Gale Page

• Name — Gale Page • Birth Name — Sally Perkins Rutter • Born — 29 July 1910 • Died — 8 January 1983 • Known for — Four Daughters • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1934–1964 • Children — 3

Page was the daughter of R.L. and Isabel (Gale) Rutter of Spokane, Washington. Her aunt and uncle were Elizabeth Gale Page and Miles Poindexter, a U.S. senator from Washington and later U.S. Ambassador to Peru. She was also the great-granddaughter of Joseph Gale, the first governor of Oregon.

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Page was a radio actress and singer before being signed to a Hollywood film contract by Warner Brothers in 1938. She sang on a Spokane station before getting a job on KYW radio in Chicago, Illinois, subsequently moving to NBC, where her network activities included singing on Fibber McGee and Molly. Page was cast as blues singer Gertrude Lamont in the 1935 soap opera Masquerade. Beginning on May 27, 1936, she played Gloria Marsh on the soap opera Today's Children. In the summer of 1939, she co-starred with Jim Ameche on Hollywood Playhouse.

Page was a semi-regular performer on the television series Robert Montgomery Presents from 1954 until 1957.

Page was first married to Frederick M. Tritschler, with whom she had a son. They divorced on October 20, 1939. On August 17, 1942, Page married Count Aldo Solìto de Solis, a pianist and composer. In 1943, they had twins, Marina Francesca and Luchino Giovanni. By this marriage the actress acquired the title Countess Solìto de Solis. The count died in 1973, a decade before his wife.

Gale Page is recorded at birth as Sally Perkins Rutter. Recorded as actress and singer.