The same year she had a good comedic lead role, displaying her range -įrom hard headed to soft hearted with the Dead End Kids in Hit the Road (1941). Mourning profiles and the few lines she has. One is hard-put to even recognize her in black lace, Her most well-remembered role of this period was as the widow of murderedĭetective, Miles Archer, in the legendary The Maltese Falcon (1941) (with Humphreyīogart, once again). Roles were throwaways, compared to what she was capable of doing. Sympathetic, or tough-as-nails characters. Was cast in several soap opera B-films, where she alternated between In the 1940s, George spent a year-or-so on Broadway,and 'He used to be a big shot', she says as the With its famous ending of the fatally woundedĬhurch steps after having rubbed out old rivalĭiagonally and falls professionally face up with George quickly Were becoming more apparent (as the speakeasy owner, Panama Smith in Though some mark it as the beginning of a downturn to character roles, George pulled out all the stops, and played the role of Madame du Barry, in Marie Antoinette (1938) (starring, Norma Shearer with real gumption Sadly, over the next year, physical changes caused by her carousing lifestyle It and perhaps her personal life had much to do with her biggest role the next year, Madame X (1937), as the long suffering soap opera-like Jacqueline Floriot. The mother-against-the-world, in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936),George made her role the film's focus, and she was so good at that she received a Best Actress nomination for that year. Her next film was not untilġ936 and as a loan-out to Paramount, but it was pay-dirt for George, as Her leading man from her then-Broadway hit comedy, PersonalĪppearance (ironically, she played a carousing, man-hungry star, and She had only been married to Fowler about a year when he found her with In her personal life, she hadĪ socialite's talent for partying, and alcohol, and romance on the edge. ![]() In this, her first sound picture, George played the mouthy bad girl to good effect, displaying her acting ability. Her first film was not surprisingly an adapted play, Straight Is the Way (1934). After the test, MGM signed her for a contract. ![]() After only a month into her next show (Queer People)'s run, George abruptly left the company, when Paramount offered her a screen test. Manufacturer, Edward H Fowler who was able to further her career. By 1934, she had a new husband - the millionaire She returned to stock and married for the first time. Around this time, George was severely burned in an accident which caused a delay in her early filmĬareer. George began working in silent films - first as the young female romantic lead in Red Hot Dollars (1919) and would steadily move in lead and good costarring roles through 1921. Well (1915), and George was probably influenced to follow her. Frederick's career took on new dimension when she turned to film as ' The Great White Way', and via her touring stock company. She was in good hands when she worked for the famousīroadway star Pauline Frederick, who made a fortune on Her experience in stock meshed with her natural talent and aįace to frame the emotion of great pathos as well as hard cased and In 1918 in the original play "The Betrothal", the star being Isadoraĭuncan. Stage and while still in her teens, she first trod the Broadway boards As George gained experience, she developed an interest in the Beginning then, George would focus herself on developing an acting career. Her parents stayed in America, and by the time she was 3, they formed a vaudeville family act The Three Clares (Gladys's middle name). Maine, when she was born (although usually noted as 1900, other sources Her parents were actuallyĮnglish and touring with a Shakespearean theater company in Patten, Hollywood, during the 1930s and 1940, Gladys George was born into anĪcting family who were literally on the road at the time of her birth. One of the finest, if relatively short-lived, character actresses of
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