Gale Garnett

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Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a Canadian singer known for her Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine." Garnett has since carved out a career as a writer and actress.

Biography

Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand. When Garnett was 11, her family moved to Canada, and she made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career making guest appearances on television shows such as 77 Sunset Strip. She made her "New York nightclub debut" in 1963.^[1] In the fall of 1964, Garnett scored a #4 pop hit ^[2] with her original composition "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" (also #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for seven weeks and a Top 50 country hit), and recorded her debut album, My Kind of Folk Songs, for RCA Victor. Riding the success of "We'll Sing in the Sunshine," which won a 1965 Grammy for Best Folk Recording, Garnett continued to record through the rest of the 1960s with her backing band the Gentle Reign. However, her follow-up to "We'll Sing In The Sunshine," "Lovin' Place," was her only other single to chart in America. Garnett also twice appeared on ABC's Shindig! at the height of her singing fame in the mid 1960s.

Garnett delivered a notable performance in the Rankin-Bass feature Mad Monster Party in the late 1960s, with the memorable tunes "Our Time to Shine" and "Never Was a Love Like Mine." At this period she had begun to be more influenced by the counter-culture and had embraced psychedelic themes to some extent.^[3]

Although Garnett retired from the music business by the 1980s, she has also continued appearing in feature films (such as 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding^[4]) and on television shows, usually in supporting roles.^[5] In subsequent years, she also branched out into journalism, writing essays, columns, and book reviews for various newspapers and magazines. She also wrote and performed two one-person theater pieces, Gale Garnett & Company and Life After Latex.^[6][7]

Garnett published her first novel, Visible Amazement (a romance) ^[8], in 1999. She followed up with Transient Dancing in 2003, the novella Room Tone in 2007, and Savage Adoration, her latest release, in 2009.

Filmography

• Wild Card as Oxsana Petrovich (1 episode, 2005)
  • aka "Zoe Busiek: Wild Card" (Canada: English title) (USA)
  • - Russian Missus Gets No Kisses (2005) TV episode (as Gale Zoë Garnett) as Oxsana Petrovich
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) (as Gale Zoë Garnett) as Aunt Lexy
  • aka Le mariage grec (Canada: French title: TV title)
  • aka Mariage à la grecque (Canada: French title)
• Men with Guns (film) (1997) as Eileen Janey
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Jo Emery (1 episode, 1995)
  • - The Return of Sing Ling (1995) TV episode as Jo Emery
• Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) (TV) as Ginette
• Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) as a Journalist
  • aka 32 Curtas Metragens Sobre Glenn Gould (Portugal)
  • aka Glenn Gould - 32 lyhytelokuvaa (Finland)
  • aka Trente-deux films brefs sur Glenn Gould (Canada: French title)
• E.N.G. .... Lady Lovene (1 episode, 1992)
  • - Two for the Show (1992) TV episode as Lady Lovene
• Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) as Mabel Ong
• Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990) (TV) as May
  • aka Queen of Mean
• Friday the 13th (TV series) as Dr. Sybil Oakwood (1 episode, 1990)
  • aka "Friday the 13th: The Series"
  • aka "Friday's Curse" (UK: repeat compilations title)
  • - The Tree of Life (1990) TV episode .... Dr. Sybil Oakwood
• The Park Is Mine (1986 film) (1986) (TV) as Rachel
• Overnight (1986 film) (1986) as Del
  • aka Not Another Dirty Little Movie
• The Edison Twins as Lana Garbo (1 episode, 1985)
  • - Everyone a Rembrandt (1985) TV episode as Lana Garbo
• Hangin' In as Renee (1 episode, 1983)
  • - She Shoots, He Scores (1983) TV episode as Renee
• Tribute (film) (1980) as Hilary
  • aka Un fils pour l'été (Canada: French title)
• The Littlest Hobo as Madame Sybil (1 episode, 1980)
  • - Carnival of Fear (1980) TV episode as Madame Sybil
• The Children (1980 film) (1980) as Cathy Freemont
  • aka The Children of Ravensback
• King of Kensington as Carol (2 episodes, 1978)
  • - Carol's Arrival (1978) TV episode as Carol
  • - Double Standard (1978) TV episode as Carol
• Kojak as Elaine Kastos (1 episode, 1975)
  • - Night of the Piraeus (1975) TV episode as Elaine Kastos
• Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) as Yolanda
  • aka Run, Stranger, Run (USA: TV title)
• Journey (1972 film) (1972) as Morgan, herbalist
  • aka Détour (Canada: French title)
• Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist (1971) TV series as Mrs. Donaldson
• The Rat Patrol as Safti (1 episode, 1967)
  • - The Trial by Fire Raid (1967) TV episode as Safti
• Mad Monster Party (1967) (voice) as Francesca
  • aka Mad Monsters Party
• The Red Skelton Show as Guest Vocalist (1 episode, 1964)
  • aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
  • - Episode #14.8 (1964) TV episode as Guest Vocalist
• Suspense (TV series) (1 episode, 1964)
  • - I, Lloyd Benson (1964) TV episode
• Have Gun - Will Travel as Prudence Powers (1 episode, 1963)
  • - Debutante (1963) TV episode as Prudence Powers
• The Real McCoys as Angela (1 episode, 1962)
  • aka "The McCoys"
  • - Pepino's Inheritance (1962) TV episode as Angela
• Bonanza as Maria Winters (1 episode, 1962)
  • aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
  • - The Deserter (1962) TV episode as Maria Winters
• Tales of Wells Fargo as Ruth (1 episode, 1962)
  • - Winter Storm (1962) TV episode as Ruth
• The Dick Powell Show as Paca (1 episode, 1962)
  • aka "The Dick Powell Theatre" (USA: new title)
  • - Death in a Village (1962) TV episode as Paca
• Hawaiian Eye as Joyce Gilbert / (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
  • - The Trouble with Murder (1961) TV episode as Kiana Soong
  • - White Pigeon Ticket (1960) TV episode as Joyce Gilbert
• Hong Kong as Miss Wong (1 episode, 1960)
  • - When Strangers Meet (1960) TV episode as Miss Wong
• 77 Sunset Strip as China Mary (1 episode, 1960)
  • - The Double Death of Benny Markham (1960) TV episode as China Mary

Soundtrack

• Penelope (1966) (music: "The Sun Is Gray")

References

External links

• Gale Garnett at the Internet Movie Database
• Garnett bio at bradfraser.com

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