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.

Filmography

• 1953It Happens Every Thursday — Mrs. Holmes
• Hopalong Cassidy
• Mr. & Mrs. North
• 1951Detective Story — Miss Hatch
• 1951He Ran All the Way — Mrs. Robey
• 1951Lullaby of Broadway — Jessica Howard
• 1951Silver City — Mrs. Barber
• 1950Bright Leaf — Rose
• 1950Undercover Girl — Liz
• 1949Flamingo Road — Lute Mae Sanders
• 1948Alias a Gentleman — Madge Parkson
• 1947Millie's Daughter — Millie Maitland
• 1946The Best Years of Our Lives — Hortense Derry
• 1945Steppin' in Society — Penelope Webster
• 1944Christmas Holiday — Valerie de Merode
• 1944Minstrel Man — Mae White
• 1943Nobody's Darling — Eve Hawthorne
• 1943The Crystal Ball — Madame Zenobia
• 1943The Hard Way — Lily Emery
• 1941Hit the Road — Molly Ryan
• 1941The Lady from Cheyenne — Elsie
• 1941The Maltese Falcon — Iva Archer
• 1940The House Across the Bay — Mary Bogel
• 1940The Way of All Flesh — Anna Kriza
• 1939A Child is Born — Florette Laverne
• 1939Here I Am a Stranger — Clara Paulding
• 1939I'm from Missouri — Julie Bliss
• 1939The Roaring Twenties — Panama Smith
• 1938Love Is a Headache — Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
• 1938Marie Antoinette — Mme. du Barry
• 1937Madame X — Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
• 1937They Gave Him a Gun — Rose Duffy
• 1936Valiant Is the Word for Carrie — Carrie Snyder
• 1934Straight Is the Way — Shirley
• 1921The Easy Road — Isabel Grace
• 1921The House That Jazz Built — Lila Drake
• 1920Below the Surface — Alice
• 1920The Woman in the Suitcase — Ethel
• 1919Red Hot Dollars — Janet Muir

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1937The Romance of Celluloid — Self