Gwen Kenyon

Acting

Gwen Kenyon

Born January 22, 1916 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died October 18, 1999 · aged 83

Gwen Kenyon was born on 22 January 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Cisco Kid in Old New Mexico (1945), The Great Mike (1944) and Socks Appeal (1943) She was previously married to Morton Scott. She died on 18 October 1999 in Montecito, California, USA.

Known For

Wells FargoWells Fargo · 1937
Wells Fargo
5.51937
MovieHistoryWestern
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
King of ChinatownKing of Chinatown · 1939
King of Chinatown
5.61939
MovieActionCrime
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
You and MeYou and Me · 1938
You and Me
6.61938
MovieCrimeRomance
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Phantom LadyPhantom Lady · 1944
Phantom Lady
7.01944
MovieMysteryThriller
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
Bluebeard's 8th WifeBluebeard's 8th Wife · 1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
7.11938
MovieComedyRomance
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
The Corpse VanishesThe Corpse Vanishes · 1942
The Corpse Vanishes
4.31942
MovieScience FictionHorror
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.
True ConfessionTrue Confession · 1937
True Confession
6.11937
MovieComedyRomance
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
TurnaboutTurnabout · 1940
Turnabout
6.01940
MovieComedyFantasy
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants their wish and they wind up living each other's life.

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Cosmo Jones, Crime SmasherCosmo Jones, Crime Smasher · 1943
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
4.61943
MovieCrimeDrama
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. Socialite Phyllis Blake is running around with gang member Tom and the opposing gang plan on kidnapping her. Cosmo is with Sergeant Flanagan when the attempt is made in front of a night club, where a bystander is seriously wounded in the gun-battle. Police Chief Murphy blames Flanagan for the shooting and demotes him. Cosmo, with the aid of a porter, Eustace and Flanagan's fiancée, Susan, tries to find the killer. Phyllis is finally kidnapped and Cosmo decides the act was committed by one of the two gangs. He has her father place an ad in the newspaper that contact has been made with the kidnappers. Each gang thinks the other is pulling a double cross, and one gang wipes out the other.

Phyllis Blake