Gail davis biography celebrity
Gail davis biography celebrity
Davis, Gail - Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Gail Davis
American actress and horseback rider
Gail Davis (born Betty Jeanne Grayson; October 5, 1925 – March 15, 1997) was an American actress and singer, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television series Annie Oakley.[1]
Life and career
Early years
The daughter of a small-town physician, Davis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, but was raised in McGehee, Arkansas until her family moved to Little Rock.[when?]
She had been singing and dancing since childhood.
After graduating from Little Rock High School, she studied at the Harcum Junior College for Girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and then completed her education at the University of Texas at Austin.[2] She had a younger sister, Shirley Ann Grayson (August 26, 1937 – February 23, 1971).
Film
Betty Jeanne and her husband, Bob Davis, moved to Hollywood to pursue a film career. She told an interviewer how she acquired her professional acting name. "