Gale Page was an American singer and actress, born Sally Perkins Rutter in Spokane, Washington.
Background
Page was the daughter of Mr. and Mistress R.L. Hunter of Spokane. She was the niece of Miles Poindexter, a United States. Senator from Washington and great-granddaughter of Joseph Gale, the first chief executive of Oregon (for whom she chose the "Gale" part of her screen name).
Career
Page was a radio actress and singer before being signed to a Hollywood film contract by Warner Brothers in 1938. She sang on a Spokane station before getting a job on KYW radio in Chicago, Illinois, subsequently moving to National Broadcasting Company, where her network activities included singing on Fibber McGee and Molly. Page was cast as blues singer Gertrude Lamont in the 1935 soap opera Masquerade.
Beginning on May 27, 1936, she played Gloria Marsh on the soap opera Today"s Children.
In the summer of 1939, she co-starred with Jim Ameche on Hollywood Playhouse. Page died in Santa Monica, California, aged 69, from lung cancer.