Gladys McConnell
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Gladys McConnell (October 22, 1905-March 4, 1979) was a movie actress from Oklahoma. She attended Hollywood High School.
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[edit] Actress
Her film career was brief, enduring only from 1926 until 1930. One of her first parts came in The Devil Horse (1926). The film featured Rex the Wonder Horse, a stallion which made fifteen motion pictures. McConnell starred with Harry Langdon in Three's A Crowd (1927). In The Chaser (1928) she played Langdon's talkative wife in a story about a married man and his tumultuous domestic life. She broke ties with the Fox Film Company over differences over her roles, choosing to freelance instead.
McConnell was a Wampas Baby Star of 1927. The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers chose thirteen baby stars who were selected as most likely to gain Hollywood success. Others in the 1927 group included Iris Stuart, Natalie Kingston, Sally Phipps, and Rita Carewe.
[edit] Marriage
McConnell married Arthur Q. Hazerman in 1926. They were divorced in August 1929. She married Hollywood attorney, Ronald Button, in September 1931, at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. William Jennings Bryan Jr., a friend of the bridegroom, was best man at the wedding. McConnell was attended by her sister, Mrs. Harold O. Wright.
[edit] Pilot
McConnell was an aviatix who began flying in Portland, Oregon in 1924. Aside from Ruth Elder, she logged more air hours than any woman in the film colony. She was once hostess on a Maddux Airlines passenger plane for an aerial breakfast party. McConnell also flew to various location settings to make films with actors like Langdon and Ken Maynard.
Gladys McConnell died in Fullerton, California in 1979.
[edit] References
- Los Angeles Times, New Baby Stars Stud Film Firmament, January 7, 1927, Page A1.
- Los Angeles Times, Three Crowd?, Not In Roomy New Roadster, September 11, 1927, Page G11.
- Los Angeles Times, Film Actress Marries Lawyer, September 4, 1931, Page 13.
- Lowell, Massachusetts Sun, Go To Hollywood High School If You Would Be A Screen Star, March 3, 1927, Page 26.
- Modesto, California News-Herald, Film Actress, February 19, 1926, Page 2.
- Syracuse Herald, Gladys McConnell Granted Divorce, August 8, 1929, Page 10.
- Woodland, California Daily Democrat, Hollywood Close Ups, October 5, 1928, Page 11.
