Sunny Gale Storm

1 min readApr 5, 2012

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The vivacious Gale Storm won hearts in the 1940s and '50s with her pretty smile and her multifaceted talent.

The vivacious Gale Storm won hearts in the 1940s and '50s with her pretty smile and her multifaceted talent.

The singer and actress made a splash acting on small screen and big, and she had a successful recording career, too. Today would have been her 90th birthday, and we celebrate with a look at a few of her hits.

In the movies: Storm stars in Swing Parade of 1946 along with the Three Stooges.

On TV: My Little Margie starred Storm as a young woman prone to madcap adventures.

On the radio: Storm delighted fans with her covers of recent hits – often considered better than the originals.

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