Background
Gibson, Florence Anderson was born on February 7, 1924 in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Gibson, Florence Anderson was born on February 7, 1924 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Student, Finch Junior College, New York City, 1941—1942. Bachelor in Dramatic Literature, University California, Berkeley, 1944. Student, Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 1944—1945.
She has also been in many radio dramas as well as appearing on stage. She died of cancer in 2011. She said she loved the classics.
Other notable books she has read are: Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Secret Garden, and The Wizard of Ounces
More recently she has recorded Anna Karenina and The War of the Worlds and over one thousand others Gibson started her own recorded books company, Audio Book Contractors, Incorporated. in 1983 at a time when there were very few audiobook companies, and the few that existed were not including unabridged classic audiobooks in their catalogues.
Realizing the importance of preserving such works for the listening public, she created her own company to preserve unabridged classic books for the listening audience. She then employed local talent from the Washington theatre community to help her in the recording, monitoring, packaging and distribution of all varieties of classic books on cassettes.
Some of these early employees, such as Grover Gardner, Mary Woods and John MacDonald, have gone on to continue their careers with great success in the recorded book industry and related fields.
In 2009 she recorded her 1,130th book
Board directors Foreign Student Service Council, Concern, Inc., Recording for the Blind, Children's Theater of Washington. Volunteer in occupational therapy Children's Hospital, Washington, 1949-1950. Volunteer lobbyist student exchange program American Field Service.
Married V.H. Carlos Gibson, August 30, 1947. Children: Nancy Derwent, Christopher Carlos, Katherine Wayne Bolland, Diana Corona.