Gladys Hanson (born Gladys Hanson Snook; September 5, 1884[citation needed] – February 23, 1973) was a stage and silent film actress.
Gladys Hanson | |
|---|---|
 Featured in The Theatre Magazine, 1912 | |
| Born | Gladys Snook September 5, 1884 |
| Died | February 23, 1973 (aged 88) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1907–1939 |
| Spouse |
Charles Emerson Cook
(m. 1916, divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Early years
editHanson was born Gladys Hanson Snook, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Harrison Snook.[1]
Career
editHanson began her career on the Broadway stage portraying the Duchess in The Spoiler[2] in 1907 with the Charles Frohman Company.[3] On the stage she played in the theatrical productions Our American Cousin (1908)[4] 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.
She starred in The Straight Road (Famous Players), The Evangelist and The Climbers (Lubin), The Primrose Path (Universal), and The Havoc (Essanay).
Personal life and death
editOn April 12, 1916, in Atlanta, Hanson married Charles Emerson Cook[1] who represented her at Charles Emerson Cook Inc., but they later divorced. They had one child, Gladys-Irene Cook.[5]
On February 23, 1973, Hanson died, aged 89.[2]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | The Straight Road | Mary 'Moll' O'Hara | |
| 1915 | The Climbers | Blanche Sterling | |
| The Primrose Path | |||
| 1916 | The Evangelist | Christabel Nuneham | |
| The Havoc | |||
| 1917 | National Red Cross Pageant | Liberty | Final episode |
| 1928 | Walls Tell Tales | Short |
References
edit- ^ a b "Southern actress weds". The Selma Times. Alabama, Selma. April 18, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved April 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Gladys Hanson". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 26, 1973. p. 34. ProQuest 119674563. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Pictorial History of the American Theater by Daniel Blum c. 1953
- ^ "Gladys Hanson". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "Silent Era : The silent film website". www.silentera.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
Bibliography
edit- Raeburn, Eleanor, "Belasco's New Leading Woman", The Theatre Magazine, v.XVI n.140, October, 1912, p. 110.
External links
edit- Gladys Hanson portrait at NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection
- Gladys Hanson at IMDb
- Gladys Hanson at the Internet Broadway Database
- portraits(Univ. of Washington, Sayre)
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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