Gail Russell (I) (1924–1961)

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Gail Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 21, 1924. She remained in the Windy City, going to school until her parents moved to California when she was 14. She was an above-average student in school and upon graduation from Santa Monica High School was signed by Paramount Studios. Because of her ethereal beauty, Gail was to be groomed... See full bio »

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The Uninvited
The Uninvited Stella Meredith
(1944)
Angel and the Badman
Angel and the Badman Penelope Worth
(1947)
Calcutta
Calcutta Virginia Moore
(1946)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night Has a Thousand Eyes Jean Courtland
(1948)
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 1961 The Silent Call
Flore Brancato
 1960 Manhunt (TV Series)
Mrs. Clarke
- Matinee Mobster (1960) ... Mrs. Clarke
 1960 The Rebel (TV Series)
Cassandra Bannister
- Noblesse Oblige (1960) ... Cassandra Bannister
 1958 No Place to Land
Lynn Dillon
 1957 The Tattered Dress
Carol Morrow
 1956 7 Men from Now
Annie Greer
 1956 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Jane Finley
- Time, Tide and a Woman (1956) ... Jane Finley
 1951 Air Cadet
Janet Page
 1950 The Lawless
Sunny Garcia
 1950 Captain China
Kim Mitchell
 1949 The Great Dan Patch
Cissy Lathrop
 1949 El Paso
Susan Jeffers
 1949 Song of India
Princess Tara
 1948 Wake of the Red Witch
Angelique Desaix
 1948 Moonrise
Gilly Johnson
 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Jean Courtland
 1947 Variety Girl
Gail Russell
 1947 Angel and the Badman
Penelope Worth
 1946 Calcutta
Virginia Moore
 1946 The Bachelor's Daughters
Eileen MacFarland
 1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Cornelia Otis Skinner
 1945 Duffy's Tavern
Gail Russell
 1945 The Unseen
Elizabeth Howard
 1945 Salty O'Rourke
Barbara Brooks
 1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Cornelia Otis Skinner
 1944 The Uninvited
Stella Meredith
 1944 Lady in the Dark
Barbara (at 17)
 1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Virginia Lowry
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(11/16/46) Radio: Appeared (as "Eileen MacFarland") in a "This Is Hollywood" production of "The Bachelor's Daughters".

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5' 7" (1.7 m)
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I was possessed with an agonizing kind of self-consciousness where I felt my insides tightening into a knot, where my face and hands grew clammy, where I couldn't open my mouth, where I felt impelled to turn and run if I had to meet new people. When my parents had guests, I would run, get under the piano and hide there. See more »

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In 7 Men from Now (1956), her character Annie Greer was attempting to extricate a covered wagon mired axle-deep in mud and the director said that Annie should look like she had just fallen in and not patted on artfully by makeup assistants. Whereupon, Gail motioned the crew aside and calmly took a nosedive face down into the slush. The director was delighted with her impromptu mud bath and the ... See more »

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