| DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Lady Gangster is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Florey and based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison and is considered to be a remake of Ladies They Talk About. Cast Faye Emerson as Dorothy Drew Burton Julie Bishop as Myrtle Reed Frank Wilcox as Kenneth Phillips Roland Drew as Carey Wells Jackie Gleason as Wilson Ruth Ford as Lucy Fenton Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Stoner Dorothy Vaughan as Matron Jenkins Dorothy Adams as Deaf Annie William Hopper as John Vera Lewis as Ma Silsby Herbert Rawlinson as Lewis Sinton Peggy Diggins as Mary, a trustee Charles C. Wilson as Detective William 'Bill' Phillips as Stew Frank Mayo as Walker Leah Baird as Matron Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917 -- March 9, 1983) was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's ex in The Mask of Dimitrios. She was born to Lawrence and Emma (Smythe) in the tiny community of Elizabeth, Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Julie Bishop (August 30, 1914 -- August 30, 2001) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1923 and 1957. She made 16 films at Warners, including a supporting role in 1943's Princess O'Rourke, supporting Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings. While filming, she met her second husband, Clarence Shoop, a pilot. She ... |
