Gertrude Warner

Background

Warner was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1917. Her father was James L. Warner, who died not long after the great crash of 1929 and her mother was Mildred Lovejoy Warner who died in 1984.

Career

Her brother, James L. Warner, was a B17 pilot in World World War II who died on November 20, 2008. Warner"s first starring role on radio came when she was 23, playing Rebecca Lane in Beyond These Valleys on Columbia Broadcasting System. Her successful radio career continued for 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 and Della Street on the daytime The New Adventures of Perry Mason, "the lovely Margot Lane" on The Shadow, and the title character on Joyce Jordan, Doctor of Medicine The Lux Radio Theater episode of Mistress

Miniver proved so popular, it was developed into a daytime serial with Warner in the title role and as narrator. Trudy Warner played leading, supporting and some times guest roles on popular radio series, such as The Mystery Manitoba, Dimension X, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Dangerously Yours, Suspense, Cavalcade of America, Matinee Theater, The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Theater of the Air and dozens more programs.

She was the third busiest actor in the Golden Age of Radio. Later in her life, she taught acting for television at Oberlin College and Weist Barron studios.

Gertrude Warner died on January 26, 1986 from cancer.

Achievements

• Among her accomplishments was being the female lead on the dramatic anthology Brownstone Theater on Mutual.