Julie Gibson

Julie Gibson (born Gladys Camille Soray; September 6, 1913 – October 2, 2019) was an American singer and radio, television and film actress who had a career in movies during the 1940s.

Career Gibson, after performing at the Victor Club in Portland, joined Bob Young's orchestra as a soloist in 1935 performing for radio station KSL in Salt Lake City and, after winning a talent quest, joined Eddie Duchin's Orchestra paying to syndicated broadcasts from Los Angeles. She gained notice singing with the Jimmie Grier orchestra in 1937. She made her first film appearances in small roles in the films Nice Girl? and The Feminine Touch (both 1941).

Personal life On March 18, 1939, Gibson married bandleader Jimmy Grier in Tucson, Arizona. She sued for divorce from him in October 1940, and the divorce was granted on November 26, 1940. Her marriage to Dean Dillman ended in divorce in 1967. She was married to actor and film director Charles Barton from 1973 until his death in 1981. Gibson died in her sleep in North Hollywood, Los Angeles on October 2, 2019, aged 106.

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