Anne Gwynne (born Marguerite Gwynne Trice;
Early life
Gwynne was born on December 18, 1918,
[Raw, Lawrence (2012). Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 94. .] in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Pearl (née Guinn) and Jefferson Benjamin Trice, an apparel manufacturer.
She had a brother Jefferson Jr. After her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, she attended
Stephens College, where she studied drama.
Career
While accompanying her father to a convention in Los Angeles, Gwynne obtained a job modeling for Catalina Swimwear. She soon began acting in small theaters and appeared in a newsreel and a charity short. In June 1939, she signed a contract with Universal and was immediately put to work in
Unexpected Father.
Universal cast her in a variety of genres including film noir and musical comedy. She co-starred with Buster Crabbe and Carol Hughes in Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe, a 12-episode Universal serial (1940). Gwynne made a number of Western film at the studio, including two she numbered among her favorite projects; Men of Texas with Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford and Ride 'Em Cowboy with Abbott and Costello (both 1942).
Gwynne was a television pioneer, appearing in TV's first filmed series, Public Prosecutor (1947–48); she was a member of the regular cast, playing Pat Kelly, the district attorney's secretary.
Personal life
Gwynne married Max M. Gilford in 1945. The couple had two children: Gregory, a recording artist on Dunhill Records; and
Gwynne Gilford, an actress. Gwynne Gilford and her husband, actor
Robert Pine, have two children, actors Katherine and
Chris Pine.
Death
Gwynne died March 31, 2003, of a stroke following surgery at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
She was
cremated, and her ashes were scattered at sea.
Partial filmography
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Unexpected Father (1939) – Kitty – showgirl
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Oklahoma Frontier (1939) – Janet Rankin
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Little Accident (1939) – Blonde Girl (uncredited)
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Man from Montreal (1939) – Doris Blair
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The Big Guy (1939) – Joan's Friend (uncredited)
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) – Miss Larkin, Charlie's Nurse (uncredited)
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The Green Hornet (1940, Serial) – Josephine Weaver Ch. (uncredited)
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Honeymoon Deferred (1940) – Cecile Blades
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Framed (1940) – Girl (uncredited)
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Black Friday (1940) – Jean Sovac
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It's a Date (1940) – Society Girl (uncredited)
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, Serial) – Sonja Chs.
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Sandy Is a Lady (1940) – Millie
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Bad Man from Red Butte (1940) – Tibby Mason
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Spring Parade (1940) – Jenny
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Give Us Wings (1940) – Julie Mason
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Nice Girl? (1941) – Sylvia Dana
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Washington Melodrama (1941) – Mary Morgan
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The Black Cat (1941) – Elaine Winslow
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Tight Shoes (1941) – Ruth
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Mob Town (1941) – Marion Barker
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Melody Lane (1941) – Patricia Reynolds
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Road Agent (1941) – Patricia Leavitt
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Keeping Fit (1942) – Nurse
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Don't Get Personal (1942) – Susan Blair
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Jail House Blues (1942) – Doris Daniels
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Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) – Anne Shaw
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Broadway (1942) – Pearl
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) – Kit Logan Church
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You're Telling Me (1942) – Kit Bellamy
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Men of Texas (1942) – Jane Baxter Scott
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Sin Town (1942) – Laura Kirby
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We've Never Been Licked (1943) – Nina Lambert
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Frontier Badmen (1943) – Chris Prentice
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Top Man (1943) – Pat Warren
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Ladies Courageous (1944) – Gerry Vail
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Weird Woman (1944) – Paula Reed
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Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) – Marion Corbett
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South of Dixie (1944) – Dixie Holister
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Babes on Swing Street (1944) – Frances Carlyle
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Murder in the Blue Room (1944) – Nan
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House of Frankenstein (1944) – Rita Hussman
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I Ring Doorbells (1946) – Brooke Peters
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Fear (1946) – Eileen Stevens / Cathy Stevens
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The Glass Alibi (1946) – Belle Martin
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The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) – Phyllis Beecher
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Killer Dill (1947) – Judy Parker
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) – Tess Trueheart
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Panhandle (1948) – June O'Carroll
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The Enchanted Valley (1948) – Midge Gray
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Arson, Inc. (1949) – Jane Jennings
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The Blazing Sun (1950) – Kitty
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Call of the Klondike (1950) – Nancy Craig
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King of the Bullwhip (1950) – Jane Kerrigan
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Breakdown (1952) – Candy Allen
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Teenage Monster (1958) – Ruth Cannon
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Adam at 6 A.M. (1970) – Mrs. Gaines (final film role)
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