Acting

Tina Thayer

Born November 2, 1923 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died December 27, 2003 · aged 80

Thelma Thayer Gibson was born on November 2, 1923 in Boston, Massachusets, to Manual Flanders Gibson and Florence Emsralda Fogg. Her parents divorced in the late 1920s, and Tina and Florence went on to live with Florence’s mother (also called Florence) in Worchester, Massachusests. Tina’s mother, who was college educated, ran a singing school in Worchester, and Tina, naturally, took up singing fr…

Known For

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe · 1941

MovieDramaComedy

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

A Yank at Eton

A Yank at Eton · 1942

MovieFamilyComedy

An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

The Payoff

The Payoff · 1942

MovieActionThriller

The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Secrets of a Co-Ed · 1942

Secrets of a Co-Ed

MovieDramaCrime

An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.

Girls Under 21

Girls Under 21 · 1940

MovieDramaAdventure

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie White, and five of her friends. With the aid of her old boyfriend, she manages to divert them from their juvenile-delinquent path leading to disaster for each.

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret · 1944

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.

Jive Junction

Jive Junction · 1943

A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the troops.

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Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe · 1941

MovieDramaComedy

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Ann's Sister (uncredited)

A Yank at Eton

A Yank at Eton · 1942

MovieFamilyComedy

An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

Flossie Sampson (uncredited)

The Payoff

The Payoff · 1942

MovieActionThriller

The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

Phyllis Walker

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Secrets of a Co-Ed · 1942

Secrets of a Co-Ed

MovieDramaCrime

An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.

Brenda Reynolds

Girls Under 21

Girls Under 21 · 1940

MovieDramaAdventure

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie White, and five of her friends. With the aid of her old boyfriend, she manages to divert them from their juvenile-delinquent path leading to disaster for each.

Jennie White

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret · 1944

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.

Jennifer Dale

Jive Junction

Jive Junction · 1943

A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the troops.

Claire Emerson