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Until She Has To Cough THE CHARLOTTE Oct 30 1971-17C ff TROPHIES 'I Gail Kobe's Secure in Soap Opera opera "Bright Promise" and she's been there now for more than a year and a half "I was originally signed for 13 weeks" says Gail "and I'd By DICK KLENER HOLLYWOOD (NEA) It ooks like Gail Kobe has a teady job She plays Anne 3oyd on the NBC aetergent FREE LETTERING PHOTO PLAQUES For All Occasions Reasonably Priced We can put anything into metal AWARDS INC PHONE 375-4471 2025 1 Independence Blvd 1 il 10 16 like to stay for another couple of years but you can never tell with a soap opera "You can pick up a script today and find that you have to cough a little The next week you're in the hospital and the week after that you're dead and looking for a job" Until she reads that instruction to cough though she's reasonably secure Some actors fight for security but Gail isn't sure security is good for actors She thinks it stirs up the juices to shake your life up once in a while says "as though I were an adult and that was something nobody else had ever done before" So she became an actress and a good one She made some 150 appearances on TV and was one of the top dramatic guest stars for several seasons For one year she was a regular on Peyton Place as the scheming Doris Schuster She's also an acting teacher she has the time and a member of the booming off-Hollywood theater group Theater West when she has the time "I've had to give up a lot of my activities since I started on Bright Promise" she says "because I just don't have the time This is a long day I'm usually at the studio from 11:45 in the morning until seven at night" But she's enjoying it and the one thing she enjoys the most is acting with good people This was something of a surprise to her "The acting is good on the show" she says "It's like a rep company In all the shows I've done since I joined and with all the actors I've played with there hasn't been one dud" 17 i La plighter 7 cfo Vi11 -age 4tr- --7- Afl Investment al) 1 ilile r- iidid homes and large wooded 1' horheeltes open daily 'O pm tr- 4Aith leisure living itiOnsdfacIlitles I 1 i de Out I )4 'Albemarle Road it 4 and follow the ('1 41p -signs ante $1 I ao ill kaoplIghter Village 51501114111333-54924 TR 4 lq- a' jk: III' N9' vBtiN liNtileCtlymoNmC EE 7 a i Ir-? a LtrAttEN i Q4 13 ENTERPRISES it TA t2: 1 A7- I 0- 30 1 -e s4 'Wel homes and large wooded It tiOrnesItes open daily '01 10 pm vith leisure living recreeql-t lc ational facilities Air out Ailitsemarle red fil11 nd fall SigliS i NM to I i 1491plighter Village i 1 i i 51542614 11333-5492 raft 4 ABOLDNEWCONCEPT 'IRMOBILE HOME VINO by BlIrAllEN d( ENTERPRISES 't 32 4s ''4X 41-Ito'2 i ''''kx i i-1 rs k' ovitir'1-IF'' e'415ifkelil r' I tv 1 1t 4 0:: Ir (j4k i i ir 4- )4 0) -(2 0: i 10 OVER THE YEARS she's done a lot of life-shaking She's from Detroit and she was originally Gabriella Kieliszewski but that's a lot for a marquee so she changed to Gail Kobe when she started out as a dancer That was after she had polio and (lancing was prescribed for health reasons During high school she developed a heart murmur and had to give up dancing During World War II many Polish refugees came to Detroit and among them was an acting company She worked with them and became infatuated with acting "They talked to me" she Sally's PET GROOMING ALL BREEDS Professional Show Grooming and Popular Clips Ily Appointment Phone 333-9595 216 Magnolia Avenue to N-10-30 GAIL KOBE originally Gabriella Kieliszewski g14 --400 iiik ::1:: A 0 ihtm 4 At I 0 If 0 1 '4449 rIi )140 4 ro1 41111 (5 IlliN00 Stre it 1 't7) 0 i 19 0 god 0 I 4 tot It lito () 6 1 wow 0 411 It 0 0 0 41 3 1 1 ill Quality Dry Cleaning MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY SPECIAL 2 SUITS ri'l 39 01 YOU SAVE I SESW2DIS MEN'S OR LADIES OR 2 DRESSES PLAIN saw REGULAR PRICE PLAIN 91 1J eautifull to turn WEITTM stereo1079 4 SHIRTS 99 HIRT5 99 Monday Through ALL LOCATIONS so 6 LOCATIONS TO 4732 SHARON RD 2807 BOULEVARD 1612 SEVENTH ST SERVE YOU 3221 MONROE RD 3001 THE PLAZA 2903 CENTRAL AVE 8 4 1 iMIM.