George was born on September 13, 1904[1] in Patten, Maine to British parents, Sir Arthur Evans Clare, a "noted Shakespearean actor", and his wife, Lady Alice.[2][3] Another source indicated "Gladys was born in a little town in Missouri, where the troupe her parents belonged to happened to be stranded at the time."[4]
Career
George went on the stage at the age of 3 and toured the United States, appearing with her parents, who were British actors.[4] She starred onstage in the 1920s, and she had made several films during the early part of that decade. For her role in the film Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936), she received a Best Actress nomination at the 9th Academy Awards.[5]
George's Broadway credits include The Distant City, Lady in Waiting, and The Betrothal.[6]
Personal life
Gladys George was married and divorced four times. All of the unions were childless.[citation needed]
On March 31, 1922, she and actor Ben Erway eloped and were married by a judge in Oakland, California.[7] "They were remarried in San Luis Obispo August 3 of the same year. They separated September 14, 1930."[8] The couple divorced in October 1930.[9]
Her second husband was millionaire paper manufacturer Edward Fowler, who walked out in 1933 after finding the actress in the arms of her leading man Leonard Penn. At the time, George was playing a nymphomaniacal star in the Broadway hit Personal Appearance.[10]
George and actor Leonard Penn were married in a probate court in New Haven, Connecticut, September 19, 1935.[11]
Her last husband Kenneth Bradley, whom she married when she was 41, was a hotel bellboy 20 years her junior.[12][13]
^"Family Tree Legends". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014. lists Gladys Clare Evans born September 13, 1904, Maine - died December 8, 1954, Los Angeles, California.
^ abTildesley, Alice L. (November 8, 1936). "Are You a "Yes-Woman"?". The Charleston Daily Mail. p. 76. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"The 9th Academy Awards (1937)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd ed. McFarland. p. 275.
Further reading
Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Gladys George". The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). Independently published. pp. 101–103. ISBN978-1-7200-3837-5.
Maltin, Leonard (2015) [First published 1969]. "Gladys George". The Real Stars: Profiles and Interviews of Hollywood's Unsung Featured Players (softcover) (Sixth/ eBook ed.). CreateSpace Independent. pp. 88–102. ISBN978-1-5116-4485-3.
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