She died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1954 in Los Angeles, California, aged 50, and was interred in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. George was afflicted with numerous ailments, including throat cancer, heart disease, and cirrhosis of the liver. Gladys Mae West taught math and science for two years in Waverly, Virginia after completion. In 1953, Gladys West graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. Her last husband Kenneth Bradley, whom she married when she was 46, was a hotel bellboy 20 years her junior. Gladys West was born as Gladys Mae Brown in Sutherland, Virginia.George and actor Leonard Penn were married in a probate court in New Haven, Connecticut, September 19, 1935.At the time George was playing a nymphomaniacal star in the Broadway hit Personal Appearance. Her second husband was millionaire paper manufacturer Edward Fowler, who walked out in 1933 after finding the actress in the arms of her leading man, Leonard Penn.They separated September 14, 1930." The couple divorced in October 1930. "They were remarried in San Luis Obispo August 3 of the same year. On March 31, 1922, she and actor Ben Erway eloped and were married by a judge in Oakland, California.Gladys George was married and divorced four times. Her last successful roles were as Lute Mae Sanders in Flamingo Road, her brief appearance as the corrupt nurse Miss Hatch in Detective Story, and Lullaby of Broadway as the alcoholic mother of Doris Day's wholesome character. She played the widow of Miles Archer (Iva Archer) in The Maltese Falcon and Mme. She also appeared in The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Way of All Flesh (1940), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and He Ran All the Way (1951). Her only other first billed roles were in Madame X (1937) and Love is a Headache. George's Broadway credits include The Distant City, Lady in Waiting, and The Betrothal. In 1936 George was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. This role was reprised by Mae West in the classic film, Go West, Young Man, which West adapted from the play. She starred in Personal Appearance, a comedy by Lawrence Riley. She starred on stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. George went on the stage at the age of 3 and toured the United States, appearing with her parents. Her father was Sir Arthur Claire, "noted Shakespearean actor." Career She was born as Gladys Clare Evans on Septemin Patten, Maine (Another source says Hatton, Maine a third source says "Gladys was born in a little town in Missouri, where the troupe her parents belonged to happened to be stranded at the time.") to English parents.
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