Person

Gwen Gaze

Acting · 1909–2010 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

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  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  Mrs. French (uncredited)

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  I Cover the War!

  Pamela Armitage

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  West of Pinto Basin

  Joan Brown

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  Bar 20 Justice

  Ann Dennis

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  Underground Rustlers

  Irene Bently

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  Wrangler's Roost

  Molly Collins

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  House of Errors

  Molly

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  The Secret of Treasure Island

  Toni Morrell

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  Two Fisted Justice

  Joan Hodgins

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  Partners of the Plains

  Lorna Drake

• 1943Two Fisted JusticeJoan Hodgins
• 1942House of ErrorsMolly
• 1941Underground RustlersIrene Bently
• 1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMrs. French (uncredited)
• 1941Wrangler's RoostMolly Collins
• 1940West of Pinto BasinJoan Brown
• 1938Bar 20 JusticeAnn Dennis
• 1938The Secret of Treasure IslandToni Morrell
• 1938Partners of the PlainsLorna Drake
• 1937I Cover the War!Pamela Armitage