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Darlene Faye Gillespie is a Canadian-American former child actress, most remembered as a singer and dancer on the original The Mickey Mouse Club television series from 1955 to 1959. Her Irish father and French Canadian mother were a former vaudeville dance team. When Darlene was two years old, her family moved to Los Angeles, where she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in September 1956 at the age of fifteen. After her career in entertainment ended, she became a nurse.
Birth Name
Darlene Faye Gillespie
Born
Tuesday, 08 April 1941
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Ex-Mouseketeer (as Darlene Valentine) / Herself - Actress (as Darlene Gillespie Gammon) | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Sister Mary Elizabeth | 1961 |
| National Velvet | Beth Brian | 1960 |
| Corky and White Shadow | Corky Brady | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Self / Self and serial 'Corky and White Shadow' | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dorothy Gale / Self - Mouseketeer / Herself / Self | 1954 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Ex-Mouseketeer (as Darlene Valentine) / Herself - Actress (as Darlene Gillespie Gammon) | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Sister Mary Elizabeth | 1961 |
| National Velvet | Beth Brian | 1960 |
| Corky and White Shadow | Corky Brady | 1956 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Self / Self and serial 'Corky and White Shadow' | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dorothy Gale / Self - Mouseketeer / Herself / Self | 1954 |
