According to Holly George-Warren's book, "Public Cowboy No. 1",
Davis had an affair with Gene Autry, who discovered her
and put her in many of his westerns and produced her starring series
Annie Oakley (1954). The affair lasted for many years.
On October 28, 2004, she was Inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Her daughter Terrie Davis was born in 1952.
Profiled in the book "Johnny Mack Brown's Saddle Gals" by Bobby Copeland.
She was awarded a Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960 at 6385 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
In "The Gene Autry Show" Season 1 Episode 10 "The Devil's Brand" it is established that Gail David has blue eyes.