Gertrude Warner

Gertrude Warner
Trudy Warner as Dr. Joyce Jordan (1948)
Born	April 2, 1917 Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died	January 26, 1986(1986-01-26) (aged 68) New York, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938-1960s
Spouse(s)	Carl Frank (1955-1957)
Children	Douglas Warner Frank (1956)

Gertrude "Trudy" Warner was a voice talent who played multiple characters on radio productions during the Golden Age of Radio.

Warner was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1917. Her father was James L. Warner, who died not long after the great crash of 1929 and her mother was Mildred Lovejoy Warner who died in 1976. Her brother, James L. Warner, was a B17 pilot in World War II who died on November 20, 2008. She is survived by her son, Douglas Warner Frank.

Warner's first starring role on radio came when she was 23, playing Rebecca Lane in Beyond These Valleys on CBS. Her successful radio career continued for 28 years and well over 4,000 performances. She was considered one of the queens of daytime radio, appearing in dozens of daytime serials. Among her accomplishments was being the female lead on the dramatic anthology Brownstone Theater on Mutual.

She portrayed such well known characters as Della Street on the daytime The New Adventures of Perry Mason, "the lovely Margot Lane" on The Shadow, and the title character on Joyce Jordan, M.D. The Lux Radio Theater episode of Mrs. Miniver proved so popular, it was developed into a daytime serial with Warner in the title role and as narrator. Trudy Warner played leading, supporting and some times guest roles on popular radio series, such as The Mystery Man, Dimension X, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Dangerously Yours, Suspense, Cavalcade of America, Matinee Theater, The MGM Theater of the Air and dozens more programs. She was the third busiest actor in the Golden Age of Radio.