Gale Storm has died

[rostasi]

Gale Storm, perky star of 1950s TV, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES — Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.

Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, said her son, Peter Bonnell.

Before landing the starring role in "My Little Margie" in 1952, Storm appeared in numerous B movies opposite such stars as Roy Rogers, Eddie Albert and Jackie Cooper. After her last TV series, "The Gale Storm Show," ended in 1960 she went on to a successful singing career while continuing to make occasional TV appearances...

[Larry Kart]

The story mentions that the stage name she was given is kind of funny when you think about it. Then I thought of the actual name of former New York Times editor Howell Raines.

Also, am I the only kid on the block who had moderately salacious thoughts about Margie?

[Chuck Nessa]

Moderately?

[Matthew]

I think a better question is: Who didn't you guys have salacious thoughts about?

[Larry Kart]

Moderately?

Yes, by comparison with those Breck shampoo ads with Piper Laurie and Terry Moore. What a disappointment it was to discover that there are no women who actually look like that!

Matthew: You've got a point, but age 10 or so, one had little or no choice.

[Harold_Z]

Vern Albright, Mr. Honeywell and MY LITTLE MAHJEE !

RIP Gale. In truth I thought she was already gone but seeing this brought back a STORM of memories.

[Larry Kart]

In case you're thinking about Piper Laurie in "Carrie," this is what I'm talkin' about:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...sa%3DX%26um%3D1

As for Terry Moore, they don't make corn-fed American carnality like this anymore (actually Moore, b. 1929, was a bit older than Laurie, b. 1932, though Moore held up better, doing a celebrated Playboy spread in 1984!):

http://j.bdbphotos.com/pictures/J/1L/J1H7F5P_large.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...t%3D20%26um%3D1

[Larry Kart]

Actually, this is the Piper Laurie image I meant:

http://www.allstarpics.net/photo-gallery/1...-laurie-pic.htm

[Jazzmoose]

Wow. When I think of Piper Laurie, I think of this:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/news/jul08/piperlaurie.jpg

Mind you, I still like it...

[GA Russell]

Wasn't Terry Moore one of Howard Hughes's girlfriends?

[BruceH]

Wasn't Terry Moore one of Howard Hughes's girlfriends?

Supposedly she was secretly married to him. What the real story is, who-the-fuck knows?

[sheldonm]

In case you're thinking about Piper Laurie in "Carrie," this is what I'm talkin' about:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...sa%3DX%26um%3D1

As for Terry Moore, they don't make corn-fed American carnality like this anymore (actually Moore, b. 1929, was a bit older than Laurie, b. 1932, though Moore held up better, doing a celebrated Playboy spread in 1984!):

http://j.bdbphotos.com/pictures/J/1L/J1H7F5P_large.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...t%3D20%26um%3D1

...and a shot of Terry after she had her nipples photo shopped off. Not sure what HH would see in her....!

m

Edited June 29, 2009 by sheldonm

[Larry Kart]

In case you're thinking about Piper Laurie in "Carrie," this is what I'm talkin' about:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...sa%3DX%26um%3D1

As for Terry Moore, they don't make corn-fed American carnality like this anymore (actually Moore, b. 1929, was a bit older than Laurie, b. 1932, though Moore held up better, doing a celebrated Playboy spread in 1984!):

http://j.bdbphotos.com/pictures/J/1L/J1H7F5P_large.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...t%3D20%26um%3D1

...and a shot of Terry after she had her nipples photo shopped off. Not sure what HH would see in her....!

m

It was somewhat characteristic of Ms. Moore throughout her career as a photo subject that her body and her head/face seemed to belong to two different worlds, but this is insane! On the other hand, if it's from her 1984 Playboy spread, she was 55 years old at the time.

[Chuck Nessa]

I could still get the hots for the older Ms Laurie. She be fine for me. -_-

Ms Moore only distracted me for a minute.

I got more pleasure from a romantic vision of Joan of Arc on the end of a peach crate. A female encased in metal, with a blade got me hot at 10.

[alocispepraluger102]

...........aloc is sad to say that a mature betty furness in a westinghouse commercial on studio one or westinghouse presents or something stimulated a tenderaged aloc.

aloc always did, and still has, eccentric tastes, but margie's perkiness........

tyler moore copped a very tiny measure of margies bubbly qualities.

is margie still being shown, except in rest homes?