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Gale Storm, born Josephine Owaissa Cottle in Bloomington, Texas, was an American singer and actor. She began her professional career in 1940 and performed traditional pop music, utilizing her voice as her primary instrument. Storm recorded for Dot Records and was also recognized by the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
She was a member of the Republican Party and had four children. Storm passed away in Danville on June 27, 2009. She was born on April 5, 1922, and held United States citizenship throughout her life.
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Film & TV
Bloomington, Texas, USA
Josephine Owaissa Cottle, known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer who starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Six of her songs were top ten hits. Storm's greatest success was a cover version of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1955. When Storm was 17, two of her teachers…
Known for
- Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld — Girl in TV Skit About Door Frame (uncredited)1994
- Murder, She Wrote — Maisie Mayberry1984
- The Love Boat — Gale Storm1977
- The Love Boat — Rose Kennycott1977
- Burke's Law — Honey Feather Leeps1963
- Burke's Law — Dr. Nonnie Harper1963
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- The All-Star Christmas Show — Self1958
- The Gale Storm Show — Susanna Pomeroy1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self1956
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922
- Active to
- 2009
Discography
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- Listeners
- 14,823
- Total plays
- 98,142
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Gale Storm (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009) was an American actress and singer who starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Storm was born Josephine Owaissa Cottle in Bloomington in Victoria County, Texas. The youngest of five children, she had two brothers and two sisters. Her father, William Walter Cottle, died after a year-long illness when she was just seventeen months old, and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josephine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bloomington
- Place of death
- Danville
- Occupation
- film actor
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Genre
- traditional pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Dot Records
- Official website
- www.galestorm.tv
- Image
- Gale Storm Billy Vaughn The Gale Storm Show 1958.JPG
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Gale Storm
- date of birth
- 1922-04-05
- date of death
- 2009-06-27
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- birth name
- Josephine Owaissa Cottle
- pseudonym
- Gale Storm
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