Gwynne Shipman (born Beulah McDonald; November 8, 1909 – September 11, 2005) was an American

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She was married to the screenwriter

Barry Shipman Barry Shipman (February 24, 1912 – August 12, 1994) was a Canadian-American screenwriter. He was the son of the Canadian film pioneers Ernest Shipman and Nell Shipman. He worked on more than a hundred films and television series, mainly of the ...

. They had a daughter Nina, who became an actress, and twin sons, Michael and Noel. Shipman was an actress and dancer at Paramount Studios until 1949. Her film debut came in '' Trail Dust'' (1936). In 1935, Shipman broke her collarbone and two ribs when a horse threw her.

Selected filmography

* '' Hopalong Cassidy Returns'' (1936) * '' Trail Dust'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

Every Girl Should Be Married ''Every Girl Should Be Married'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Don Hartman and starring Cary Grant, Betsy Drake and Franchot Tone. Grant and Drake married a year after the film's release. Plot Department store sales ...

'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949)

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1909 births 2005 deaths American film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses Shipman family 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub