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==Biography==

==Biography==

Born '''Josephine Cottle''' in Bloomington, [[Texas]], she won a “Gateway To Hollywood” talent contest while still in high school. This led to roles in thirty-seven films between 1940 and 1952.  It also led to marriage—to the male winner of that very same contest, Lee Bonnell.  Gale Storm’s pert and peppy personality was best showcased in her two hit sitcoms of the 1950s: ''My Little Margie'' (1952-55) and ''The Gale Storm Show'' (a/k/a ''Oh Susanna!'') (1956–60).

Born '''Josephine Cottle''' in Bloomington in Victoria County west of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], she won a “Gateway To Hollywood” talent contest while still in high school. This led to roles in thirty-seven films between 1940 and 1952.  It also led to marriage—to the male winner of that very same contest, Lee Bonnell.  Gale Storm’s pert and peppy personality was best showcased in her two hit sitcoms of the 1950s: ''My Little Margie'' (1952-55) and ''The Gale Storm Show'' (a/k/a ''Oh Susanna!'') (1956–60).

Between those two series, Gale hosted ''The NBC Comedy Hour'' and appeared on other programs—including one watched in the home of Dot Records owner '''Randy Wood'''. “His daughter Linda, who was about 12, saw me guesting on Gordon MacRae’s television show,” Gale wrote in her autobiography. “She called her dad in to see ''My Little Margie'' singing on TV.”  Wood phoned Storm, kicking off her recording career.

Between those two series, Gale hosted ''The NBC Comedy Hour'' and appeared on other programs—including one watched in the home of Dot Records owner '''Randy Wood'''. “His daughter Linda, who was about 12, saw me guesting on Gordon MacRae’s television show,” Gale wrote in her autobiography. “She called her dad in to see ''My Little Margie'' singing on TV.”  Wood phoned Storm, kicking off her recording career.

Storm was a member of the South Shores Church in Dana Point, California. In 1981, she published her [[autobiography]], ''I Ain't Down Yet'', which describes her successful battle with [[alcoholism]], with much encouragement from her first husband, Lee Bonnell. She was interviewed by author David C. Tucker for ''The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms'', published in 2007 by McFarland and Company.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Women_Who_Made_Television_Funny.html?id=1kKCs1QNkSsC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=gale%20storm&f=false | title=The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms | first=David C. | last=Tucker | chapter=Chapter 9: Gale Storm: ''My Little Margie'' and ''The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna'' | pages=141-156 | publisher=McFarland & Company | date=2007 | isbn=978-0-7864-2900-4 | accessdate=August 21, 2017}}</ref>

Storm was a member of the South Shores Church in Dana Point, California. In 1981, she published her [[autobiography]], ''I Ain't Down Yet'', which describes her successful battle with [[alcoholism]], with much encouragement from her first husband, Lee Bonnell. She was interviewed by author David C. Tucker for ''The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms'', published in 2007 by McFarland and Company.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Women_Who_Made_Television_Funny.html?id=1kKCs1QNkSsC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=gale%20storm&f=false | title=The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms | first=David C. | last=Tucker | chapter=Chapter 9: Gale Storm: ''My Little Margie'' and ''The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna'' | pages=141-156 | publisher=McFarland & Company | date=2007 | isbn=978-0-7864-2900-4 | accessdate=August 21, 2017}}</ref>

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