Vivid, strikingly beautiful actress Anne Gwynne arrived in Hollywood a typical starry-eyed model looking to become a big film star and ended up one of Universal Studio's favorite screamers in "B" horror films. Born in Waco, Texas, but raised in Missouri, she first modeled Catalina swimwear and appeared in local community theater productions to gain experience. Universal Studios executives took one look at this gorgeous eyeful and immediately signed her up in 1939. Her first work was in westerns opposite the likes of 约翰尼·马克, but she swiftly moved to chillers and at the mercy of 波利斯·卡洛夫, 贝拉·卢戈西, and 小朗·钱尼. Though she seldom rose above the second-string ranks, she was quite popular with the servicemen as a WWII pin-up. As with many others before her, TV proved a welcome medium in the '50s; as her film career fell away, she appeared in guest spots and commercials. Widowed in 1965, her health began to deteriorate in the '90s and she was forced to move to the Motion Picture Country Home. Anne Gwynne had the looks and talent to be a top star, but not the luck. Nevertheless, she was a game player who screamed with the best of them. She passed away at age 84 following complications from a stroke.
Mother of 格温·基尔福德 and Gregory Gilford.
Had appeared, with John Howard and 沃尔特·桑德, on the first filmed television series Public Prosecutor (1947).
Was one of the top five pin-ups in World War II, according to a February 15, 1943, Life magazine article. Others were 多萝西·拉莫尔, 安·谢里登, 玛琳·奥哈拉 and 亚历克西斯·史密斯.
Was the #1 pinup girl for two years in Yank magazine for World War II servicemen.
Was a former Miss San Antonio.
Grandmother of 凯瑟琳·派恩 and 克里斯·派恩.
Mother-in-law of 罗伯特·派恩.
Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
Suffered her first stroke in the early 1990s.
She had English, French and Welsh ancestry.
Profiled in the book "Johnny Mack Brown's Saddle Gals" by Bobby Copeland.
She was a lifelong liberal Democrat.
Upon her death, she was cremated.
