Joanne Gilbert

Joanne Gilbert
Born(1932-07-17)July 17, 1932
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 2025(2025-04-16) (aged 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationsActress, singer
Years active1953–1966
Spouses
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    (m. 1955⁠–⁠1956)​
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    (m. 1958⁠–⁠1964)​

Joanne Beverly Gilbert (July 17, 1932 – April 16, 2025) was an American actress and singer who appeared in the Hollywood Golden Age of films and television.

Life and career

Gilbert was born on July 17, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of American lyricist Ray Gilbert best-known for writing the lyrics of the song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, and the stepdaughter of actress/singer Janis Paige.

She pursued an unsuccessful career as a fashion model in New York City, and then moved back to California, performing as a nightclub singer before becoming a film actress. Her movies include Red Garters starring Rosemary Clooney and Jack Carson, and The Great Man. Her last film performance was in The High Cost of Loving in 1958. She worked for much of the following decade in television.

Gilbert was married to screenwriter Danny Arnold and producer Edward Louis Rissien. Both unions were childless.

Gilbert died in Los Angeles on April 16, 2025, at the age of 92.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Chicagoans Stake Claims On Oldest TV Series". Chicago Tribune. July 20, 1957. p. C7. ProQuest 180186019. Joanne Gilbert was born in Chicago July 17, 1932. Her father, Ray Gilbert, is a well known song writer. She made her debut as an unpaid singer in a charity show. The performance was seen by a movie scout and Joanne was on her way.
  2. 1 2 "Hollywood Clotheshorse". Life magazine. February 15, 1954. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ Carroll, Harrison (January 4, 1955). "Behind the Scenes in Hollywood". The Dispatch. Lexington, NC. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Blum, Daniel C., Willis, John A. (1977). Screen World, Volume 28. Crown Publishers. p. 234. "Ray Gilbert, 63, composer and Academy-Award-winning songwriter, died March 3, 1976 after heart surgery in Los Angeles [...] He is survived by his wife, actress Janis Paige, and a daughter, singer Joanne Gilbert."
  5. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (March 27, 1954). "Two New Films Arrive Here". New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (January 2, 1957). "Screen: The Great Man". New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Joanne Gilbert to Be TV Producer's Bride: Singer-Actress Says She'll Be Wed to Eddie Rissien Either Here or In London". Los Angeles Times. September 25, 1958. p. B1. ProQuest 167277232. 'He expects to be in London for four or five months doing a TV job. Unless he comes home sooner, I'll fly there and we'll be married on the Continent.' She is the daughter of song writer Ray Gilbert and formerly was wed to Danny Arnold, a screen writer.
  8. ↑ "Joanne Gilbert – The Private Life and Times of Joanne Gilbert. Joanne Gilbert Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  9. ↑ Barnes, Mike (June 2, 2025). "Joanne Gilbert, 'The Great Man' and 'High Cost of Loving' Actress, Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 2, 2025.