Gabrielle Upton

Gabrielle Upton, Canada, 1922, was a screenwriter for various motion pictures and daytime serials and an actress. Ms. Upton was head writer and thrice nominated for Writer's Guild of America Outstanding Writing Achievement Awards for the daytime serials Love of Life (under pseudonym Gillian Houghton) and the Secret Storm. She has over forty prime-time TV scripts to her credit as well. Ms. Upton specialized in medical, legal and suspense shows. Her first major motion picture solo writer's credit was for the initial "Gidget" movie with Sandra Dee in 1959. This movie was followed by several more including Escape From East Berlin in 1962 and The Beach Boys: An American Band in 1985.