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Gladys Blake is a Actor American born on 12 may 1920

Gladys Blake

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Birth name Gladys Timmons
Nationality USA
Birth 12 may 1920
Death 21 may 1983 (at 63 years) at Sacramento (USA)

Gladys Blake was an American character actress from the 1930s to the 1950s. Born in Luray, Virginia on January 12, 1910 to Ada Timmons, her mother died when she was less than a year old. At fourteen, she would enter the theater world in a stock company, before moving on to vaudeville. In vaudeville, she met her husband, Lee Gresham, and the two formed an act together. While performing in Los Angeles, they were noticed by the producer, Edward Small, which led to her beginning in the film industry.

Blake would make her film debut in a small role in 1933's I Have Lived, directed by Richard Thorpe. She would have her first featured role later that same year in Rainbow over Broadway, which Thorpe also directed. Over her 20 year career, she would appear in over 100 films. She was noted for playing very talkative supporting roles. Appearing mostly in supporting or bit parts, she would occasionally be given a featured role, as in Lucky Night (1939), whice starred Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor; or 1942's classic Woman of the Year, which starred Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, in which she played the role of Flo Peters, the wife of one of Tracy's friends. Even more rarely she would be given the lead in a film, such as in Racing Blood (1936). In the early 1940s, she played the recurring role of Maisie in several of the Dr. Kildare films starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine Day. Other notable films in which she appeared include: Ship Ahoy (1942), starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton; the Abbott and Costello film, Who Done It?; the 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera, starring Claude Raines; The Naughty Nineties, again with Abbott and Costello; the 1950 musical starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, and Vera-Ellen, On the Town; The Yellow Cab Man, starring Red Skelton; and Cecil B. DeMille's 1952 epic, The Greatest Show on Earth.

Blake's final role would be in 1952's This Woman is Dangerous, starring Joan Crawford and Dennis Morgan, in which she plays a garrulous hairdresser. Blake would die on May 21, 1983, in Sacramento, California.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gladys Blake (54 films)

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Actress

This Woman Is Dangerous, 1h40
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian, Richard Webb, Mari Aldon, Philip Carey
Roles Maggie (Uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0477253.0477253.0477253.0477253.047725
Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) is the leader of a hold-up gang and the mistress of its most cold-blooded killer Matt Jackson (David Brian). In New Orleans, the group robs a casino by impersonating police officers. After taking in a haul of $90,000 ($791,000 in 2013 dollars), she tells Matt that she has suffered from failing eyesight and needs to travel to an eye clinic in Indiana to have an advanced operation. While initially mad that she is leaving the group, he promises to lie low until she returns.
Ladies of the Chorus, 1h1
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Steven Geray, Dave Barry
Roles Flower Shop Girl
Rating61% 3.0522853.0522853.0522853.0522853.052285
Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) and her mother Mae (Adele Jergens) both work as burlesque chorus girls. After star Bubbles LaRue quits, Joe, the stage manager, asks Mae to do a specialty number, but Mae secretly arranges for Peggy to do the number instead, and her performance is so good that she is given the starring spot.
The Accused, 1h41
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe, Douglas Dick, Sara Allgood
Roles Boxing Fan (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3896253.3896253.3896253.3896253.389625
Wilma Tuttle (Young) is a college professor who arouses the sexual interest of her student Bill Perry (Douglas Dick). When Perry tries to rape Tuttle, she beats him to death with a tire iron. She covers up her crime by making it seem as though Perry was killed while diving into the sea from a precipitous cliff. As she follows the police investigation of Perry's death, Wilma realizes that she'll never be able to escape her conscience, especially when she falls in love with Warren Ford (Cummings), the dead boy's guardian.
On the Town, 1h38
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Judy Holliday
Roles Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6477653.6477653.6477653.6477653.647765
As three sailors – Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie – begin their shore leave, Gabey falls in love with the picture of "Miss Turnstiles", who is actually Ivy Smith. The sailors race around New York attempting to find her in the brief period they have ("New York, New York").
Smart Woman, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Brian Aherne, Michael O'Shea, Constance Bennett, James Gleason, Barry Sullivan, Otto Kruger
Roles Elsie, Larrimore's Secretary
Rating61% 3.095463.095463.095463.095463.09546
When a grand jury becomes dissatisfied with the efforts of District Attorney Bradley Wayne (Otto Kruger), it requests a special prosecutor, Robert Larrimore (Brian Aherne).
The Time of Your Life, 1h45
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond
Roles Sidekick
Rating61% 3.098213.098213.098213.098213.09821
Joe est un pilier de bar qui passe ses journées à boire du champagne dans le bar de Nick. Un jour, une femme dénommée Kitty se joint aux habitués et tombe bientôt amoureuse de Tom, un ami de Joe. Tom et Kitty se marient. Peu après, arrive un inconnu qui déstabilise le groupe des habitués.
Scared to Death, 1h7
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror
Actors Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Roland Varno
Roles Lilly Beth
Rating41% 2.0611252.0611252.0611252.0611252.061125
The film opens with the disclosure by morgue examiners that a beautiful woman has literally died of fright. The plot reveals how she reached the fatal stage of terror.
Fear in the Night, 1h12
Directed by Maxwell Shane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York
Roles Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1941853.1941853.1941853.1941853.194185
Bank teller Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) dreams that he stabs a man in an octagonal room of mirrors and locks the body in a closet. When he wakes up, he discovers marks on his throat, a strange key and a button in his pocket, and blood on his cuff. Cliff Herlihy (Paul Kelly), his police officer brother-in-law, tries to convince him it was just a dream.
Nocturne
Nocturne (1946)
, 1h27
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Mabel Paige
Roles Pantages Theatre Cashier
Rating64% 3.2434653.2434653.2434653.2434653.243465
A Hollywood film composer is found dead. The police think it is suicide but a cop, Joe Warne (Raft), suspects murder. Warne begins looking for "Dolores," a name in a song by the dead man. While investigating, Warne finds out the dead man has had a list of models as girlfriends and that ten of them have a motive for the suspected murder.
Because of Him, 1h28
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Helen Broderick, Franchot Tone, Stanley Ridges, Donald Meek
Rating65% 3.291193.291193.291193.291193.29119
Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) is an ambitious waitress who dreams of being on the stage. She tricks respected stage actor John Sheridan (Charles Laughton) into signing a letter of introduction. Thanks to the forged letter, Kim then wins the role of Sheridan's co-star in his next play, much to the disgust of the writer Paul Taylor (Franchot Tone).
Bewitched
Bewitched (1945)
, 1h5
Directed by Arch Oboler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Addison Richards, Kathleen Lockhart, Will Wright, Gladys Blake
Roles Glenda
Rating56% 2.803052.803052.803052.803052.80305
On the eve of her engagement, a demure young woman becomes the victim of a split personality and murders her fiance.
Over 21
Over 21 (1945)

Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Irene Dunne, Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Jeff Donnell, Lee Patrick, Phil Brown
Roles Girl (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1451253.1451253.1451253.1451253.145125
At the New York Bulletin newspaper, its owner, Robert Drexel Gow (Charles Coburn), receives a teletype story that the newspaper’s thirty-nine-year-old editor, Max Wharton (Alexander Knox), is resigning to enlist in the army. Robert is livid, both at the news and the method that he found out about the news. There is a second story on the teletype: Max’s wife, the famous novelist Paula Wharton (Irene Dunne) (whom Max calls Paulie), is in Hollywood adapting her latest book into a movie screenplay. Max wants to do his duty as a citizen and responsible journalist to be close to the war (World War II). Robert’s view is that without Max, the newspaper will fold because Max *is* the newspaper.
The Naughty Nineties, 1h16
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Lois Collier, Henry Travers
Roles Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4953053.4953053.4953053.4953053.495305
The time is the 1890s. Captain Sam (Henry Travers), owner of the showboat River Queen, travels along the Mississippi River bringing honest entertainment to each town. At a stop in Ironville, he meets Crawford (Alan Curtis), Bonita (Rita Johnson), and Bailey (Joe Sawyer), who are wanted by the local sheriff. Against the advice of his daughter Caroline (Lois Collier), his lead actor Dexter Broadhurst (Bud Abbott), and his chief roustabout Sebastian Dinwiddle (Lou Costello), the Captain joins them for a card game at a local gambling house.
Rockin' in the Rockies
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mary Beth Hughes, Vernon Dent, Snub Pollard
Roles Betty Vale
Rating57% 2.856562.856562.856562.856562.85656
While his cousin Rusty Williams (Jay Kirby) is away at Agricultural College, prospector Shorty (Moe) fills in at Rusty's struggling Reno, Nevada spread as the ranch foreman. He spends his time looking for an angle at the Wagon Wheel Cafe Casino, and hooks up with two vagrants (Larry and Curly) after they accidentally win big at roulette. Along with two stranded New York singers (Mary Beth Hughes, Gladys Blake) and their money, the Stooges and the girls head for the ranch with prospecting plans. Rusty returns home with hope that investor Sam Clemens (Forrest Taylor) will save the ranch's cattle and mining operations, and finds Shorty and the gang's plans interfering. Complicating matters further, inept ranch hands (The Hoosier Hotshots) mistake Clemens for a cattle rustler, and Shorty, Curly and Larry cook up a scheme to get the girls an audition with a vacationing Broadway producer (Tim Ryan).