Person Details

Birthday: 1896-07-21 02:11:17

Death: 1991-08-08 02:11:17

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Arcade, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 22

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Iron Horse
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The Iron Horse

(1924) Ruby
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
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Torch Singer
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5

Torch Singer

(1933) Nightclub Patron
Tol'able David
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7

Tol'able David

(1921) Esther Hatburn
The Skyrocket
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The Skyrocket

(1926) Lucia Morgan
The Mystic
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The Mystic

(1925) Doris Merrick
Enemies of Women
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Enemies of Women

(1923) Vittoria Spadoni
The Traffic Cop
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The Traffic Cop

(1916) Casey's Sweetheart

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1933 Nightclub Patron
1926 The Widow's Secretary
Lucia Morgan
1925 Doris Merrick
Mary Moore
Gilda Hart
1924 'Miss'
Margaret Selfridge
Ruby
1923 Nancy Yeulette
Vittoria Spadoni
1922 Natalie Nevins
Mayflower
Myra Nell Drew
1921 Esther Hatburn
1918 Susie Simpkins
1917 Mary Flynn
Lucy Carnaby
1916 Prudence
The Shine Girl
Casey's Sweetheart
Lady Alice - The Earl's Ward
1915 Mary Murdock - Kent's Ward
1914 N/A
1913 Modern Sweetheart
1912 Jack
1911 One of the Children
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1910 Alice
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1909 Puck
The Elder Fairy
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