Anne Gwynne

Born: 1918-12-10

Anne Gwynne was signed by Universal Pictures when she was 20 yrs old, and co-starred in "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" with Buster Crabbe soon thereafter . Over the next years, Miss Gwynne would be featured in some thirty-eight Universal films, and become one of the studio’s most recognizable stars. She co-starred in an additional 20 films, for MGM, Allied Artists, and RKO Pictures among other studios.  Anne Gwynne co-starred in what was the first filmed dramatic series for television, 1947-1948's "Public Prosecutor", filming 26 episodes for NBC (also known as "Crawford Mystery Theatre"). Anne Gwynne's motion picture and television career spanned the years 1939 through 1970.


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House of Frankenstein

as Rita Hussman
Released: 1944-12-01

Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a...

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The Black Cat

as Elaine Winslow
Released: 1941-05-02

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

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Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Anne Shaw
Released: 1942-02-13

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad...

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Panhandle

as June O'Carroll
Released: 1948-02-22

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

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Black Friday

as Jean Sovac
Released: 1940-02-29

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving...

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The Green Hornet

as Josephine Weaver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-08

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious...

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King of the Bullwhip

as Jane Kerrigan
Released: 1950-12-20

A whip-cracking federal marshal goes under cover as a masked bandit to ferret out a gold-bullion...

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Weird Woman

as Paula Clayton Reed
Released: 1944-03-01

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she...

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

as Sonja
Released: 1940-03-03

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his...

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

as Tess Trueheart
Released: 1947-09-26

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as...

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Fear

as Eileen Stevens
Released: 1946-03-02

B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in...

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Moon Over Las Vegas

as Marion Corbett
Released: 1944-04-01

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets...

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Babes on Swing Street

as Frances Carlyle
Released: 1944-10-27

The president of a settlement-house group puts on a benefit variety show.

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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

as Kit Logan Church
Released: 1942-03-27

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten...

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Washington Melodrama

as Mary Morgan
Released: 1941-04-17

An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town...

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Top Man

as Pat Warren
Released: 1943-09-17

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his...

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Call of the Klondike

as Nancy Craig
Released: 1950-12-17

A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder....

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Honeymoon Deferred

as Cecile Blades
Released: 1940-02-16

Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case...

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We've Never Been Licked

as Nina Lambert
Released: 1943-07-29

Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen...

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Teenage Monster

as Ruth Cannon
Released: 1958-01-08

In a little Western town, a boy is subjected to rays from a meteor. As a result, he grows into a...

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Adam at Six A.M.

as Mrs. Gaines
Released: 1970-09-22

A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant...

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Killer Dill

as Judy Parker
Released: 1947-08-02

Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself...

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Give Us Wings

as Julie Mason
Released: 1940-12-20

Dead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop...

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Men of Texas

as Jane Baxter Scott
Released: 1942-07-03

A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford)...

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The Blazing Sun

as Kitty Kelly
Released: 1950-11-20

Gene Autry hunts bank robbers Al Bartlett and Trot Lucas with his old friend Mike. Bartlett, to...

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Bad Man from Red Butte

as Tibby Mason
Released: 1940-06-01

A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for...

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Nice Girl?

as Sylvia Dana
Released: 1941-02-21

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his...

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Sin Town

as Laura Kirby
Released: 1942-09-25

Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to...

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The Man from Montreal

as Doris Blair
Released: 1939-12-09

The Man From Montreal is a lively entry in Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine action series....

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The Big Guy

as Joan's Friend (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-22

A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the...

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South of Dixie

as Dixie Holister
Released: 1944-06-23

To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful...

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Spring Parade

as Jenny
Released: 1940-09-27

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a...

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Ladies Courageous

as Gerry Vail
Released: 1944-02-02

Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.

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Road Agent

as Patricia Leavitt
Released: 1941-12-19

Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are...

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Arson, Inc.

as Jane Jennings
Released: 1949-06-24

An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the...

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The Ghost Goes Wild

as Phyllis Beecher
Released: 1947-08-08

Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he...

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It's a Date

as Society Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-22

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a...

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Broadway

as Pearl
Released: 1942-05-08

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

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I Ring Doorbells

as Brooke Peters
Released: 1946-02-28

Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper...

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Murder in the Blue Room

as Nan
Released: 1944-10-27

A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house...

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Tight Shoes

as Ruth
Released: 1941-06-13

A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the...

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Melody Lane

as Patricia Reynolds
Released: 1941-12-09

In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and...

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To the People of the United States

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1944-04-16

World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.

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The Enchanted Valley

as Midge Gray
Released: 1948-03-24

Armed robbers invade the home of a crippled boy and his grandfather and the effect the boy and...

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Frontier Badmen

as Chris Prentice
Released: 1943-08-05

A group of cowboys ending their cattle drive in Abilene find that cattle prices are being kept...

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Miss Larkin, Charlie's Nurse
Released: 1939-12-22

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...

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The Glass Alibi

as Belle Martin
Released: 1946-04-27

Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins...

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Breakdown

as Candy Allen
Released: 1952-07-16

A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend's (Ann Richards) wealthy father...

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Oklahoma Frontier

as Janet Rankin
Released: 1939-10-09

It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier...

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You're Telling Me

as Kit Bellamy
Released: 1942-05-03

Hubert Abercrombie Gumm, a flighty, eccentric screwball acquires a job as an executive at a...

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Mob Town

as Marion Barker
Released: 1941-10-03

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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Keeping Fit

as Nurse
Released: 1942-10-26

Topical wartime short depicting the plight of civilians who must stay in shape in order to fight...

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Don't Get Personal

as Susan Blair
Released: 1942-01-02

Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary...

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Sandy Is a Lady

as Millie
Released: 1940-05-21

Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and...

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Doom of Dracula

as Rita, the girl
Released: 1966-01-01

An EIGHT minute excerpt from the 1944 feature, House of Frankenstein, released in the 1960's to...

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Unexpected Father

as Kitty - showgirl
Released: 1939-06-14

Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy,...

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Jail House Blues

as Doris Daniels
Released: 1942-02-01

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...

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Northwest Passage

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-14

Northwest Passage is a 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro...

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Public Prosecutor

as Patricia Kelly
First aired: 1947-01-01

Public Prosecutor is a 26-episodes American television series produced in 1947–1948, and first...

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