
Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born July 3, 1905
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.
Producers' Showcase
1954
TVStudio One
1948
as Hotcha - conspirator
MovieMystery Broadcast
1943
as Eve Stanley
MovieThe Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Geraldine H. Lipton
MovieA Man's World
1942
as Blossom Donovan
MovieDouble Cross
1941
as Fay Saunders
MovieForgotten Girls
1940
as Frances Wingate
MovieCafe Hostess
1940
as Annie
MovieMy Son Is Guilty
1939
as Claire Morelli
MovieMiracle on Main Street
1939
as Sade Blake
MovieFlirting with Fate
1938
as Bertha
MovieGangs of New York
1938
as Orchid
MovieTrapped by G-Men
1937
as Alice Segar, posing as Mrs. Donovan
MovieMichael O'Halloran
1937
as Grace Mintum
MovieRacketeers in Exile
1937
as 'Babe' DeVoe
MovieCome Closer, Folks
1936
as Mae
MovieThe Crouching Beast
1935
as Gail Dunbar
MovieAdmirals All
1935
as Gloria Gunn
MovieGambling
1934
as Maizie Fuller
MovieThe Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Mrs. Jeddock
MovieI Give My Love
1934
as Judy Blair
MovieThe Crosby Case
1934
as Lynn Ashton
MovieHollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
MovieSleepers East
1934
as Lena Karelson
MovieAggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
as Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
MovieHer Bodyguard
1933
as Margot Brienne
MovieEmergency Call
1933
as Mabel Weenie
MovieThe Crime of the Century
1933
as Mrs. Frieda Brandt
MovieThe Devil Is Driving
1932
as 'Silver'
MovieIf I Had a Million
1932
as Violet Smith (uncredited)
MovieNight After Night
1932
as Iris Dawn
MovieLady and Gent
1932
as Puff Rogers
MovieThe Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Clara Deane
MovieTwo Kinds of Women
1932
as Phyllis Adrian
MovieLadies of the Big House
1931
as Susie Thompson
MovieThe Road to Reno
1931
as Mrs. It-Ritch
MovieKick In
1931
as Myrtle Sylvester
MovieCity Streets
1931
as Agnes
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Reporter
MovieMan of the World
1931
as Irene Harper
MovieJune Moon
1931
as Lucille Sears
MovieThe Gang Buster
1931
as Zella Cameron
MovieThe Fall Guy
1930
as Lottie Quinlan
MovieChildren of Pleasure
1930
as Emma Gray
MovieSympathy
1929
as Trixie
MovieNothing but the Truth
1929
as Sabel Jackson