Editing Gale Storm (section)

==Early life==
Storm was born in [[Bloomington, Texas]], United States.<ref name="NYT"/> The youngest of five children, she had two brothers and two sisters. Her father, William Walter Cottle, died after a year-long illness when she was only 17 months old, and her mother, Minnie Corina Cottle, struggled to raise the children alone.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} 

Storm attended Holy Rosary School in what is now [[Midtown, Houston]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Gabriel, Cindy|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights-news/article/Holy-Rosary-Catholic-School-alums-to-gather-for-2108796.php|title=Holy Rosary Catholic School alums to gather for 'Last Hurrah' Sunday|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2003-04-24|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> She performed in the drama club at both [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] Junior High School and [[San Jacinto High School (Houston, Texas)|San Jacinto High School]].{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} 

When Storm was 17, two of her teachers urged her to enter a contest on ''[[Gateway to Hollywood]]'', broadcast from the [[CBS Radio]] studios in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]].<ref name=Sun>{{cite news|title=Notable Deaths Elsewhere: Gale Storm, 87|date=June 30, 2009|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|page=16}}</ref> First prize was a one-year contract with a movie studio, which she won, and was immediately given the stage name Gale Storm. Her performing partner (and future husband), Lee Bonnell from [[South Bend, Indiana]], became known as Terry Belmont.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}