Gladys George
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1953 · It Happens Every Thursday as Mrs. Holmes
- 1952 · Mr. & Mrs. North as
- 1952 · Hopalong Cassidy as
- 1951 · Silver City as Mrs. Barber
- 1951 · Detective Story as Miss Hatch
- 1951 · He Ran All the Way as Mrs. Robey
- 1951 · Lullaby of Broadway as Jessica Howard
- 1950 · Undercover Girl as Liz
- 1950 · Bright Leaf as Rose
- 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
- 1944 · Minstrel Man as Mae White
- 1943 · Nobody's Darling as Eve Hawthorne
- 1943 · The Crystal Ball as Madame Zenobia
- 1943 · The Hard Way as Lily Emery
- 1941 · The Maltese Falcon as Iva Archer
- 1941 · Hit the Road as Molly Ryan
- 1941 · The Lady from Cheyenne as Elsie
- 1940 · The Way of All Flesh as Anna Kriza
- 1940 · The House Across the Bay as Mary Bogel
- 1939 · A Child Is Born as Florette Laverne
- 1939 · The Roaring Twenties as Panama Smith
- 1939 · Here I Am a Stranger as Clara Paulding
- 1939 · I'm from Missouri as Julie Bliss
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Mme. du Barry
- 1938 · Love Is a Headache as Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
- 1937 · Madame X as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self
- 1937 · 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
- 1920 · Below the Surface as Alice
- 1920 · The Woman in the Suitcase as Ethel