Gladys George

Born: 1900-09-12

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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The Maltese Falcon

as Iva Archer
Released: 1941-10-18

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a...

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The Best Years of Our Lives

as Hortense Derry
Released: 1946-12-25

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...

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Detective Story

as Miss Hatch
Released: 1951-10-24

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective...

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The Roaring Twenties

as Panama Smith
Released: 1939-10-28

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...

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Flamingo Road

as Lute Mae Sanders
Released: 1949-04-30

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town...

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The Hard Way

as Lily Emery
Released: 1943-01-13

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their...

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Christmas Holiday

as Valerie de Merode
Released: 1944-07-31

Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life....

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Marie Antoinette

as Mme. du Barry
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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He Ran All the Way

as Mrs. Robey
Released: 1951-06-20

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

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Silver City

as Mrs. Barber
Released: 1951-12-01

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the...

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The Lady from Cheyenne

as Elsie
Released: 1941-04-11

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...

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Love Is a Headache

as Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
Released: 1938-01-14

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some...

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The Crystal Ball

as Madame Zenobia
Released: 1943-01-22

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

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Madame X

as Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
Released: 1937-10-01

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that...

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Straight Is the Way

as Shirley
Released: 1934-08-10

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former...

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Here I Am a Stranger

as Clara Paulding
Released: 1939-09-29

The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

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Hit the Road

as Molly Ryan
Released: 1941-06-27

Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.

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Lullaby of Broadway

as Jessica Howard
Released: 1951-03-26

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home...

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Bright Leaf

as Rose
Released: 1950-06-16

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

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A Child Is Born

as Florette Laverne
Released: 1939-12-07

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

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It Happens Every Thursday

as Mrs. Holmes
Released: 1953-04-22

New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly...

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Alias a Gentleman

as Madge Parkson
Released: 1948-02-03

Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.

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The Romance of Celluloid

as Self
Released: 1937-08-27

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment...

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The Way of All Flesh

as Anna Kriza
Released: 1940-07-05

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father...

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The House Across the Bay

as Mary Bogel
Released: 1940-03-01

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion...

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Below the Surface

as Alice
Released: 1920-06-08

A widely respected deep-sea diver is approached by a ring of con artists who want him to be the...

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Nobody's Darling

as Eve Hawthorne
Released: 1943-08-27

Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on...

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They Gave Him a Gun

as Rose Duffy
Released: 1937-05-07

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

as Carrie Snyder
Released: 1936-10-06

Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon,...

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Undercover Girl

as Liz
Released: 1950-11-02

After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.

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Minstrel Man

as Mae White
Released: 1944-01-02

Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the...

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Millie's Daughter

as Millie Maitland
Released: 1947-03-20

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...

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The Woman in the Suitcase

as Ethel
Released: 1920-01-11

Mary Moreland discovers the photograph of a woman not her mother in her father's suitcase and...

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The House That Jazz Built

as Lila Drake
Released: 1921-04-01

Cora and Frank Rodham are happily married until Frank lands a lucrative position. He doesn't...

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Steppin' in Society

as Penelope Webster
Released: 1945-07-09

In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Hopalong Cassidy

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared...

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