Born: April 5, 1922 (as Josephine Owaissa Cottle) (in Bloomington, TX)
Died: June 27, 2009
Spouse(s): Lee Bonnell (married 1941 - 1986, his death)
Paul Masterson (married 1988 - 1996, his death)
Children: Peter, Phillip, Paul, Susanna (born Nov. 12, 1956)
Parents: William Walter Cottle, Minnie Corina Cottle
Movies:
1940
One Crowded Night
Tom Brown's School Days
1941
Uncle Joe
Red River Valley
Jesse James at Bay
Let's Go Collegiate
Gambling Daughters
Saddlemates
City of Missing Girls
1942
Rhythm Parade
Foreign Agent
Smart Alecks
Lure of the Islands
Man from Cheyenne
Freckles Comes Home
1943
Where Are Your Children?
Campus Rhythm
Nearly Eighteen
Revenge of the Zombies
Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher
1945
Sunbonnet Sue
G.I. Honeymoon
Forever Yours
1946
Swing Parade of 1946
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1948
Walk a Crooked Mile (voice; uncredited)
The Dude Goes West
1949
Abandoned
Stampede
1950
Between Midnight and Dawn
The Underworld Story
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
The Kid from Texas
1951
The Texas Rangers
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1952
Woman of the North Country
Rhythm Parade
Foreign Agent
Smart Alecks
Lure of the Islands
Man from Cheyenne
Freckles Comes Home
1943
Where Are Your Children?
Campus Rhythm
Nearly Eighteen
Revenge of the Zombies
Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher
1945
Sunbonnet Sue
G.I. Honeymoon
Forever Yours
1946
Swing Parade of 1946
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1948
Walk a Crooked Mile (voice; uncredited)
The Dude Goes West
1949
Abandoned
Stampede
1950
Between Midnight and Dawn
The Underworld Story
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
The Kid from Texas
1951
The Texas Rangers
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1952
Woman of the North Country
TV Shows:
The Big Record
- Episode #1.9 (1957)
The Bigelow Theatre
- Mechanic on Duty (1951)
- The Hot Welcome (1951)
The Bob Braun Show
- Episode dated 21 February 1974 (1974)
The Bob Hope Show
- Episode #4.3 (1953)
Burke's Law
- Who Killed His Royal Highness? (1964)
- Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings? (1965)
Celebrity Bowling
- Show #103 (1975)
Celebrity Playhouse
- Mink Does Something for You (1955)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
- Episode #2.7 (1951)
- Episode #5.9 (1954)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
- Episode #2.2 (1957)
- Episode #3.12 (1958)
- Home for Christmas (1960)
Donny and Marie
- Episode #2.1 (1976)
The Ed Sullivan Show
- Episode #12.2 (1958)
The Ford Television Theatre
- Johnny, Where Are You? (1955)
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (regular 1956 - 1960)
The Garry Moore Show
- Episode #3.19 (1961)
Gypsy
- Episode dated 3 May 1967 (1967)
Here's Hollywood
- Episode #1.23 (1960)
Hollywood Theatre Time (regular? 1950 - 1951)
Hour Magazine
- Episode dated 5 November 1986 (1986)
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
- Episode #5.202 (1962)
The Love Boat
- Trial Romance/Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman (1979)
- Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987)
The Mike Douglas Show
- Episode #11.4 (1971)
The Movie Game
- Episode dated 23 April 1970 (1970)
Murder, She Wrote
- Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (1989)
My Little Margie (regular 1952 - 1955)
The NBC Comedy Hour
- Episode #1.4 (1956)
- Episode #1.5 (1956)
- Episode #1.6 (1956)
- Episode #1.7 (1956)
- Episode #1.8 (1956)
- Episode #1.9 (1956)
- Episode #1.10 (1956)
- Episode #1.11 (1956)
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom
- Episode #1.37 (1958)
Robert Montgomery Presents
- Tomorrow Is Forever (1955)
Shower of Stars
- Cloak and Dagger (1957)
Texaco Star Theatre
- Episode #8.4 (1955)
This Is Your Life
- Gale Storm
- Jesse L. Lasky (1957)
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
- Episode dated 16 December 1981 (1981)
The Tonight Show
- Episode #1.91 (1962)
The Unexpected
- The Puppeteers (1952)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland/A Tribute to Mickey Mouse (1955)
What's My Line?
- Episode dated 9 October 1955 (1955) (Guest Panelist)
- Episode dated 10 November 1957 (1957) (Mystery Guest)
Other Film Work:
1941
Merry-Go-Roundup (Short)
1954
How to Go Places (Short)
1955
Dateline: Disneyland (TV Special documentary)
1958
The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
1985
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV Special)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV Movie documentary)
Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
2002
ShirleyMania (TV Movie documentary)
Regular Shows:
My Little Margie (June 1952 - Aug. 1955, 126 episodes)
Starring Gale Storm as Margie, and Charles Farrell as her father, Vern Albright, My Little Margie followed the misadventures of a young woman and her widowed father in New York City. Also appearing as regulars are Clarence Kolb, Gertrude Hoffmann, Hillary Brooke, Don Hayden, and George Meeder.
