Born 1926 in Dallas, Texas, American actress Nancy Gates had her first role in The Great Gildersleeve in 1942. In 1943, she went on contract with RKO, her first film with them being Hitler’s Children that same year. In 1948, she starred opposite Eddie Dean in Check Your Guns, and in 1949, she played alongside Jim Bannon, Marin Sais, and Emmett Lynn in one installment of the Red Ryder film series, titled Roll, Thunder, Roll!.
In total, Gates starred or co-starred in 34 films and serials, and made a total of 55 television appearances. She retired from acting in 1969 to be closer to her family. She died in 2019 at the age of 93. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of young Nancy Gates in the 1940s and 1950s.
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