Gale Dixon obit

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Gale Dixon (born 1946 died May 1 2012) was an American actress and singer who had a brief but active career in theatre, television, and film from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. She made her Broadway debut in 1966 as Francine in Robert Fisher and Arthur Marx's The Impossible Years. She returned to Broadway two years later to appear as Millie in the original production of John Sebastian's Jimmy Shine, sharing the stage with Dustin Hoffman and Rue McClanahan. In 1969 she portrayed the role of Lorry, the mother of a kidnapped child, in her first film The Tree.

In 1970, Dixon returned to Broadway as Noelle in Alan Jay Lerner and André Previn's musical Coco with actress Katharine Hepburn. She next guest starred on the television series Nichols in the episode "Bertha" (1972). She also appeared in the television movie Katherine with Sissy Spacek and Henry Winkler in 1975.

Gale Dixon died of pancreatic cancer in Santa Monica, California on May 1, 2012.

Other works

Stage Play: Jimmy Shine. Written by Murray Schisgal. Music by John Sebastian. Lyrics by John Sebastian [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Edward Burbridge. Directed by Donald Driver. Brooks Atkinson Theatre: 5 Dec 1968- 26 Apr 1969 (161 performances + 20 previews). Cast: Dustin Hoffman (as "Jimmy Shine"), Barbara Cason (as "Miss Green"), Gale Dixon (as "Millie"), Dorothy Emmerson (as "Rita"), Johnny Evans (as "Boy Dancer"), Rose Gregorio (as "Rosie Pitkin"), Kim Lang (as "Girl"), Cleavon Little (as "Lee Haines") [Broadway debut], Rue McClanahan (as "Sally Weber"), Eli Mintz (as "Mr. Lepke"), Pamela Payton-Wright (as "Constance Fry"), John Pleshette (as "Boy"), David Sabin (as "Man in Closet"), Susan Segal (as "Girl Dancer"), Charles Siebert (as "Michael Leon"), Susan Sullivan (as "Elizabeth Evans"), Joel Warfield (as "2nd Boy"), Arnold Wilkerson (as "Arnold"). Understudies: Barbara Cason (as "Sally Weber"), Dorothy Emmerson (as "Elizabeth Evans/Miss Green"), Kim Lang (as "Rita/Rosie Pitkin"), Joseph Leon (as "Mr. Lepke"), John Pleshette (as "Jimmy Shine"), Susan Segal (as "Millie"), Joel Warfield (as "Michael Leon") and Arnold Wilkerson (as "Lee Haines"). Replacement actor: Avril Gentles (as "Miss Green") [from ? Mar 1969- ?]. Produced by Claire Nichtern and Zev Bufman.

 

Actress

Katherine (1975)

Katherine

6.1

TV Movie

Linda

1975

 

Nichols (1971)

Nichols

7.7

TV Series

Lucinda

1972

1 episode

 

The Tree

Lorry

1969