Everything about Gretchen Wyler totally explained
Gretchen Wyler (
February 16,
1932 –
May 27,
2007) was an American actress.
Biography
Early life
Wyler was born in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as
Gretchen Patricia Wienecke, the daughter of Peggy (
née Highley) and Louis Gustave Wienecke, who was a gasoline engineer. She was raised in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She opened her own dancing school there before heading east to
New York to pursue a professional career as an actress and dancer.
Acting career
She appeared on Broadway in the following original productions:
Eventually she went west to
Hollywood to pursue movie stardom, which eluded her, but she appeared on many television programs, from
The Phil Silvers Show (aka
Sergeant Bilko) to
Naked City to
Somerset,
Charlie's Angels,
Dallas,
St. Elsewhere,
Remington Steele,
Falcon Crest,
Santa Barbara,
MacGyver,
Who's the Boss,
Designing Women,
Friends, and
Judging Amy; her last TV appearance was on
Chicken Soup for the Soul.
She appeared in
Rick McKays 2004 award-winning feature documentary, “,” which is currently running on
PBS, where she recounted her "aggressive" nature and an almost
Eve Harrington-esque ambition when she recalled trying on the star (
Yvonne Adair)'s outfits when she was merely second understudy in the pre-Broadway touring production of
Silk Stockings. When Ms. Adair collapsed in the middle of a show one night, and the first understudy (
Sherry O'Neil) had surreptitiously gone to
New York to audition for another play (which Wyler knew), Wyler stepped in, and played the role when the show arrived on
Broadway. Wyler has already filmed her appearance in McKay's sequel,
"Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age"(2008).
Personal life
In the mid-1960s, Wyler began to work for animal welfare causes. She founded The Ark Trust, presenter of the annual
Genesis Awards for animal protection. This event is now a program of The
Humane Society of the United States. In 2007, the first Gretchen Wyler Award was given to
Paul McCartney.
Wyler died on May 27, 2007 of complications from breast cancer. She had been married, but had no children.
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