Gladys Blake

Gladys Blake

1910–1983·Deceased·Active 1933–1952

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 ...

Career stats
103Films
525Posters
19Years active
1942Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres

Selected work

102 posters
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You · 1938
On the Town
On the Town · 1949
Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year · 1942
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth · 1952
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera · 1943
The Women
The Women · 1939
In Society
In Society · 1944
Nocturne
Nocturne · 1946
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties · 1945
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night Has a Thousand Eyes · 1948
The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier · 1943

Frequent collaborators

30 repeat partners
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
Actor · 26 films together
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Actor · 21 films together
Bernard B. Brown
Actor · 14 films together
Victor Young
Victor Young
Actor · 14 films together
Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing
Actor · 13 films together
James Flavin
James Flavin
Actor · 13 films together
Donald Kerr
Actor · 12 films together
Dorothy Granger
Dorothy Granger
Actor · 12 films together