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Gale Storm Biography

  • Birth Name: Josephine Owaissa Cottle
  • Birth Place: Bloomington, TX
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/05/1922, Aries
  • Date of Death: 06/27/2009
  • Profession: Actor; singer
Gale Storm Fast Facts:
  • Got her start at 17 after winning a local talent contest that sent her to Hollywood, gave her a name change and led to a movie contract with RKO. The male winner, Lee Bonnell, would become her first husband two years later.
  • Her radio show My Little Margie was adapted for television as a summer replacement for I Love Lucy and successfully ran for 126 episodes (1952-55).
  • Was elected honorary mayor of Sherman Oaks, CA, in 1953.
  • Her first hit record, "I Hear You Knockin'," sold more than a million copies.
  • Battled and recovered from alcoholism, as recounted in her book I Ain't Down Yet: The Autobiography of My Little Margie.
  • Received three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one each for radio, television and recording.
    Gale Storm Relationships:
  • Brackston Cottle - Brother
  • Lee Bonnell - Husband (deceased)
  • Lois Cottle - Sister
  • Marjorie Cottle - Sister
  • Minnie Cottle - Mother
  • Paul Bonnell - Son
  • Paul Masterson - Husband (deceased)
  • Peter Bonnell - Son
  • Phillip Bonnell - Son
  • Susie Bonnell - Daughter
  • Wilbur Cottle - Brother
  • William Cottle - Father

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