Gail Storm ~ Thanks for the Laughs!
Charles Farrell and Gail Storm
“Susannah and Captain Huxley”
Gail Storm, actress and singer, passed away on June 27, 2009.
I accidentally stumbled across a brief note about her passing. She lived to be 87. Had she died sooner or in a more dramatic way than living a full life, her passing might have been noticed by more people.
I remember Gail Storm from “The Gail Storm Show” in the fifties. She was Susannah, the meddling social director on a cruise ship. I also remember her from “My Little Margie” which I got to see in reruns if I was home sick.
Prior to television, she was in movies, including westerns with Audie Murphy, Roy Rogers and George Montgomery. She had best selling records with I Hear You Knocking, Teenage Prayer and Dark Moon. Later in life, she did cameos in Burke’s Law, Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote. She was active in stage – credits included South Pacific, Finian’s Rainbow and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
I remember laughter and smiles. I remember joy. I remember Gail Storm.
In a week where celebrities were falling down around us – Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, Fred Travalena, Michael Jackson – the passing of Gail Storm will probably not be noticed by many. But, I noticed. And, I am thankful that I grew up in a time when her lively humor gave us something to laugh at and smile about.
In her time, she was well-known and well-loved, earning three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Thank you, Miss Storm!