Audrey Gwendoline Long (April , â€" September , ) was an American
stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in
low-budget films in the s and early s. Some of her more notable film
performances are in Tall in the Saddle () opposite John Wayne,
Wanderer of the Wasteland (), Born to Kill (), and Desperate ().Audrey
Gwendoline Long was born on April , in Orlando, Florida, the
first-born child of English parents. Her father, Christopher Stanley
Long, was an Episcopal minister, a naturalized American citizen who
served as a chaplain with the United States Navy; her mother Ellen
Gwendoline Erskine. She spent some time in Hawaii where her younger
brother John Stanley Long was born. She was educated at St. Margaret's
School in Tappahannock, Virginia, Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos,
California, and Disputanta High School, Virginia. She worked as a
model before becoming an actress.In , Long made her screen debut in
The Male Animal playing a student. That same year she was cast as a
receptionist in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Other bit parts followed in . In
May , Long played the character Dora Applegate in the Broadway
production Sons and Soldiers. She returned to film work the following
year, cast as Clara Cardell, the female lead opposite John Wayne in
Tall in the Saddle. In , she performed in another Western film,
Wanderer of the Wasteland, playing Jeanie Collinshaw.In , Long had
featured roles in two films noir, Desperate and Born to Kill. She
appeared in several low-budget films from through . In , Long made
her last film, Indian Uprising, playing the role of Norma Clemson. She
retired from acting that year.
stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in
low-budget films in the s and early s. Some of her more notable film
performances are in Tall in the Saddle () opposite John Wayne,
Wanderer of the Wasteland (), Born to Kill (), and Desperate ().Audrey
Gwendoline Long was born on April , in Orlando, Florida, the
first-born child of English parents. Her father, Christopher Stanley
Long, was an Episcopal minister, a naturalized American citizen who
served as a chaplain with the United States Navy; her mother Ellen
Gwendoline Erskine. She spent some time in Hawaii where her younger
brother John Stanley Long was born. She was educated at St. Margaret's
School in Tappahannock, Virginia, Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos,
California, and Disputanta High School, Virginia. She worked as a
model before becoming an actress.In , Long made her screen debut in
The Male Animal playing a student. That same year she was cast as a
receptionist in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Other bit parts followed in . In
May , Long played the character Dora Applegate in the Broadway
production Sons and Soldiers. She returned to film work the following
year, cast as Clara Cardell, the female lead opposite John Wayne in
Tall in the Saddle. In , she performed in another Western film,
Wanderer of the Wasteland, playing Jeanie Collinshaw.In , Long had
featured roles in two films noir, Desperate and Born to Kill. She
appeared in several low-budget films from through . In , Long made
her last film, Indian Uprising, playing the role of Norma Clemson. She
retired from acting that year.
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