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Gladys McConnell
Acting

Gladys McConnell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-10-22,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Gladys McConnell (October 22, 1905 – March 4, 1979) was an American film actress and aviator. She was born in Oklahoma City, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).[1] She was the daughter of William Marshall McConnell (born April 28, 1876, McNairy County, Tennessee) and his wife, Harriet (née Sharp; born October 10, 1882, Newbern, Tennessee), and had a sister, Hazel. Gladys McConnell attended Hollywood High School. Her film career was brief, about four years from the late silent to early sound era (1926 – 1930). She sometimes used the professional name Gladys Morrow. One of her first parts came in The Devil Horse (1926). The film featured Rex the Wonder Horse, a stallion featured in at least fifteen films. She starred with Harry Langdon in Three's A Crowd (1927). In The Chaser (1928), as Langdon's talkative wife. She broke ties with the Fox Film Company over differences over her roles, choosing to freelance instead. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1927. WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) was a Hollywood promotional campaign that selected thirteen baby stars (slang at the time for starlets) as most likely to gain success. Others in the 1927 group included Iris Stuart, Natalie Kingston, Sally Phipps, and Rita Carewe. McConnell married Arthur Q. Hazerman in 1926; they divorced three years later. In September 1931, she married Hollywood attorney, A. Ronald Button, 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. They had a daughter, Mary Barbara Button (b. February 9, 1937, Los Angeles), now known as Barbara McAllister, a commercial real estate broker. McConnell became an aviator and began flying in Portland. Aside from Ruth Elder, she logged more air hours than any woman in the film colony. Gladys McConnell died in Fullerton, California in 1979, aged 73.

Filmography

The Perfect Crime

9

The Perfect Crime
1928-08-04

A Trip to Chinatown

10

A Trip to Chinatown
1926-06-06

The Midnight Kiss

8

The Midnight Kiss
1926-10-10

The Flying Horseman

7

The Flying Horseman
1926-09-05

4.545

The Chaser
1928-02-12

The Code of the Scarlet

10

The Code of the Scarlet
1928-07-01

The Glorious Trail

8

The Glorious Trail
1928-10-28

8

Cheyenne
1929-02-03

Parade of the West

9

Parade of the West
1930-01-19

Three's a Crowd

5.571

Three's a Crowd
1927-08-28

Rex the Devil Horse

6.667

Rex the Devil Horse
1926-09-11

9

Riding to Fame
1927-07-01

8

Marriage
1927-02-13

The Bullet Mark

10

The Bullet Mark
1928-03-25

The Fire Detective

9

The Fire Detective
1929-03-03

The Tiger's Shadow

7

The Tiger's Shadow
1928-12-23

The Woman Who Was Forgotten

10

The Woman Who Was Forgotten
1929-12-31