Wynne Gibson was an American actress of the 1930s.

Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads. She toured Europe then returned to America and tried for a dramatic part but failed and returned to musical comedy.

Paramount

Paramount

-Companies:*Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom*Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio*Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures*CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library...

 signed her when about to film Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth (1929 film)

Nothing But the Truth is a sound comedy film starring Richard Dix. The film was remade as Nothing But the Truth starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.-Plot summary:...

(1929), starting her success which continued in some 50 films between 1929 and 1956 although many were B movies. Gibson was a long-time companion of former Warner Brothers actress Beverly Roberts

Beverly Roberts

Beverly Roberts was an American film and stage actress of the 1930s, and entertainment business executive through the 1970s.-Career:...

. Gibson died in 1987 of a cerebral thrombosis

Thrombus

A thrombus , or blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. It is achieved via the aggregation of platelets that form a platelet plug, and the activation of the humoral coagulation system...

 in Laguna Niguel, California, after suffering an attack in the home she shared with Roberts.

Selected filmography

• Nothing But the Truth
  Nothing But the Truth (1929 film)
  Nothing But the Truth is a sound comedy film starring Richard Dix. The film was remade as Nothing But the Truth starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1929)
• The Gang Buster (1931)
• June Moon
  June Moon
  June Moon is a play by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner. Based on the Lardner short story "Some Like Them Cold," about a love affair that loses steam before it ever gets started, it includes songs with words and music by Lardner but is not considered a musical per se.At its center is Fred...
  
  (1931)
• City Streets
  City Streets (film)
  City Streets is a 1931 Pre-Code crime film based upon a story written by Dashiell Hammett, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, and starring Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas and Guy Kibbee.-Plot:...
  
  (1931)
• Admirals All
  Admirals All
  Admirals All is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Wynne Gibson, Gordon Harker, Anthony Bushell and George Curzon. It was based on a play by Ian Hay...
  
  (1935)
• The Crouching Beast
  The Crouching Beast
  The Crouching Beast is a 1935 British drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird.-Plot:...
  
  (1935)
• Come Closer, Folks (1936)
• The Falcon Strikes Back
  The Falcon Strikes Back
  The Falcon Strikes Back is a 1943 American crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk.-Cast:* Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence* Harriet Hilliard as Gwynne Gregory* Jane Randolph as Marcia Brooks* Edgar Kennedy as Smiley Dugan* Cliff Edwards as Goldie Locke...
  
  (1943)

External links

• Obituary in The New York Times
  The New York Times
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  , May 21, 1987
• Photographs and literature