Gladys Blake(1910-1983)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Actress, singer, comedienne and dancer. Gladys Blake left home at age 14 to join a stock company in Reading,
Pennsylvania, and after two years she had developed her own vaudeville
act, Gresham and Blake, with Lee Gresham. Coming to California, they
were booked into the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles where she
was spotted by film agent Edward Small. Her first small film roles were
mostly for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Director
Richard Thorpe personally offered
Gladys her small role in "The Earl of Chicago" in which only her legs
were seen.
