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 Georges 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 Headache6 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 Days wholesome character Description above from the Wikipedia article Gladys George licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia