Gladys George

Gladys George
from the trailer for the film Marie Antoinette (1938).
Born	Gladys Clare Evans September 13, 1904(1904-09-13) Patten, Maine, United States
Died	December 8, 1954 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active	1919–1954
Spouse(s)	Ben Erway (1922-1930) (divorced) Edward Fowler (1933-1935) (divorced) Leonard Penn (1935-1944) (divorced) Kenneth Bradley (1946-1950) (divorced)

Gladys George (September 13, 1904^[1] – December 8, 1954) was an American actress, now perhaps best remembered for her role in The Maltese Falcon.

Early life

She was born Gladys Clare Evans on September 13, 1904^[1]in Patten, Maine, the daughter of English parents Sir Arthur Evans Clare and Lady Alice Clare.

Career

George starred on stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade.

She is credited for contributing to the enormous success on Broadway of Personal Appearance, a comedy by Lawrence Riley in which she had the starring role. This role was reprised by Mae West in the classic film Go West, Young Man, which West adapted from the play.

In 1936 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie.

Her only other leading role was in Madame X (1937). She also appeared in The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Way of All Flesh (1940), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and He Ran All the Way (1951). She is perhaps best known to modern audience as the widow of Miles Archer in The Maltese Falcon. Her last successful roles were as Madge Parkson in Flamingo Road and her brief appearance as the corrupt nurce Miss Hatch in Detective Story (1951). After which, her career limited to TV appearances.

George died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1954 in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

• Hopalong Cassidy as Mrs. Edna Turner (1 episode, 1954)
• Mr. & Mrs. North as Madame Zodiac (1 episode, 1953)
• Gruen Guild Playhouse] as Mrs. Gina Clinton (1 episode, 1953)
• It Happens Every Thursday (1953) as Mrs. Lucinda Holmes
• Your Jeweler's Showcase (1 episode, 1953)
• Silver City (1951) as Mrs. Barber
• Detective Story (1951) as Miss Hatch
• The Bigelow Theatre (1 episode, 1951)
• He Ran All the Way (1951) as Mrs. Robey
• Lullaby of Broadway (1951) as Jessica Howard
• Undercover Girl (1950) as Liz Crow
• Bright Leaf (1950) as Rose
• Flamingo Road (1949) as Lute Mae Sanders
• Alias a Gentleman (1948) as Madge Parkson
• Millie's Daughter (1947) as Millie Maitland
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Hortense Derry
• Steppin' in Society (1945) as Penelope Webster
• Minstrel Man (1944) as Mae White
• Christmas Holiday (1944) as Valerie de Merode
• Nobody's Darling (1943) as Eve Hawthorne
• The Hard Way (1943) as Lily Emery
• The Crystal Ball (1943) as Madame Zenobia
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) as Iva Archer
• Hit the Road (1941) as Molly Ryan
• The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Elsie
• The Way of All Flesh (1940) as Anna Kriza
• The House Across the Bay (1940) as Mary Bogel
• A Child Is Born (1939) as Florette Laverne
• The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Panama Smith
• Here I Am a Stranger (1939) as Clara Paulding
• I'm from Missouri (1939) as Julie Bliss
• Marie Antoinette (1938) as Mme. du Barry
• Love Is a Headache (1938) as Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
• Madame X (1937) as Jacqueline Fleuriot, aka Miss Pran and Madame X
• They Gave Him a Gun (1937) as Rose Duffy
• Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) as Carrie Snyder
• Straight Is the Way (1934) as Shirley
• The House That Jazz Built (1921) as Lila Drake
• Chickens (1921) as Julia Stoneman
• The Easy Road (1921) as Isabel Grace
• Homespun Folks (1920) as Beulah Rogers
• Below the Surface (1920) as Alice
• The Woman in the Suitcase (1920) as Ethel
• Red Hot Dollars (1919) as Janet Muir

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Family Tree Legends". http://familytreelegends.com/records/39772?c=search&first=Gladys&last=Evans. lists Gladys Clare Evans born 13 september 1904,Maine-died 8 december 1954,LA,no Gladys Anna Clare born 1900

External links

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• Gladys George at the Internet Movie Database
• Gladys George at Find a Grave

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