Gale Garnett
Biography
Gale Garnett is a Canadian singer, author, and actress who made her public singing debut in 1960. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, she moved to Canada at eleven. Her New York nightclub debut came in 1963 at the Blue Angel Supper Club, and RCA Victor signed her that year. Her debut album, My Kind of Folk Songs, arrived in 1964, and her composition We'll Sing in the Sunshine became a number four pop hit and received a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording, sold over a million copies, and earned a Best Vocal Performance Female nomination. She recorded through the 1960s with the Gentle Reign, voiced Francesca in the Rankin-Bass feature Mad Monster Party? (1967), and took part in the 1975 off-off-Broadway production Starfollowers in an Ancient Land. Later she acted in supporting film and television roles, including My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), and wrote journalism and novels such as Visible Amazement.
84years old
Turns 85 on July 17in 249 days
- Born Auckland
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Gale Zoë Garnett
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 26 years1967 to 1993
Every film, newest first
- 1993Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldIMDb rating 7.3
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeIMDb rating 6.6
- 1986The Park Is MineIMDb rating 6.1
- 1980The ChildrenIMDb rating 5.4
- 1967Mad Monster Party?IMDb rating 6.6
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Behind the award
Garnett's "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" earned a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording. The song sold more than one million copies, which gave it gold disc status.
Beyond film
In the Rankin-Bass feature Mad Monster Party?, Garnett gave voice to the character Francesca, and the tunes she sang were "Our Time to Shine" and "Never Was a Love Like Mine".
Beyond film
Garnett took part in a 1975 off-off-Broadway staging of Starfollowers in an Ancient Land at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, where she acted and, alongside Tom O'Horgan, helped write the music.
Behind the camera
Garnett wrote two one-person theater pieces and performed in both of them. They were called Gale Garnett & Company and Life After Latex.
First role
In 1963, Garnett debuted at The Blue Angel Supper Club in New York, and RCA Victor Records signed her that same year.
A first
Garnett's follow-up to "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" was "Lovin' Place", and it was the only other single of hers to chart in America.
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Worked with
Gale Garnett shares two films with James Kidnie, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Kidnie's page
R.D. Reid's page
Boris Karloff's page
Tommy Lee Jones's page
Paul Newman's page
Colm Feore's page
All films by François Girard
Jules BassDirector, 1 film, 1967
All films by Jules Bass
All films by James Ivory
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