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Aliases: Gwen Steinhart , Alta Gwendolyn Gaze

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Hollywood actress of the Thirties and Forties who played Pamela Armitage opposite John Wayne in I Cover the War (1937) and enjoyed starring roles in a series of Westerns with the likes of William “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd. Born in Melbourne, Australia, she emigrated to America, where she studied at Pasadena College. Then moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Starred in The Women (1938) on Broadway before heading to Hollywood’s Paramount Pictures, where she featured in The Secret of Treasure Island (1938), House of Errors (1942), with comedian Harry Langdon, and with Brenda Joyce in Thumbs Up (1943). Later had a part-time radio show and appeared on stage and television.

Most Famous Work

Partners of the Plains
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Partners of the Plains

(1938) Lorna Drake
I Cover the War
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5

I Cover the War

(1937) Pamela Armitage
The Secret of Treasure Island
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4

The Secret of Treasure Island

(1938) Toni Morrell
Bar 20 Justice
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5

Bar 20 Justice

(1938) Ann Dennis
West of Pinto Basin
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4

West of Pinto Basin

(1940) Joan Brown
Wrangler's Roost
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6

Wrangler's Roost

(1941) Molly Collins
Two Fisted Justice
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Two Fisted Justice

(1943) Joan Hodgins
Underground Rustlers
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5

Underground Rustlers

(1941) Irene Bently

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