Gladys Hanson (born Gladys Hanson Snook; September 5, 1884 – February 23, 1973) was a stage and silent film actress.

Gladys Hanson
Featured in The Theatre Magazine, 1912
Born	Gladys Snook (1884-09-05)September 5, 1884 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	February 23, 1973(1973-02-23) (aged 88) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1907-1939
Spouse	Charles Emerson Cook ​ ​ (m. 1916, divorced)​
Children	1

Early years

Hanson was born Gladys Hanson Snook, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Harrison Snook.[1]

Career

Hanson began her career on the Broadway stage portraying the Duchess in The Spoiler[2] in 1907 with the Charles Frohman Company.[3] On the stage she played in the theatrical productions Our American Cousin (1908)[4] with Edward Hugh Sothern, The Builder of Bridge (1909) with later film star Eugene O'Brien and The Governor's Lady (1912) with Emma Dunn and future film leading man Milton Sills.

In 1914 she began working in film for Famous Players and later worked for Universal and Essanay. Her last film appearance was Walls Tell Tales in 1928.^{[citation needed]}

She starred in The Straight Road (Famous Players), The Evangelist and The Climbers (Lubin), The Primrose Path (Universal), and The Havoc (Essanay).

Personal life and death

On April 12, 1916, in Atlanta, Hanson married Charles Emerson Cook[1] who represented her at Charles Emerson Cook Inc., but they later divorced. They had one child, Gladys-Irene Cook.[5]

On February 23, 1973, Hanson died, aged 89.[2]

Filmography

References

Bibliography

• Raeburn, Eleanor, "Belasco's New Leading Woman", The Theatre Magazine, v.XVI n.140, October, 1912, p. 110.

External links

• Gladys Hanson portrait at NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection
• Gladys Hanson at IMDb
• Gladys Hanson at the Internet Broadway Database
• portraits(Univ. of Washington, Sayre)
• Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

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