Gail Russell

Her death was attributed to alcohol. She died in Sherman Oaks, California following a stroke and was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. She appeared in two more films after that, but was not able to control her addiction, and on August 26, 1961, Gail was found dead in her apartment in Los Angeles, California at the age of 36. She was the voice of Jane Jetson in the television cartoon series The Jetsons from 1962-1988, and toured in nightclubs and roadshows of plays and musicals. She divorced Madison in 1954, and returned to work in a minor role in the western Seven Men From Now (1956), and had a bigger role in The Tattered Dress (1957). She led a strike by the Radio City Rockettes. Over the next 10 years she tried to regain control of her life. She was active in union affairs and was the first woman president of an AFL-CIO union.

She continued working after 1947, and married Guy Madison in 1949, but by 1950 it was well known that she had become a victim of alcoholism, and Paramount did not renew her contract. Her husband produced a number of these sequels. Singleton dyed her brunette hair blonde for the rest of her life. Gail later appeared in the more popular films, Calcutta (1947) with Alan Ladd, and Angel and the Badman (1947) with John Wayne. They repeated their roles on film, and as Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead they proved so popular that a succession of 27 sequels were made from 1938-1950. Gail appeared in several more films in the early and mid 1940s, the most notable being Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944), in which she co-starred with Diana Lynn. She was cast opposite Arthur Lake in a radio show, Blondie, based on the comic strip by Chic Young. At the age of 19 she appeared in her first film, Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943). She appeared as a nightclub dancer in After the Thin Man.

Although she was shy and had no acting experience, Paramount had great expectations for her and employed an acting coach to work with her. Sparks died on July 22, 1963. Gail's extraordinary beauty brought her to the attention of Paramount Studios in 1942. They had one child, a daughter. Gail Russell (September 21, 1924 - August 27, 1961) was an American actress. She married Robert Sparks in 1941. They had one child, a daughter, and divorced in 1939.

She married a dentist, Lawrence Singleton, in 1937, and moved to Hollywood, where she was first billed as Penny Singleton. She sang and danced with Milton Berle and Gene Raymond, and appeared on Broadway in Jack Benny's Great Temptations. She began her show business career as a child by singing at a silent movie theater, and toured in vaudeville as part of an act called The Kiddie Kabaret. Born Mariana Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and known as Dorothy McNulty, she was the daughter of a newspaperman Benny McNulty.

Penny Singleton (September 15, 1908 - November 12, 2003) was a Hollywood actress best known for her role in the series of motion pictures based on the comic strip Blondie. Jetsons: The Movie - 1990 (a non-Blondie film). Beware of Blondie - 1950. Blondie's Hero - 1950.

Blondie Hits the Jackpot - 1949. Blondie's Big Deal - 1949. Blondie's Secret - 1948. Blondie's Reward - 1948.

Blondie's Anniversary - 1947. Blondie in the Dough - 1947. Blondie's Holiday - 1947. Blondie's Big Moment - 1947.

Blondie Knows Best - 1946. Blondie's Lucky Day - 1946. Life with Blondie - 1946. Young Widow - 1946 (a non-Blondie film).

Leave It to Blondie - 1945. Footlight Glamour - 1943. It's a Great Life - 1943. Blondie for Victory - 1942.

Blondie's Blessed Event - 1942. Blondie Goes to College - 1942. Go West, Young Lady - 1941 (a non-Blondie film). Blondie in Society - 1941.

Blondie Goes Latin - 1941. Blondie Plays Cupid - 1940. Blondie Has Servant Trouble - 1940. Blondie on a Budget - 1940.

Blondie Brings Up Baby - 1939. Blondie Takes a Vacation - 1939. Blondie Meets the Boss - 1939. Blondie - 1938 - her first appearance on film as Blondie Bumstead.

Hard to Get - 1938. Mad Miss Manton, The - 1938. Garden of the Moon - 1938. Campus Cinderella - 1938.

Secrets of an Actress - 1938. Boy Meets Girl - 1938. Chump - 1938. Mr.