Gladys Blake
Biography
Date of Birth 12 January 1910 , Luray, Virginia USA Date of Death 21 May 1983 , Sacramento, California, USA Birth Name Gladys Timmons Actress (113 credits) Actress, singer, comedienne and dancer. Gladys Blake left home at age 14 to join a stock company in Reading, Pennsylvania, and after two years she had developed her own vaudeville act, Gresham and Blake, with Lee Gresham. Coming to California, they were booked into the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles where she was spotted by film agent Edward Small. Her first small film roles were mostly for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Director Richard Thorpe personally offered Gladys her small role in "The Earl of Chicago" in which only her legs were seen. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Louis Rugani
Blackie
Air Fright
Lucas's Secretary (uncredited)
Fran
Miss Brooklyn
Married Bachelor
Marie - Complaining Wife at Lecture (uncredited)
Gold's Secretary
That's My Weakness
Mitzi
Maisie, Emergency Switchboard Operator
Maisie
This Woman Is Dangerous
Maggie - the Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Spectator (uncredited)
The Yellow Cab Man
Irate Wife (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
'Babe', Silken Legs (uncredited)
On the Town
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Scene of the Crime
Voice on Tape (voice) (uncredited)
The Accused
Boxing Fan (uncredited)
Ladies of the Chorus
Flower Shop Girl (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Mrs. Byers (uncredited)
Drunk Woman in Tank (uncredited)
The Time Of Your Life
Sidekick
Smart Woman
Elsie, Larrimore's Secretary (uncredited)
Money Madness
Martha - Waitress (uncredited)
Big Town After Dark
Gambler (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
Bit Role
The Long Night
Millie - Saloon Waitress (uncredited)
Fear in the Night
Bank clerk (uncredited)
Scared to Death
Lilybeth
Nocturne
Movie Theater Cashier (uncredited)
Magnificent Rogue
Townley's Secretary (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown
Mrs. Myrtle
To Each His Own
Lorena (uncredited)
Ich sing mich in dein Herz hinein
Mabel (uncredited)
Live Wires
Ann, Patsy's Receptionist
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Pearl (uncredited)
Over 21
Girl (uncredited)
Bewitched
Glenda
The Naughty Nineties
Girl in Garter Gag (uncredited)
Rockin' in the Rockies
Betty Vale
Under Western Skies
Lulu
Sturzflug ins Glück
Brooklyn Girl in Subway (uncredited)
In Society
Manicurist (scenes deleted)
Chip Off the Old Block
Receptionist
Career Girl
Janie
Phantom of the Opera
Jeanne
Gli Allegri Imbroglioni
Dice-game operator (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
Barmaid (uncredited)
A Stranger in Town
Birdie
Newspaper Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Who Done It?
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Ship Ahoy
Merton's Secretary (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
Flo Peters
Fly-By-Night
Sales Clerk (Uncredited)
Johnny Eager
Receptionist at Verne's Office (uncredited)
Niagara Falls / Dear Deer
Trixie
Married Bachelor
Marie - Complaining Wife at Lecture (uncredited)
Maisie
The Lady from Cheyenne
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Komm, bleib bei mir
Hotel Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Maisie, Emergency Switchboard Operator
The Golden Fleecing
First Stenographer (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Salesgirl (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Ms. Martin (uncredited)
Miss Brooklyn
The Women
Miss St. Claire (uncredited)
Huracán
Tenement Resident (uncredited)
Blackie
Fran
You Can't Take It with You
Mary (uncredited)
Gold's Secretary
Air Fright
Lucas's Secretary (uncredited)
That's My Weakness
Mitzi
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Cecily Gordon
