Gladys George (September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress.
She was born as Gladys Clare Evans on September 13, 1904in Patten, Maine to English parents.
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 ...
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Gladys George (September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress.
She was born as Gladys Clare Evans on September 13, 1904in Patten, Maine to English parents.
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 played 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...
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