Beatrice Gray
Biography
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Beatrice Gray (March 3, 1911 – November 25, 2009) was an American actress and dancer best known for her appearances in a series of western films during the 1940s and 1950s.
Gray was born Bertrice Kimbrough on a farm near Carthage, Illinois. She began working in the entertainment industry in Broadway productions, as well as a performer in nightclubs. She earned her first acting role in the musical, New Faces of 1935. After moving to California in 1937, she appeared in the New Faces of 1937 by RKO Pictures. She worked as a dancer for Busby Berkeley.
Gray appeared in a number of westerns throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, many of which were produced by Monogram Pictures. Her other films were with Universal Pictures, including the 1958 movie, Wild Heritage. She ultimately appeared in three films starring Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele - The Utah Kid, Marked Trails and Trigger Law (all 1944).
Filmography
Laura
as Woman (uncredited) 1944
House of Dracula
as (uncredited) 1945
A Double Life
1947
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Woman (uncredited) 1949
The Lady Gambles
as Nurse (uncredited) 1949
Little Giant
as Miss King 1946
Abandoned
as Nurse in Dottie's Room (uncredited) 1949
Callaway Went Thataway
as Woman at Bar (uncredited) 1951
That Brennan Girl
as Saleswoman (uncredited) 1946
Flesh and Fury
as Mother (uncredited) 1952
The Kansan
as Saloon Girl 1943
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Nurse (Uncredited) 1952
New Faces of 1937
as Showgirl 1937
Stranger from Santa Fe
as Marcia Earley 1945
Trigger Law
as Sally Buchanan (as Beatrice Grey) 1944
The Utah Kid
as Marjorie Carter (as Beatrice Grey) 1944