Adele Longmire on AllMovie

One of the many pretty girls who tested for the plum role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, Adele Longmire later played Ann Rutledge in the hit Broadway play Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938). She was also in Two on an Island (1940) with Howard Da Silva and both were awarded contracts with Warner Bros. Longmire was cast as Regis Toomey's love interest in Bullet Scars (1942; Da Silva played the gangster) but returned to the stage soon after. She resumed her screen career in the late '40s and also earned guest spots on such television shows as The Lone Ranger and I Love Lucy.