[2] She arrived in Los Angeles as a result of winning a beauty contest sponsored by the Balaban and Katz theater corporation.

She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1937 film Adventure's End, which would be her best known role.

However, in 1938 and 1939 her career took a downward turn, and she only appeared in three films over the two years; two of her roles were uncredited.

In 1954, Gibson began hosting The Talk of the Town, a new program on WLBR-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

[5] Gibson was married to Jack Schropp, who was an actor but later became general manager of the Lebanon News Publishing Company in Pennsylvania.