Gertrude Warner

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This article is about the American radio actor. For the writer, see Gertrude Chandler Warner.

Gertrude Warner
"Trudy" Warner as Dr. Joyce Jordan
Born	April 2, 1917 Hartford, Connecticut
Died	January 26, 1986(1986-01-26) (aged 68) New York, New York
Other names	Trudy Warner
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1940s - 1960s
Spouse(s)	Carl Frank (1955 - 1957)
Children	Douglas Warner Frank (1956 -

Gertrude "Trudy" Warner was a voice actor in the Golden Age of Radio. Warner was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1917 and died in New York City in 1986.

By any account, Trudy Warner's career has to stand as one of the ten most ambitious, successful such careers in the history of radio ... some 28 years and well over 4,000 performances. She was considered one of the queens of daytime radio, appearing in dozens of daytime serials. She portrayed such well known characters as "the lovely Margot Lane" on The Shadow and Della Street on the daytime Perry Mason. The Lux Radio Theater episode of Mrs. Miniver proved so popular, it was developed into a daytime serial with Warner in the title role and as narrator. She was the third busiest actor in the Golden Age of Radio.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Family

Her father was James Louis Warner the first, who died not long after the great cash of 1929 and her mother was Mildred Lovejoy Warner who died in 1984. She is survived by her brother James L. Warner II, who was a B17 pilot in WWII and her son, Douglas (Dougie) Frank. Her brother, James L. Warner, died on November 20, 2008. She also has two grandchildren, Griffin and Caroline Frank.

References

↑ "Gertrude (Trudy) Warner, the radio actress who was the voice of Margot Lane in The Shadow and of Della Street in Perry Mason, died of cancer Sunday. She was 68 years old.". The New York Times. February 1, 1986. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
↑ Cox, Jim (October 2006). "Soap Stars: Ethereal Busybodies". Radio Recall. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
↑ Lackmann, Ronald W. (2000). The Encyclopedia of American radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-4137-7.
↑ "Dangerously Yours". Digital Deli. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

External links

♬ Last Ride on the Merry Go Round - Theater Five, March 8, 1965, Starring Gertrude Warner, Hosted by Archive.org
Gertrude Warner at Radio Gold Index
Busiest actors in radio - Gertrude Warner (#3) at Metro Washington Old Time Radio Club

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Name	Warner, Gertrude
Alternative names	Warner, Trudy
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	April 2, 1917
Place of birth	Hartford, Connecticut
Date of death	January 26, 1986
Place of death	New York, New York

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