Monday, June 29, 2009

Gale Storm, TV Actress, Dead at 87...


Josephine Owaissa Cottle
(April 5, 1922 - June 27, 2009)


Gale Storm, born Josephine Owaissa Cottle, was an American actress and singer, who starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, "My Little Margie" (originally a summer replacement for "I Love Lucy" on CBS) and "The Gale Storm Show".

Before landing the starring role in "My Little Margie" in 1952, Storm appeared in numerous B movies opposite such stars as Roy Rogers, Eddie Albert and Jackie Cooper. After her last TV series, "The Gale Storm Show," ended in 1960 she went on to a successful singing career while continuing to make occasional TV appearances.

She died in a convalescent home in Danville, California.

RIP

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