Gail Davis Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Golden Boot award in 1994 or her contributions to the western genre
• Was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2004
• Studied drama and dance at the University of Texas at Austin
• Was named most beautiful baby in Arkansas when she was 2 years old
• Started singing and dancing when she was still a child
• A frequent western actress, she used her skill at riding and shooting to do most of her own stunts
• Rose to fame in the 1950s playing a gun-toting, pigtailed rancher on "Annie Oakley," the first western to star a woman
• In 1982, she was featured in an article in "California Magazine" called "The Last Roundup․"
• Used a screen name because her married name, Betty Davis, was too close to the name of actress Bette Davis
• Was featured on the cover of "TV Guide" in June 1955