Roberta Gale
Roberta Gale | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1914 |
| Died | January 29, 2008 (aged 93) Los Angeles, California United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1930-1935 (film) |
| Spouse | S. Mark Taper |
Roberta Gale (October 18, 1914 – January 29, 2008) was an American actress.[1] She is known for her roles as a leading lady in a number of Poverty Row western films made during the 1930s.
The daughter of J.M. Gale and Blanche Harris Gale,[2] she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Miami, Florida.[3] She appeared on Broadway in The New Yorkers (1927).[4]
In Hollywood at age 15, Gale was described as "a Clara Bow type".[5]
Gale married Mark Taper, philanthropist and financier in Los Angeles in 1962; the marriage lasted eight months.[6]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- Are These Our Children? (1931)
- The Public Defender (1931)
- Girl of the Rio (1932)
- Her Splendid Folly (1933)
- Police Call (1933)
- Mystery Ranch (1934)
- Terror of the Plains (1934)
- St. Louis Woman (1934)
- Cheers of the Crowd (1935)
- Alias John Law (1935)
- No Man's Range (1935)
- Fighting Youth (1935)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Pitts p.383
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
[edit | edit source]Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
- Roberta Gale at IMDb
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
