Gladys George
Born: 1900-09-12 in Patten, Maine, USA
Died: 1954-12-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gladys George was an American actress. George went on the stage at the age of 3 and toured the United States, appearing with her parents. She starred on stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. She starred in Personal Appearance, a comedy by Lawrence Riley. This role was reprised by Mae West in the classic film, Go West, Young Man, which West adapted from the play. In 1936 George was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. George's Broadway credits include The Distant City, Lady in Waiting, and The Betrothal. Her only other first billed roles were in Madame X (1937) and Love is a Headache.[6] 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 played the widow of Miles Archer (Iva Archer) in The Maltese Falcon and Mme. Du Barry in Marie Antoinette. Her last successful roles were as Lute Mae Sanders in Flamingo Road, her brief appearance as the corrupt nurse Miss Hatch in Detective Story, and Lullaby of Broadway as the alcoholic mother of Doris Day's wholesome character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gladys George, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1953
- It Happens Every Thursday as Mrs. Holmes
1951
- Detective Story as Miss Hatch
- Silver City as Mrs. Barber
- He Ran All the Way as Mrs. Robey
- Lullaby of Broadway as Jessica Howard
1950
- Bright Leaf as Rose
- Undercover Girl as Liz
1949
- Flamingo Road as Lute Mae Sanders
1948
- Alias a Gentleman as Madge Parkson
1947
- Millie's Daughter as Millie Maitland
1946
- The Best Years of Our Lives as Hortense Derry
1945
- Steppin' in Society as Penelope Webster
1944
- Christmas Holiday as Valerie de Merode
- Minstrel Man as Mae White
1943
- The Hard Way as Lily Emery
- The Crystal Ball as Madame Zenobia
- Nobody's Darling as Eve Hawthorne
1941
- The Maltese Falcon as Iva Archer
- The Lady from Cheyenne as Elsie
- Hit the Road as Molly Ryan
1940
- The House Across the Bay as Mary Bogel
- The Way of All Flesh as Anna Kriza
1939
- The Roaring Twenties as Panama Smith
- A Child is Born as Florette Laverne
- I'm from Missouri as Julie Bliss
- Here I Am a Stranger as Clara Paulding
1938
- Marie Antoinette as Mme. du Barry
- Love Is a Headache as Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
1937
- Madame X as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
- The Romance of Celluloid as Self
- They Gave Him a Gun as Rose Duffy
1936
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Carrie Snyder
1934
- Straight Is the Way as Shirley
1921
- The House That Jazz Built as Lila Drake
- The Easy Road as Isabel Grace
1920
- Below the Surface as Alice
- The Woman in the Suitcase as Ethel
1919
- Red Hot Dollars as Janet Muir