Gladys Hulette
Gladys Hulette
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
35
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-07-21 (128 years old)
Place of Birth
Arcade, New York, USA
Acting

1933

Torch Singer as Nightclub Patron

1926

The Skyrocket as Lucia Morgan

1926

Be Your Age as The Widow's Secretary

1925

The Iron Horse as Ruby

1925

The Mystic as Doris Merrick

1925

Go Straight! as Gilda Hart

1925

The Pride of the Force as Mary Moore

1924

The Family Secret as Margaret Selfridge

1924

The Night Message as Elsie Lefferts

1923

Enemies of Women as Vittoria Spadoni

1923

Hoodman Blind as Nancy Yeulette

1922

Secrets of Paris as Mayflower

1922

Fair Lady as Myra Nell Drew

1922

How Women Love as Natalie Nevins

1921

Tol'able David as Esther Hatburn

1918

Mrs. Slacker as Susie Simpkins

1917

Over the Hill as Esther

1917

The Last of the Carnabys as Lucy Carnaby

1917

A Crooked Romance as Mary Flynn

1916

The Traffic Cop as Casey's Sweetheart

1916

The Flight of the Duchess as Lady Alice - The Earl's Ward

1916

The Shine Girl as The Shine Girl

1916

Prudence the Pirate as Prudence

1915

The Working of a Miracle as Mary Murdock - Kent's Ward

1914

Getting to the Ball Game as Not available

1913

The Treasure of Captain Kidd as Modern Sweetheart

1911

Lorna Doone as Not available

1911

Papa's Sweetheart as One of the Children

1910

A Japanese Peach Boy as Not available

1909

Hiawatha as Hiawatha