Gladys Hanson
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Gladys Hanson was a stage and silent film actress. Hanson began her career on the Broadway stage in 1907 with the Charles Frohman Company. On the stage she played in the theatrical productions Our American Cousin
(1908) with Edward Hugh Sothern, The Builder of Bridge (1909) with later film star Eugene O'Brien and The Governor's Lady
(1912) with Emma Dunn
and future film leading man Milton Sills
.
In 1914 she began working in film for Famous Players and later worked for Universal
and Essanay. Her last film appearance was Walls Tell Tales 1928.
She married Charles Emerson Cook but they later divorced. They had one child, Gladys-Irene Cook.
Our American Cousin
Our American Cousin is an 1858 play in three acts by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play is a farce whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish but honest American, Asa Trenchard, to his aristocratic English relatives when he goes to England to claim the family estate...
(1908) with Edward Hugh Sothern, The Builder of Bridge (1909) with later film star Eugene O'Brien and The Governor's Lady
The Governor's Lady
The Governor's Lady was a theatrical play written by Alice Bradley, directed by David Belasco and produced by Belasco and his son-in-law David Elliott. It opened at the Republic Theatre in New York in September, 1912, and starred Emma Dunn, Emmett Corrigan, Gladys Hanson and Milton Sills. The...
(1912) with Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn was an English-born American film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1914 and 1948....
and future film leading man Milton Sills
Milton Sills
Milton Sills was a highly successful American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century....
.
In 1914 she began working in film for Famous Players and later worked for Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
and Essanay. Her last film appearance was Walls Tell Tales 1928.
She married Charles Emerson Cook but they later divorced. They had one child, Gladys-Irene Cook.
External links
- Gladys Hanson portrait at NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection
- Gladys Hanson at IMDb.com
- Gladys Hanson theatrical listings at IBDb.com