The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (Sept. 1956 - Sept. 1960, 126 episodes)
Susanna Pomeroy (Storm) is activities director on a cruise ship, and she finds just as much mischief on the ocean as Margie did on dry land. The ship's captain is played by Roy Roberts, and Susanna's friend and partner in crime, Elvira, is played by ZaSu Pitts. One of the things that sets Oh, Susanna! apart is the addition of musical numbers. Gale Storm, who had a recording contract with Dot Records, sings and dances to such songs as "Heat Wave," "Dark Moon," and "The Lady in Red."
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Movie/TV credit information is taken from Internet Movie Database, unless otherwise noted, and is updated and corrected if needed.
- Episode dated 21 February 1974 (1974)
The Bob Hope Show
- Episode #4.3 (1953)
Burke's Law
- Who Killed His Royal Highness? (1964)
- Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings? (1965)
Celebrity Bowling
- Show #103 (1975)
Celebrity Playhouse
- Mink Does Something for You (1955)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
- Episode #2.7 (1951)
- Episode #5.9 (1954)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
- Episode #2.2 (1957)
- Episode #3.12 (1958)
- Home for Christmas (1960)
Donny and Marie
- Episode #2.1 (1976)
The Ed Sullivan Show
- Episode #12.2 (1958)
The Ford Television Theatre
- Johnny, Where Are You? (1955)
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (regular 1956 - 1960)
The Garry Moore Show
- Episode #3.19 (1961)
Gypsy
- Episode dated 3 May 1967 (1967)
Here's Hollywood
- Episode #1.23 (1960)
Hollywood Theatre Time (regular? 1950 - 1951)
Hour Magazine
- Episode dated 5 November 1986 (1986)
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
- Episode #5.202 (1962)
The Love Boat
- Trial Romance/Never Say Goodbye/A New Woman (1979)
- Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987)
The Mike Douglas Show
- Episode #11.4 (1971)
The Movie Game
- Episode dated 23 April 1970 (1970)
Murder, She Wrote
- Something Borrowed, Someone Blue (1989)
My Little Margie (regular 1952 - 1955)
The NBC Comedy Hour
- Episode #1.4 (1956)
- Episode #1.5 (1956)
- Episode #1.6 (1956)
- Episode #1.7 (1956)
- Episode #1.8 (1956)
- Episode #1.9 (1956)
- Episode #1.10 (1956)
- Episode #1.11 (1956)
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom
- Episode #1.37 (1958)
Person to Person
- Episode #6.32 (1959)Robert Montgomery Presents
- Tomorrow Is Forever (1955)
Shower of Stars
- Cloak and Dagger (1957)
Texaco Star Theatre
- Episode #8.4 (1955)
This Is Your Life
- Gale Storm
- Jesse L. Lasky (1957)
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
- Episode dated 16 December 1981 (1981)
The Tonight Show
- Episode #1.91 (1962)
The Unexpected
- The Puppeteers (1952)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland/A Tribute to Mickey Mouse (1955)
What's My Line?
- Episode dated 9 October 1955 (1955) (Guest Panelist)
- Episode dated 10 November 1957 (1957) (Mystery Guest)
You Don't Say
- Episode dated 14 September 1964 (1964)
- Episode dated 14 September 1964 (1964)
Other Film Work:
1941
Merry-Go-Roundup (Short)
1954
How to Go Places (Short)
1955
Dateline: Disneyland (TV Special documentary)
1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
1972The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
1985
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV Special)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV Movie documentary)
Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
2002
ShirleyMania (TV Movie documentary)
Regular Shows:
My Little Margie (June 1952 - Aug. 1955, 126 episodes)
Starring Gale Storm as Margie, and Charles Farrell as her father, Vern Albright, My Little Margie followed the misadventures of a young woman and her widowed father in New York City. Also appearing as regulars are Clarence Kolb, Gertrude Hoffmann, Hillary Brooke, Don Hayden, and George Meeder.
The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (Sept. 1956 - Sept. 1960, 126 episodes)
Susanna Pomeroy (Storm) is activities director on a cruise ship, and she finds just as much mischief on the ocean as Margie did on dry land. The ship's captain is played by Roy Roberts, and Susanna's friend and partner in crime, Elvira, is played by ZaSu Pitts. One of the things that sets Oh, Susanna! apart is the addition of musical numbers. Gale Storm, who had a recording contract with Dot Records, sings and dances to such songs as "Heat Wave," "Dark Moon," and "The Lady in Red."
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