Anne Gwynne (born Marguerite Gwynne Trice; December 10, 1918 – March 31, 2003) was an American actress and model who was known as one of the first scream queens because of her numerous appearances in horror films. Gwynne was also one of the most popular pin-ups of World War II. She was actor Chris Pine's grandmother.
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Career
Gwynne was born in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Pearl (née Guinn) and Jefferson Benjamin Trice, an apparel manufacturer. After her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, she attended Stephens College, where she studied drama.
While accompanying her father to a convention in Los Angeles, Gwynne obtained a job modeling for Catalina Swimwear. She soon began acting in small theaters and appeared in a newsreel and a charity short. In June 1939, she signed a contract with Universal and was immediately put to work in Unexpected Father.
Universal cast her in a variety of genres including film noir and musical comedy. She made a number of Westerns at the studio, including two she numbered among her favorite projects, Men of Texas with Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford and Ride 'Em Cowboy with Abbott and Costello (both 1942). She is remembered by fans of horror for her work in several pictures made in the 1940s. Her first horror film was Black Friday (1940) in which she played Boris Karloff's daughter. House of Frankenstein (1944) was the last horror picture she did at Universal.
Gwynne was a television pioneer, appearing in TV's first filmed series, Public Prosecutor (1947–48); she was a member of the regular cast, playing Pat Kelly, the District Attorney's secretary.
Personal life
Gwynne married Max M. Gilford in 1945. The couple had two children, Gregory and Gwynne, an actress. Gwynne Gilford's children are actress Katherine Pine and actor Chris Pine. Gwynne died March 31, 2003 of a stroke following surgery at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Filmography
Actress
1970
Adam at Six A.M. as
Mrs. Gaines
1959
Northwest Passage (TV Series) as
Sheila Stark
- The Ambush (1959) - Sheila Stark
1958
Rescue 8 (TV Series) as
Martha Blanchard
- Danger! 20,000 Volts (1958) - Martha Blanchard
1957
Teenage Monster as
Ruth Cannon
1957
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Belle Clayton
- Train of Events (1957) - Belle Clayton
1956
The Lineup (TV Series) as
Dorine Gallagher
- The Wharton Case (1956) - Dorine Gallagher
1953
Ramar of the Jungle (TV Series) as
Nancy Arlington
- The Flaming Mountain (1953) - Nancy Arlington
- The Golden Tablet (1953) - Nancy Arlington
1952
Breakdown as
Candy Allen
1947
Public Prosecutor (TV Series) as
Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Comic Strip Murder (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Innocent Lion (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Thousand Terrors (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Glamour Girls (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Shattered Mirror (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Devil's Heart (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of Crepe for Suzette (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Murder Melody (1948) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Dead Man's Voice (1947) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Strange Suicide (1947) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Missing Bullets (1947) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Missing Hour (1947) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of the Man Who Wasn't There (1947) - Patricia Kelly
- The Case of The Family Affair (1947) - Patricia Kelly
1950
King of the Bullwhip as
Jane Kerrigan
1950
Call of the Klondike as
Nancy Craig
1950
The Blazing Sun as
Kitty
1949
Arson, Inc. as
Jane Jennings
1948
The Enchanted Valley as
Midge Gray
1948
Panhandle as
June O'Carroll
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as
Tess Trueheart
1947
Killer Dill as
Judy Parker
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild as
Phyllis Beecher
1946
The Glass Alibi as
Belle Martin
1946
Fear as
Eileen Stevens / Cathy
1946
I Ring Doorbells as
Brooke Peters
1944
House of Frankenstein as
Rita Hussman
1944
Murder in the Blue Room as
Nan Kirkland
1944
Babes on Swing Street as
Frances Carlyle
1944
South of Dixie as
Dixie Holister
1944
Moon Over Las Vegas as
Marion Corbett
1944
Weird Woman as
Paula Reed
1944
Ladies Courageous as
Gerry Vail
1943
To the People of the United States (Documentary short) as
Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Top Man as
Pat Warren
1943
Frontier Badmen as
Chris Prentice
1943
We've Never Been Licked as
Nina Lambert
1942
Keeping Fit (Short) as
Nurse
1942
Sin Town as
Laura Kirby
1942
Men of Texas as
Jane Baxter Scott
1942
You're Telling Me as
Kit Bellamy
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx as
Kit Logan Church
1942
Broadway as
Pearl
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy as
Anne Shaw
1942
Jail House Blues as
Doris Daniels
1942
Don't Get Personal as
Susan Blair
1941
Road Agent as
Patricia Leavitt
1941
Melody Lane as
Patricia Reynolds
1941
Mob Town as
Marion Barker
1941
Tight Shoes as
Ruth
1941
The Black Cat as
Elaine Winslow
1941
Washington Melodrama as
Mary Morgan
1941
Nice Girl? as
Sylvia Dana
1940
Give Us Wings as
Julie Mason
1940
Spring Parade as
Jenny
1940
Bad Man from Red Butte as
Tibby Mason
1940
Sandy Is a Lady as
Millie
1940
It's a Date as
Society Girl (uncredited)
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as
Sonja [Chs. 2, 6-12]
1940
Black Friday as
Jean Sovac
1940
Framed as
Girl (uncredited)
1940
Honeymoon Deferred as
Cecile Blades
1940
The Green Hornet as
Josephine Weaver [Ch. 3] (uncredited)
1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective as
Miss Larkin, Charlie's Nurse (uncredited)
1939
The Big Guy as
Joan's Friend (uncredited)
1939
Man from Montreal as
Doris Blair
1939
Little Accident as
Blonde Girl (uncredited)
1939
Oklahoma Frontier as
Janet Rankin
1939
Unexpected Father as
Kitty -Showgirl
Soundtrack
1944
Murder in the Blue Room (performer: "One Starry Night" - uncredited)
1944
South of Dixie (performer: "I'm A-Headin' South", "Cross My Heart")
1941
Melody Lane (performer: "Changeable Heart", "If It's a Dream" - uncredited)
Archive Footage
2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as
Ruth Cannon (uncredited)
2011
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
