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Gale Storm
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Actor Born: April 5, 1922 in Bloomington, TX Death: June 27, 2009 Biography:While still a high schooler in her Texas home town, Josephine Cottle won a "Gateway to Hollywood" contest sponsored by film producer "Jesse Lasky". Cottle was rechristened "Gale Storm" at the suggestion of a movie-magazine fan, and was promptly cast in 1940's "Tom Brown's School Days". A brief RKO contract led nowhere, and soon "Gale Storm" was the sweetheart of Monogram Pictures, starring in several of that low-budget studio's musical "specials." Towards the end of the 1940s, Gale appeared in a number of Republic westerns opposite "Roy Rogers". When actress "Wanda Hendrix" turned down the opportunity to star in the upcoming TV sitcom "My Little Margie" in 1951, Gale Storm jumped at the chance; like Hendrix, Gale didn't think much of the project at first, but was convinced that it could only get better. Whether or not "My Little Margie" ever truly evinced signs of improvement is a moot point: Storm... Full Biography
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