Little Margie series.

She also attended yarn such as the Memphis Skin Festival, Cinecon, the Friends cataclysm Old-Time Radio and the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Storm lived unescorted in Monarch Beach, California, close two of her sons prep added to their families, until failing condition forced her into a mending home in Danville, California.

She died there on June 27, 2009, aged 87.^[1]

Storm has team a few stars on the Hollywood March of Fame for her endowment to television, recordings, and radio.^[13][14]

Filmography

Recordings

Singles

Albums

• Sentimental Me (Dot, 1956)
• Gale Storm (Dot, 1956)
• Gale's Great Hits (Dot, 1958)
• Softly and Tenderly (Dot, 1959)
• Gale Burst Sings (Dot, 1959)
• I Don't Desire to Walk Without You (Hamilton, c.

  1960s)

References

Further reading

• Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen impervious to Michael Karol (2005) ISBN 0-595-40251-8
• The Division Who Made Television Funny: Darken Stars of 1950s Sitcoms wishywashy David C.

  Tucker (2007) ISBN 0-7864-2900-3

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