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Gail Kobe (March 19, 1932〔 – August 1, 2013) was an American actress and television producer. ==Early career== Kobe was born Gabriella Joyce Kobe in Hamtramck in Wayne County in southeastern Michigan to Benjamin and Theresa Kobe. She had one sister, Beatrice Kobe Adamski, who predeceased her. Kobe graduated from UCLA earning a fine arts degree in theatre and dance.〔According to the 1940 United States census records, her name is listed as "Gabriella Kobe" and her age is eight years old, indicating 1932 year of birth; it is unclear if her parents, listed as Benjamin and Theresa Kobe, changed their apparent original surname (Kieliszewski) before the census, or if they adopted the name at some other time. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Divorce Index, 1966–1984 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: State of California. California Divorce Index, 1966–1984. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.〕 During the 1950s and 1960s, Kobe made guest appearances on ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective'', ''Bourbon Street Beat'', ''Maverick'', ''M Squad'' (four episodes), ''Whirlybirds'', ''The Californians'', ''The Rebel'', ''Mackenzie's Raiders'', ''Blue Light'', ''Felony Squad'', ''Ironside'', ''The Outer Limits'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''The Twilight Zone'' ("In His Image", "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross", "A World of Difference"), ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Empire'', ''Gunsmoke'', Cheyenne, ''Daniel Boone'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''The Mod Squad,'' and ''Mannix''. In 1962, she portrayed Dr. Louise Amadon in the episode "A Woman's Place" on CBS's ''Rawhide'', about a woman doctor's struggles against stereotype in the Old West. On February 17, 1959, Kobe was cast in the episode "Disaster Town" of the syndicated series, ''Rescue 8'', in the role of Ellen Mason, a mother looking for her son, Jimmy, in a western ghost town. Actor Jay North played Kobe's missing son. Rescuers Wes Cameron (Jim Davis and Skip Johnson (Lang Jeffries) are called when Ellen is trapped after she slips through the floor of an abandoned building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disaster Town on ''Rescue 8'', February 17, 1959 )〕 On the NBC western series, ''Laramie'', Kobe played a saloon girl, Lottie Harris, in the episode "Gun Duel" (aired December 25, 1962). The story line revolves around Jess Harper, played by Robert Fuller, is the weekend deputy while Sheriff Mort Corey (Stuart Randall) is away on business. Corey's newly married nephew, Johnny Hartley, wants to become a deputy also, but finds he is unsuited for the work after nearly getting killed by a gunshot from two bank robbers. Lottie had hoped to marry the third bank robber, who falsely promised to take her to California. In a dramatic scene, Harper advises Lottie to stop gazing out the hotel window at the street and look in the mirror to overcome her own weaknesses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Gun Duel", December 25, 1962 )〕 Kobe had a six-month role as Doris Schuster in ABC's ''Peyton Place''. Kobe was cast as Penny Adams in four episodes of the 1957–1959 CBS western series, ''Trackdown'', with Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, in whom her character had a romantic interest. She also appeared in two other ''Trackdown'' episodes as other characters. Other ''Trackdown'' regulars included Ellen Corby, Peter Leeds, Addison Richards, and James Griffith, who played Kobe's brother, Aaron Adams, the town barber. In the story line, Gilman is based in Porter, Texas, but travels across the state to capture an assortment of outlaws. on the run.〔Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", ''West Texas Historical Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), pp. 103–106〕 Kobe also appeared on daytime television in the NBC serial ''Bright Promise'' as Ann Boyd Jones (1970–1972). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gail Kobe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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