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.
Movie | It Happens Every Thursday | Mrs. Holmes | 1953-04-22 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Series | Mr. & Mrs. North | Unknown | 1952-10-03 |
Movie | Lullaby of Broadway | Jessica Howard | 1951-03-26 |
Movie | He Ran All the Way | Mrs. Robey | 1951-06-20 |
Movie | Detective Story | Miss Hatch | 1951-11-01 |
Movie | Silver City | Mrs. Barber | 1951-12-01 |
Movie | Bright Leaf | Rose | 1950-06-16 |
Movie | Undercover Girl | Liz | 1950-11-02 |
Movie | Flamingo Road | Lute Mae Sanders | 1949-04-30 |
Movie | Alias a Gentleman | Madge Parkson | 1948-02-03 |
Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Hortense Derry | 1946-12-25 |
Movie | Steppin' in Society | Penelope Webster | 1945-07-09 |
Movie | Minstrel Man | Mae White | 1944-01-02 |
Movie | Christmas Holiday | Valerie de Merode | 1944-07-31 |
Movie | The Hard Way | Lily Emery | 1943-01-13 |
Movie | The Crystal Ball | Madame Zenobia | 1943-01-22 |
Movie | Nobody's Darling | Eve Hawthorne | 1943-08-27 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Elsie | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Iva Archer | 1941-10-18 |
Movie | Hit the Road | Molly Ryan | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | The House Across the Bay | Mary Bogel | 1940-03-01 |
Movie | The Way of All Flesh | Anna Kriza | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | I'm from Missouri | Julie Bliss | 1939-04-06 |
Movie | Here I Am a Stranger | Clara Paulding | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | A Child Is Born | Florette Laverne | 1939-12-07 |
Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Panama Smith | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | Love Is a Headache | Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Marie Antoinette | Mme. du Barry | 1938-08-26 |
Movie | They Gave Him a Gun | Rose Duffy | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Madame X | Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X | 1937-10-01 |
Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Carrie Snyder | 1936-10-06 |
Movie | Straight Is the Way | Shirley | 1934-08-10 |
Movie | The House That Jazz Built | Lila Drake | 1921-04-01 |
Movie | The Woman in the Suitcase | Ethel | 1920-01-11 |
Movie | Below the Surface | Alice | 1920-06-08 |