Lili Gentle

Lili Gentle (born Lillie Charlene Gentle, March 4, 1940) is a former American film and television actress.

Lili Gentle
Born
Lillie Charlene Gentle

(1940-03-04) March 4, 1940
OccupationActress
Years active1956-1962
Spouse(s)
(m. 1958; div. 1968)

Thomas P. Richardson
(m. 1970; div. 1971)

Timothy W. Guerry
(m. after 1975, died 2018)
Children3

Biography

Born Lillie Charlene Gentle in Montgomery, Alabama,[1] she later changed the spelling of her first name to "Lili". As a child, both she and her sister Janet were stricken with polio.

Gentle made her film debut in an uncredited role in Carousel (1956). In 1956, she had bit parts in Teenage Rebel and The Girl Can't Help It, starring Jayne Mansfield. In 1957, she earned a supporting role opposite Mansfield in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?. In 1958, she starred with Tommy Sands in the dramatic-musical, Sing, Boy, Sing. Her last film role was in 1962, in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation.[2]

She frequently acted on television in shows such as The 20th Century Fox Hour (1956); Matinee Theatre (1957); and Playhouse 90 (1957).

In 1958, just before her 18th birthday, she married future film producer Richard D. Zanuck, then 23 years old, who was then employed in the 20th Century-Fox story department. With Zanuck, she had two children, Virginia (born October 1959), and Janet (born September 1960), through whom she has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She adopted her daughter Virginia's first born child, Laura, in 1988.[3]

After divorcing Zanuck in 1968, Gentle remarried twice; her second marriage, to Thomas P. Richardson, ended in divorce in 1971. She married her third husband, Timothy W. Guerry, in 1975 and remained together 42 years, until his death in 2018.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1956CarouselYoung Girl #1Uncredited
1956Teenage RebelGloria
1956The Girl Can't Help ItUncredited
1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?April Hunter
1957Young and DangerousRosemary Clinton(billed as: Lilli Gentle)
1958Sing, Boy, SingLeora Easton
1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a VacationJanie Grant(final film role)
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1956The 20th Century Fox HourLenore Age 171 episode, (as Lily Gentle)
1956Matinee Theatre1 episode
1957Playhouse 90Marilyn Flood1 episode

References

  1. "Montgomery Advertiser, January 12, 1958, page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. "Lili Gentle Filmography". Online Database. IMDB. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  3. "Lili Gentle". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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