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Gail Russell (September 21, 1924 – August 26, 1961) was an American film and television actress.
She was born Elizabeth L. Russell to George and Gladys (Barnet) Russell in Chicago, Illinois, and then moved to the Los Angeles, California, area when she was a teenager. Her father was initially a musician but later worked for Lockheed Corporation. Before she ventured into acting, she had planned to be a commercial artist.
Russell's beauty brought her to the attention of Paramount Pictures in 1942, and she signed a long-term contract with that studio when she was 18. Although she was almost clinically shy and had no acting experience, Paramount had great expectations for her and employed an acting coach to work with her.
At the age of 19 she made her film debut in the 1943 film Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour. Russell appeared in several more films in the early and mid-1940s, the most notable being The Uninvited (1944) with Ray Milland and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944), in which she co-starred with Diana Lynn. Russell later appeared in the more popular films Calcutta (1947) with Alan Ladd and the two with John Wayne, Angel and the Badman (1947) and Wake of the Red Witch (1948).
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known by his stage name John Wayne and by his nickname "Duke", was an American film actor, director, and producer. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. An enduring American icon, for several generations of Americans he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height.
Born in Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's lavish widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre.
Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant mainstream star. Wayne went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis says: "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."
Mysteries and Scandals Gail Russell
actress Gail Russell Tribute
GAIL RUSSELL: "THE REBEL"
"NO PLACE TO LAND" John Ireland, Mari Blanchard, Gail Russell, Jackie Coogan. 10-3-1958.
GAIL RUSSELL TRIBUTE #52-"FALLEN STAR", A BIOGRAPHY OF GAIL RUSSELL
Angel and the Badman Full Movie | 1947 | John Wayne, Gail Russell |
Wake of the Red Witch (1948) - John Wayne/Gail Russell
GAIL RUSSELL DEATH CERTIFICATE
Gail Russell & Guy Madison Tribute
GAIL RUSSELL TRIBUTE #36-"WHEN I FALL IN LOVE"
Actors: William Demarest (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Walter Abel (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Frank Butler (actor), Macdonald Carey (actor), Stanley Clements (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Pinto Colvig (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), William Bendix (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), Howard Da Silva (actor), Cecil B. DeMille (actor),
Plot: Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Keywords: variety-clubActors: William Demarest (actor), Brian Donlevy (actor), Arturo de Córdova (actor), Howard Da Silva (actor), Charles Cane (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Eddie Bracken (actor), Davison Clark (actor), James Brown (actor), Robert Benchley (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), William Bendix (actor), Walter Abel (actor), Lester Dorr (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,