Gale Storm | |
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 Storm pin-up from Yank, The Army Weekly, 1944 | |
| Born | Josephine Owaissa Cottle April 5, 1922 Bloomington, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 2009 (aged 87) Danville, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1940–1989 |
| Labels | |
| Spouses | Lee Bonnell
(m. 1941; died 1986)Paul Masterson
(m. 1988; died 1996) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | galestorm |
Josephine Owaissa Cottle (April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009),[1] known professionally as Gale Storm, was an American actress and singer. After a film career from 1940 to 1952, she starred in two popular television programs of the 1950s, My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. Six of her songs were top ten hits. Storm's greatest recording success was a cover version of "I Hear You Knockin'," which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1955.