Norma Smallwood was born on 12 May 1909 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA. She was married to George H. Bruce and Thomas Gilcrease. She died in May 1966 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Gave birth to her only child at age 20, a daughter named Des Cygne L'Amour Gilcrease on June 12, 1929 in Tulsa. Child's father is her now late ex-2nd husband, Thomas Gilcrease.