Anne Gwynne

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Actress

Birth Date: December 10, 1918

Death Date: March 31, 2003

Birth Place: San Antonio, Texas

Children: Gwynne Gilford

Grandchildren: Chris Pine

Anne Gwynne was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Gwynne's earliest roles were in film, including "Charlie McCarthy, Detective" (1939), the horror feature "Black Friday" (1940) with Boris Karloff and "Spring Parade" (1940). She also appeared in the Buster Crabbe sci-fi feature "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940), "Give Us Wings" (1940) with Billy Halop and the comedy adaptation "Nice Girl?" (1941) with Deanna Durbin. Her passion for acting continued to her roles in projects like the Basil Rathbone comedic adaptation "The Black Cat" (1941), the George Raft dramatic adaptation "Broadway" (1942) and the comedy "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1942) with Bud Abbott. She also appeared in the Loretta Young drama "Ladies Courageous" (1944). Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the crime picture "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" (1947) with Boris Karloff, "Panhandle" (1948) and "Blazing Sun" (1950) with Gene Autry. She also appeared in "Breakdown" (1952) and "Teenage Monster" (1957). Gwynne more recently worked on the Abe Vigoda fantastical comedy "Home of Angels" (1993). Gwynne passed away in March 2003 at the age of 85.

Credits

Northwest PassageStream

Guest Star
Series
1958

Teenage Monster

Actor
Ruth Cannon
Movie
1957

Phantom of the Jungle

Actor
Dr. Nancy Arlington
Movie
1955

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Belle Clayton
Series
1952

Breakdown

Actor
Candy Allen
Movie
1952

The Blazing Sun

Actor
Kitty Kelly
Movie
1950

Call of the Klondike

Actor
Nancy Craig
Movie
1950

Arson, Inc.

Actor
Jane Jennings
Movie
1949

Panhandle

Actor
June O'Carroll
Movie
1948

The Enchanted Valley

Actor
Midge Gray
Movie
1948

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Actor
Tess Trueheart
Movie
1947

Killer Dill

Actor
Judy Parker
Movie
1947

The Ghost Goes Wild

Actor
Phyllis Beecher
Movie
1947

Fear

Actor
Eileen Stevens
Movie
1946

The Glass Alibi

Actor
Belle Martin
Movie
1946

House of Frankenstein

Actor
Rita Hussman
Movie
1945

I Ring Doorbells

Actor
Brooke Peters
Movie
1945

Murder in the Blue Room

Actor
Nan
Movie
1944

Weird Woman

Actor
Paula Clayton Reed
Movie
1944

South of Dixie

Actor
Dixie Holister
Movie
1944

Frontier Badmen

Actor
Chris Prentice
Movie
1943

Top Man

Actor
Pat Warren
Movie
1943

We've Never Been Licked

Actor
Movie
1943

Ride 'em Cowboy

Actor
Anne Shaw
Movie
1942

Sin Town

Actor
Laura Kirby
Movie
1942

The Strange Case of Dr. Rx

Actor
Kit Logan Church
Movie
1942

Tight Shoes

Actor
Ruth
Movie
1941

Road Agent

Actor
Patricia Leavitt
Movie
1941

Washington Melodrama

Actor
Mary Morgan
Movie
1941

The Black Cat

Actor
Elaine Winslow
Movie
1941

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Actor
Show
1940

Give Us Wings

Actor
Julie Mason
Movie
1940

Bad Man From Red Butte

Actor
Tibby Mason
Movie
1940

Black Friday

Actor
Jean Sovac
Movie
1940

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Actor
Sonja
Movie
1940

Spring Parade

Actor
Jenny
Movie
1940

Oklahoma Frontier

Actor
Janet Rankin
Movie
1939