Gladys George

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Patten, Maine, USA, 1900-09-12

Died: 1954-12-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1920	The Woman in the Suitcase	Ethel	38
2	1920	Below the Surface	Alice	42
3	1921	The House That Jazz Built	Lila Drake	0
4	1934	Straight Is the Way	Shirley	55
5	1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Carrie Snyder	64
6	1937	They Gave Him a Gun	Rose Duffy	62
7	1937	The Romance of Celluloid	Self	70
8	1937	Madame X	Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X	62
9	1938	Love Is a Headache	Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee	57
10	1938	Marie Antoinette	Mme. du Barry	66
11	1939	I'm from Missouri	Julie Bliss	0
12	1939	Here I Am a Stranger	Clara Paulding	70
13	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Panama Smith	75
14	1939	A Child Is Born	Florette Laverne	65
15	1940	The House Across the Bay	Mary Bogel	53
16	1940	The Way of All Flesh	Anna Kriza	40
17	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Elsie	52
18	1941	Hit the Road	Molly Ryan	0
19	1941	The Maltese Falcon	Iva Archer	77
20	1943	The Hard Way	Lily Emery	66
21	1943	The Crystal Ball	Madame Zenobia	58
22	1943	Nobody's Darling	Eve Hawthorne	0
23	1944	Minstrel Man	Mae White	50
24	1944	Christmas Holiday	Valerie de Merode	63
25	1945	Steppin' in Society	Penelope Webster	0
26	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Hortense Derry	78
27	1947	Millie's Daughter	Millie Maitland	10
28	1948	Alias a Gentleman	Madge Parkson	65
29	1949	Flamingo Road	Lute Mae Sanders	70
30	1950	Bright Leaf	Rose	59
31	1950	Undercover Girl	Liz	58
32	1951	Lullaby of Broadway	Jessica Howard	58
33	1951	He Ran All the Way	Mrs. Robey	72
34	1951	Detective Story	Miss Hatch	70
35	1951	Silver City	Mrs. Barber	64
36	1953	It Happens Every Thursday	Mrs. Holmes	62

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1920