Gladys Brockwell, (born September 26, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York; died July 2, 1929 in Hollywood, California) was an American actress. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

Gladys Brockwell

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Early Life

Born Gladys Lindeman in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of a chorus girl who put her on stage at a very early age. By the time she reached her middle teens, she was already a veteran and taking on dramatic leading roles. She made her East Coast film debut in 1913 as Gladys Brockwell for Lubin Studios and within a short time was starring in a number of films. Developing her craft, Brockwell moved to Hollywood where she earned herself an important role in the acclaimed 1922 version of Oliver Twist and in The Hunchback of Notre Dame the following year. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Lubin Studios, Philadelphia (c. ... ... Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris) is a novel first published in 1831 by the French literary giant Victor Hugo. ...

Career

Never one of the glamorous leading ladies, by the mid 1920s she was past the age of thirty and although still given top female billing, Brockwell performed mainly in supporting roles. Regarded as one of the finest character actors of the day who not only adapted to the new talkies but excelled in them, her first appearance in a "talkie" came in 1928 in The Lights of New York. Her performance received strong reviews at the time of the film's release and as well by present-day critics of the preserved film. A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

A Warner Bros. feature length production, The Lights of New York was filmed with microphones strategically hidden around the sets, creating the first motion picture released with fully synchronic dialogue. Signed by Warner Bros. to a multi-year contract, Brockwell's next talkie was in another supporting role to Norma Talmadge in one of only three sound films Talmadge ever made. The WB Shield used from 2003 to present day Warner Bros. ... Norma Talmadge Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. ...

Untimely Death

In late June of 1929 Gladys Brockwell and friend Thomas Drennan were involved in an automobile accident in Calabasas, California. Seriously injured, the thirty-five-year old Brockwell died a few days later in a Hollywood hospital. Calabasas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. ...

Gladys Brockwell's final film was completed before her accident. Directed by Edward Laemmle while she was on loan to Universal Pictures, "The Drake Case" was released posthumously in September of 1929. The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles and Burbank. ...

External links

• Gladys Brockwell at the Internet Movie Database