Gladys George
Gladys George (
September 13,
1900 -
December 8,
1954) was an American actress. Born
Gladys Anna Clare in
Patten, Maine, she starred on the stage in the
1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. But it wasn't until
1934 that she started becoming noticed for her film work. In
1936 she was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Actress for
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. She also appeared in
The Roaring Twenties in
1939,
Madame X in
1940,
The Way of All Flesh in
1946 and
The Best Years of Our Lives in
1951. She is perhaps best known to modern audiences as the wife of Miles Archer in
The Maltese Falcon.