Personal Info
Birth date
1904-11-13 (120 Years)
Day of death
1961-08-20
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hastings, Nebraska, USA
Also known as
Gwendolyn Lepinski
Gwendolyn Lee
Gwen Lee
Biography
Gwen Lee (born Gwendolyn Lepinski) was an American stage and screen actress.
Filmography
The Intruder
4.2
Overview:
A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island.Fury
7.432
Overview:
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.Libeled Lady
7.296
Overview:
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.West of Broadway
6.3
Overview:
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.314
Overview:
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.Double Wedding
6.576
Overview:
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.Mannequin
5.9
Overview:
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.Paid
6.8
Overview:
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.Pretty Ladies
4.7
Overview:
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.Untamed
5.8
Overview:
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.Estrellados
NYR
Overview:
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.My Dear Miss Aldrich
6.1
Overview:
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.A Night at the Movies
5.5
Overview:
A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).Absolute Quiet
5.5
Overview:
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.Our Blushing Brides
5.9
Overview:
Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Jerry is determined to remain practical. As she mothers her wounded, heartbroken friends, she stalwartly but foolishly resists the advances of the good-hearted and affluent Tony Jardine.Inspiration
6.1
Overview:
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.Lady of the Night
6
Overview:
The story of two baby girls, born near in proximity but worlds apart in society: Molly Helmer, the daughter of a thief, and Florence Banning, the daughter of the judge who sent Molly's father to prison. The girls' lives come together as they reach the age of eighteen, when Florence leaves the security of the exclusive Girls Select School, and Molly, now orphaned, begins her life after reform school.The Plastic Age
5.9
Overview:
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.Meet the Baron
4.3
Overview:
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.The Actress
NYR
Overview:
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.Lord Byron of Broadway
4.7
Overview:
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.Corruption
5.333
Overview:
A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.Sharp Shooters
NYR
Overview:
A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.The Galloping Ghost
2
Overview:
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.Traveling Husbands
4
Overview:
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.Free and Easy
6.1
Overview:
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?Acting
1938Paroled from the Big House as Binnie Bell
1938Penny's Party as Self
1938Mannequin as Flo (Uncredited)
1937Candid Cameramaniacs as Drowzina
1937A Night at the Movies as Cashier (uncredited)
1937Double Wedding as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
1937My Dear Miss Aldrich as Hat Saleswoman (uncredited)
1936Libeled Lady as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1936Fury as Mrs. Fred Garrett (uncredited)
1936How to Behave as Restaurant Gossip (uncredited)
1936Absolute Quiet as Western Union Operator (Uncredited)
1935One in a Million as Kitty Kennedy
1934City Park as Maizie, the Hooker
1933Meet the Baron as (uncredited)
1933Corruption as Mae
1933The Intruder as Daisy
1932Boy Oh Boy! as Unknown
1932Broadway to Cheyenne as Mrs. Myrna Wallace
1932Midnight Morals as Dora Cobb
1932Alias Mary Smith as Blossom
1931West of Broadway as Maizie
1931The Pagan Lady as Gwen Willis
1931Julius Sizzer as Cleo
1931The Galloping Ghost as Irene Courtland
1931Traveling Husbands as Mabel
1931The Lawless Woman as Kitty Adams
1931Inspiration as Gaby
1930Paid as Bertha
1930Extravagance as Sally
1930Our Blushing Brides as Dardanelle - A Mannequin
1930Estrellados as Self (Guest Appearance)
1930Free and Easy as Bedroom Scene
1930Lord Byron of Broadway as Bessie
1930Chasing Rainbows as Peggy
1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
1929Untamed as Marjory
1929The Man and the Moment as Viola
1929Lucky Boy as Mrs. Ellis
1928A Lady of Chance as Gwen
1928The Baby Cyclone as Jessie
1928Show Girl as Nita Dugan
1928Diamond Handcuffs as Cecile
1928The Actress as Avonia
1928Laugh, Clown, Laugh as Lucretia
1928Sharp Shooters as Flossy
1927Her Wild Oat as Daisy
1927Adam and Evil as Unknown
1927After Midnight as Maizie
1927Twelve Miles Out as Hulda
1927Orchids and Ermine as Ermintrude
1927Heaven on Earth as Claire
1927Women Love Diamonds as Roberta Klein
1926There You Are! as Anita Grant
1926Upstage as Dixie Mason
1926The Lone Wolf Returns as Liane De Lorme
1926The Boy Friend as Pettie Wilson
1926Time Flies as Unknown
1925The Plastic Age as Carl's Girl (uncredited)
1925His Secretary as Clara Bayne
1925Pretty Ladies as Fay
1925Lady of the Night as Molly's Friend