Winnie Lightner: Winnie Lightner. Actress: Side Show. Winnie Lightner was known as Broadway's "Song a Minute Girl" because she could belt out a song in less than 60 seconds. Her brassy, outgoing style lent itself to Warner's Vitaphone shorts when sound came in, and soon Winnie Lightner was a top Warner star. The missing "Gold Diggers of Broadway" was a triumph for Lightner in 1929, and the all-technicolor "The Life of the...
Known For: Side Show (Pat), Manhattan Parade (Doris Roberts), Gold Dust Gertie (Gertrude 'Gertie' Dale), The Life of the Party (Flo)