# Gail Dahms

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{{Short description|Canadian actress and singer}}
'''Gail Dahms''' (born June 27, 1957) is a former Canadian actress and singer, most noted as a [Juno Award](/source/Juno_Award) nominee for [Most Promising Female Vocalist](/source/Juno_Award_for_Breakthrough_Artist_of_the_Year) at the [Juno Awards of 1977](/source/Juno_Awards_of_1977).<ref>Joe Sornberger, "Juno Awards: parade of the great unknowns". ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'', March 12, 1977.</ref>

Originally from [Kitchener](/source/Kitchener%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario),<ref>Jon Kiely, "Kitchener-born actress Gail Dahms says she's ready to collect for years of practice, teasing". ''[Waterloo Region Record](/source/Waterloo_Region_Record)'', March 16, 1978.</ref> she had musical theatre roles in various local theatre productions, including ''[South Pacific](/source/South_Pacific_(musical))'', ''[Annie Get Your Gun](/source/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical))'', ''[Guys and Dolls](/source/Guys_and_Dolls_(musical))'' and ''[Fiddler on the Roof](/source/Fiddler_on_the_Roof)'', in her teenage years.<ref name=ferguson>Jeremy Ferguson, "Shooting for stardom". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', July 24, 1976.</ref> She was signed to a recording contract soon after finishing high school, and recorded a number of singles in 1975 and 1976, including "Can't We Somehow", "[Rescue Me](/source/Rescue_Me_(Fontella_Bass_song))" and "This Song Reminds Me of You".<ref name=ferguson/> However, she became best known in this era as the star of a series of television commercials for [Turtles](/source/Turtles_(chocolate)) candy, playing a sexy [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe)-style character who sang the jingle "Ooooh, I love Turtles" to a pair of turtle mascots.<ref name=ferguson/>

She did not release any further music as a recording artist, but continued to have acting roles, including the musical ''Eight to the Bar'',<ref>Ray Conlogue, "Eight to the Bar a glossy winner". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', January 12, 1980.</ref> the stage play ''The Guys in the Truck'',<ref>Mel Gussow, [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/22/theater/stage-sports-comedy-the-guys-in-the-truck.html "STAGE: SPORTS COMEDY 'THE GUYS IN THE TRUCK'"]. ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', September 22, 1982.</ref> a regular role as a nightclub singer in the television series ''[Flappers](/source/Flappers_(TV_series))'',<ref>Donn Downey, "Flappers full of silly frills". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', September 21, 1979.</ref> and supporting roles in the films ''[The Silent Partner](/source/The_Silent_Partner_(1978_film))'',<ref>[Jay Scott](/source/Jay_Scott), "Partner adds twist of schlock to straight Canadian recipe". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', November 4, 1978.</ref> ''[Stone Cold Dead](/source/Stone_Cold_Dead)'' and ''[The Man in 5A](/source/Killing_'em_Softly)''.

In 1983 and 1984 she appeared in a production of ''[Sugar Babies](/source/Sugar_Babies_(musical))'', first in [Toronto](/source/Toronto),<ref>Stephen Godfrey, "Sugar Babies has what it takes". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', March 4, 1983.</ref> and subsequently on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) and in [Boston](/source/Boston).<ref>John Engstrom, "'Sugar Babies' is territory where Vegas, vaudeville meet". ''[Boston Globe](/source/Boston_Globe)'', July 6, 1983.</ref> After concluding her run in that show she announced that she was moving to the United States to pursue work in [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_California).<ref>Dina Sudlow, "Rising from Turtles to doves, Kitchener to Hollywood". ''[Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/Kingston_Whig-Standard)'', August 24, 1984.</ref> 

She subsequently married American musician Jon Bonine, but chose to pursue family life rather than continuing her career.<ref name=aagard>Chris Aagard, "Ooooooh, yes, she still loves Turtles; Chocolate commercial took K- W's Gail Dahms to Broadway, Hollywood ... and Boise, Idaho". ''[Waterloo Region Record](/source/Waterloo_Region_Record)'', August 21, 1999.</ref> She had a behind-the-scenes credit as a voice coach on the 1994 children's film ''[The Little Rascals](/source/The_Little_Rascals_(film))'', but after the [1994 Northridge earthquake](/source/1994_Northridge_earthquake) she and Bonine moved to [Boise](/source/Boise%2C_Idaho), [Idaho](/source/Idaho), where she worked in music ministry for her church and performed in Bonine's swing jazz ensemble.<ref name=aagard/>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1957 births
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Category:20th-century Canadian actresses
Category:20th-century Canadian women singers
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian musical theatre actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian women pop singers
Category:Actresses from Kitchener, Ontario
Category:Musicians from Kitchener, Ontario

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