Gladys George
Gladys George (born September 13, 1904 in Patten , Maine , † December 8, 1954 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Gladys Clare Evans ) was an American theater and film actress .
Life & Career
She was born to English parents and was already on stage at the age of three. She made her film debut in 1919 in Red Hot Dollars . She became a well-known Broadway actress and starred in the original performance of Lawrence Riley's Personal Appearance , for which she received brilliant reviews. As a film actress in Hollywood, Gladys George had her breakthrough in 1936 with the drama The Second Mother . For the role of Carrie Snyder in this film, she was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress". A year later, she starred alongside Spencer Tracy in the lead female role in 1918 - Peace Broke out . In 1939 she played an important role in The Roaring Twenties alongside Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney . Perhaps her best-known role today, she played alongside Humphrey Bogart in the classic film Die Spur des Falken (1941) as the widowed Iva Archer. In 1953, George made her last film, It Happens Every Thursday , and she also appeared several times in American television productions in the 1950s.
Gladys George suffered from several serious illnesses throughout her life. She died of intracerebral hemorrhage in 1954 at the age of 50 and was buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in LA. Gladys George was successively married to actor Ben Erway, paper maker Edward Fowler, actor Leonard Penn, and bellboy Kenneth Bradley.
Filmography (selection)
- 1919: Red Hot Dollars
- 1921: The House That Jazz Built
- 1936: The Second Mother (Valiant Is the Word for Carrie)
- 1937: 1918 - Peace broke out (They Gave Him a Gun)
- 1938: Marie-Antoinette
- 1939: The Roaring Twenties (The Roaring Twenties)
- 1941: The Maltese Falcon (The Maltese Falcon)
- 1941: The Lady from Cheyenne
- 1944: Christmas holidays (Christmas Holiday)
- 1944: Minstrel Man
- 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives (The Best Years of Our Lives)
- 1949: The Road of the Successful (Flamingo Road)
- 1951: Profile 7-73 (He Ran All the Way)
- 1951: The Lullaby of Broadway
- 1951: The Silver City
Web links
- Gladys George in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gladys George in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Gladys George in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ dates of birth on Familytreelegends.com (accessed on February 22, 2012)
- ↑ Short biography on Find a Grave (engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | George, Gladys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gladys Clare Evans (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patten , Maine , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1954 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |