Gladys Hulette
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 21, 1896
- Died
- August 8, 1991 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Arcade, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Gladys Hulette (July 21, 1896 – August 8, 1991) was a silent film actress from Arcade, New York. Her career began in the early years of silent movies and continued until the mid-1930s. She first performed on stage at the age of three and on screen when she was seven years old. Hulette was also a talented artist. Her mother was an opera star. In her earliest motion picture features she was under contract to Vitagraph Studios. There was a stigma for Broadway theater actors to be seen in motion pictures when silent films first began to be made. Hulette later discussed this, saying the picture heroes were mostly Coney Island life savers. One company prevailed upon a leading stage actor to play the role of Hamlet on screen. This began the influx of more Broadway actors into the new medium. By 1917 Hulette's films were being produced by leading director William Parke. In that year she made her most popular film to date, Streets of Illusion. Playing the part of Beam, Hulette's co-stars included Richard Barthelmess and J.H. Gilmour. Parke owned theatrical companies and assisted Hulette in making one hit after another. By 1921 she was a veteran of the motion picture industry. She again played opposite Barthelmess, this time in Tol'able David. She played the ingenue part of Esther Hatburn. In an interview she said she wished for no different type of roles than the one she played in this film. Later she sought comedy-drama parts which she portrayed in Jack O' Hearts (1926) and A Bowery Cinderella (1927). Hulette made her debut in sound films in Torch Singer (1933). Her final film appearances came in Her Resale Value (1933) and with uncredited roles in The Girl From Missouri and One Hour Late, both from 1934.
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Filmography
Torch Singer
Movie · as Nightclub Patron
The Faithless Lover
Movie · as Mary Callender
A Bowery Cinderella
Movie · as Nora Denahy
The Skyrocket
Movie · as Lucia Morgan
Be Your Age
Movie · as The Widow's Secretary
Unknown Treasures
Movie · as Mary Hamilton
The Iron Horse
Movie · as Ruby
Go Straight!
Movie · as Gilda Hart
The Pride of the Force
Movie · as Mary Moore
The Mystic
Movie · as Doris Merrick
The Thoroughbred
Movie · as Mitzi Callahan
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Movie · as 'Miss'
The Family Secret
Movie · as Margaret Selfridge
The Night Message
Movie · as Elsie Lefferts
The Slanderers
Movie · as Gladys Gray
Hoodman Blind
Movie · as Nancy Yeulette
Enemies of Women
Movie · as Vittoria Spadoni
As a Man Lives
Movie · as Nadia Meredith
How Women Love
Movie · as Natalie Nevins
Secrets of Paris
Movie · as Mayflower
Fair Lady
Movie · as Myra Nell Drew
Tol'able David
Movie · as Esther Hatburn
High Speed
Movie · as Edith Rhoades
The Silent Barrier
Movie · as Etta Stampa
Mrs. Slacker
Movie · as Susie Simpkins
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie · as Lucy Carnaby
A Crooked Romance
Movie · as Mary Flynn
Over the Hill
Movie · as Esther
The Streets of Illusion
Movie · as Beam
The Cigarette Girl
Movie · as The cigarette girl
Her New York
Movie · as Phoebe Lester
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Movie · as Peggy McGraw
The Candy Girl
Movie · as Nell
The Flight of the Duchess
Movie · as Lady Alice - The Earl's Ward
The Traffic Cop
Movie · as Casey's Sweetheart
Prudence the Pirate
Movie · as Prudence
The Shine Girl
Movie · as The Shine Girl
The Working of a Miracle
Movie · as Mary Murdock - Kent's Ward
The Mission of Mr. Foo
Movie · as Florence
Getting to the Ball Game
Movie
The Treasure of Captain Kidd
Movie · as Modern Sweetheart
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Jack
Lorna Doone
Movie
Papa's Sweetheart
Movie · as One of the Children
The Japanese Peach Boy
Movie
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Alice
Princess Nicotine
Movie · as The Elder Fairy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Puck
Hiawatha
Movie · as Hiawatha