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Gladys Hulette
Arcade, New York, USA
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…
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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.
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1933
Torch Singer
Movie Nightclub Patron
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1928
The Faithless Lover
Movie Mary Callender
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1927
A Bowery Cinderella
Movie Nora Denahy
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1926
Be Your Age
Movie The Widow's Secretary
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1926
Unknown Treasures
Movie Mary Hamilton
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1926
The Skyrocket
Movie Lucia Morgan
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1925
The Iron Horse
Movie Ruby
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1925
The Mystic
Movie Doris Merrick
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1925
The Pride of the Force
Movie Mary Moore
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1925
The Thoroughbred
Movie Mitzi Callahan
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1925
Go Straight!
Movie Gilda Hart
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1924
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Movie 'Miss'
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1924
The Family Secret
Movie Margaret Selfridge
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1924
The Slanderers
Movie Gladys Gray
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1924
The Night Message
Movie Elsie Lefferts
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1923
Hoodman Blind
Movie Nancy Yeulette
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1923
Enemies of Women
Movie Vittoria Spadoni
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1923
As a Man Lives
Movie Nadia Meredith
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1922
How Women Love
Movie Natalie Nevins
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1922
Secrets of Paris
Movie Mayflower
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1922
Fair Lady
Movie Myra Nell Drew
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1921
Tol'able David
Movie Esther Hatburn
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1920
The Silent Barrier
Movie Etta Stampa
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1920
High Speed
Movie Edith Rhoades
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1918
Mrs. Slacker
Movie Susie Simpkins
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1917
Over the Hill
Movie Esther
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1917
A Crooked Romance
Movie Mary Flynn
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1917
The Streets of Illusion
Movie Beam
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1917
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie Lucy Carnaby
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1917
The Cigarette Girl
Movie The cigarette girl
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1917
The Candy Girl
Movie Nell
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1917
Pots-and-Pans Peggy
Movie Peggy McGraw
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1917
Her New York
Movie Phoebe Lester
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1916
Prudence the Pirate
Movie Prudence
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1916
The Shine Girl
Movie The Shine Girl
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1916
The Traffic Cop
Movie Casey's Sweetheart
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1916
The Flight of the Duchess
Movie Lady Alice - The Earl's Ward
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1915
The Working of a Miracle
Movie Mary Murdock - Kent's Ward
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1915
The Mission of Mr. Foo
Movie Florence
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1914
Getting to the Ball Game
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