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Gladys Brockwell, (born September 26, 1893 in
Brooklyn, New York; died July 2, 1929 in
Hollywood, California) was an United
States|American actress.


Born Gladys Lindeman in Brooklyn, New York, she
was the daughter of a chorus girl who put her on
stage at a very early age. By the time she reached
her middle teens, she was already a veteran and
taking on dramatic leading roles. She made her
East Coast film debut in 1913 as Gladys Brockwell
for Lubin Studios and within a short time was
starring in a number of films.  Developing her
craft, Brockwell moved to Hollywood where she
earned herself an important role in the acclaimed
1922 version of Oliver Twist and in The Hunchback
of Notre Dame the following year.

Never one of the glamorous leading ladies, by the
mid 1920s she was past the age of thirty and
although still given top female billing, Brockwell
performed mainly in supporting roles. Regarded as
one of the finest character actors of the day who
not only adapted to the new talkies but excelled
in them, her first appearance in a "talkie" came
in 1928 in The Lights of New York. Her performance
received strong reviews at the time of the film's
release and as well by present-day critics of the
preserved film. A Warner Bros. feature length
production, The Lights of New York was filmed with
microphones strategically hidden around the sets,
creating the first motion picture released with
fully synchronic dialogue. Signed by Warner Bros.
to a multi-year contract, Brockwell's next talkie
was in another supporting role to Norma Talmadge
in one of only three sound films Talmadge ever
made.

In late June of 1929 Gladys Brockwell and friend
Thomas Drennan were involved in an automobile
accident in Calabasas, California. Seriously
injured, the thirty-five-year old Brockwell died a
few days later in a Hollywood hospital.

Gladys Brockwell's final film was completed before
her accident. Directed by Edward Laemmle while she
was on loan to Universal Studios|Universal
Pictures, "The Drake Case" was released
posthumously in September of 1929.

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