Gale Storm

Gale Storm has three Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Radio, Music, and Television. Robinson in the London, England revival of The Graduate, appearing fully nude (albeit in darkly lit sequences). In 1981, she published her autobiography, I Ain’t Down Yet, which described, among other things, her battle with alcoholism. In 2000 Turner starred as Mrs. In her career, Gale Storm had several top ten songs, headlined in Las Vegas, and appeared in numerous stage plays. In addition to the television work listed below, she also has appeared as a guest on Friends, King of the Hill (voice), The Simpsons (voice), and Saturday Night Live, which she hosted twice. It was followed by the haunting ballad of lost love, "Dark Moon". She received two Golden Globe awards, both for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, in Romancing the Stone (1984) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).

Her first record, "I Hear You Knockin' " (a cover version of a rhythm and blues hit by Smiley Lewis, in turn based on the old Buddy Bolden standard "The Bucket's Got A Hole In It") sold over a million copies. She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress in 1987 in Peggy Sue Got Married. From 1952 to 1955, My Little Margie, originally a summer replacement for I Love Lucy, ran for 126 episodes and was immediately followed by The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna), that ran for 143 episodes between 1956 and 1960. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 1992. After winning, she went on to become an American icon of the 1950s, performing in more than thirty-five motion pictures and starring in two highly successful television shows. They have a daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss, born 1988. Two of her teachers urged her to enter the Gateway to Hollywood Contest held at the CBS Radio Studio in Hollywood, California where first prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio. Turner married New York real-estate mogul Jay Weiss in 1984.

In Junior High and High School she performed in the drama club. Turner remained a film star up to the early 90's, but has since rarely appeared in major productions. Born in Bloomington, Texas, her father passed away before she was a year old and her mother struggled to raise five children alone. Turner had the last laugh as she became a movie star a few years later in Body Heat, which many consider one of the sexiest films (with Turner giving one of the sexiest performances) in the history of cinema. Josephine Owaissa Cottle (born April 5, 1922), better known as Gale Storm, is an American actress/singer. In 1978 Turner was hired as the second Nola Turner on NBC daytime soap The Doctors, but was fired the next year because the producers felt she was "not hot enough". She attended Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield for two years, then gained her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1977.

When her father died in 1973, the family moved back to Springfield. While attending high school in London, England, she also took classes at the London Central School of Speech and Drama. She was a gymnast as a teenager. She has two brothers and a sister.

Born Mary Kathleen Turner in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of diplomat Richard Turner, she had lived in four foreign countries by the time she entered college. Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an American actress. The Best of Roger Rabbit (1996; voice only). Trail Mix-Up (1993; voice only).

Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; voice only). Tummy Trouble (1989; voice only). Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; voice only). Delilah (2000).

In Bad Taste (2000). Beautiful (2000). The Virgin Suicides (2000). Cinderella (2000; made for TV).

Baby Geniuses (1999). Stories From My Childhood #3 (1999; voice only). Love and Action in Chicago (1999). The Prince of Central Park (1999).

Legalese (1998; made for TV). The Real Blonde (1998). Bad Baby (1997; voice only). A Simple Wish (1997).

Love in the Ancient World (1997; TV special, hosted). Stories From My Childhood #1 (1996). Moonlight and Valentino (1995). Friends at Last (1995; made for TV; also producer).

American Cinema (1995; special TV series; narrator). Leslie's Folly (1995; made for TV; also director). All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994; TV special). Naked in New York (1994).

Serial Mom (1994; a John Waters movie). Undercover Blues (1993). House of Cards (1992). John Barry: Moviola (1993; made for TV).

A Day at a Time (1992; voice only). A Breed Apart (1991). Warshawski (1991). V.I.