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Gladys George
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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 …
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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.
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It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Holmes
Silver City
as Mrs. Barber
Detective Story
as Miss Hatch
He Ran All the Way
as Mrs. Robey
Lullaby of Broadway
as Jessica Howard
Undercover Girl
as Liz
Bright Leaf
as Rose
Flamingo Road
as Lute Mae Sanders
Alias a Gentleman
as Madge Parkson
Millie's Daughter
as Millie Maitland
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hortense Derry
Steppin' in Society
as Penelope Webster
Christmas Holiday
as Valerie de Merode
Minstrel Man
as Mae White
Nobody's Darling
as Eve Hawthorne
The Crystal Ball
as Madame Zenobia
The Hard Way
as Lily Emery
The Maltese Falcon
as Iva Archer
Hit the Road
as Molly Ryan
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Elsie
The Way of All Flesh
as Anna Kriza
The House Across the Bay
as Mary Bogel
A Child is Born
as Florette Laverne
The Roaring Twenties
as Panama Smith
Here I Am a Stranger
as Clara Paulding
I'm from Missouri
as Julie Bliss
Marie Antoinette
as Mme. du Barry
Love Is a Headache
as Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
Madame X
as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
They Gave Him a Gun
as Rose Duffy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Carrie Snyder
Straight Is the Way
as Shirley
The House That Jazz Built
as Lila Drake
The Easy Road
as Isabel Grace
Below the Surface
as Alice
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Ethel
Red Hot Dollars
as Janet Muir