Named after Gail Russell. Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1924. She remained there until her family moved to California. She was very shy and had virtually no acting experience to speak of, but her beauty was so striking that Paramount movie studio figured it could work with her. Gail's first film came when she was 19 years old with a small role as "Virginia Lowry" in Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour in 1943. She went on to appear in more than 20 more films.
