Gladys Egan
Actress (1900-1985) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Gladys Egan was an early 20th-century American child actress, who between 1907 and 1914 performed professionally in theatre productions as well as in scores of silent films. She began her brief entertainment career appearing on the New York stage as well as in plays presented across the country by traveling companies.
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FateFilm, At School1912
The SunbeamFilm, One of the Children in Hallway
Two Little RangersFilm, 1912Gladys - The Postmaster's Daughter1911
Fighting BloodFilm, One of the Children1910
A Child of the GhettoFilm, Flower Girl
In the Border StatesFilm, 1910
The Unchanging SeaFilm, 1910The Daughter as a Small Child1909
A Corner in WheatFilm, Farmer's Little Daughter
A Drunkard's ReformationFilm, 1909In the Watches of the NightFilm, 1909The Whitney Child
The Lonely VillaFilm, 1909
Through the BreakersFilm, 19091908After Many YearsFilm, The Davis' Daughter
An Awful MomentFilm, 1908The Mowbrays' Daughter1900Born24 May 1900People around Gladys
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Mary Pickford Also in The Lonely Villa and The Country Doctor
D. W. Griffith Directed The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
Mack Sennett Also in A Corner in Wheat and The Golden Louis
Florence Lawrence Also in The Lonely Villa and The Country Doctor
Henry B. Walthall Also in A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Owen Moore Also in A Corner in Wheat and The Lonely Villa
Claire McDowell Also in His Trust Fulfilled and His Trust
Jack Pickford Also in The Painted Lady and His Trust Fulfilled
Edward Dillon Also in A Corner in Wheat and After Many Years
George Nichols Also in A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Harry Solter Also in After Many Years (1908)
Charles West Also in The Unchanging Sea (1910)
Arthur V. Johnson Also in The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
Charles Inslee Also in The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
George M. Gebhardt Also in The Golden Louis and An Awful Moment
Anita Hendrie Also in The Lonely Villa and The Golden Louis
Charles Hill Mailes Also in A Corner in Wheat and The Painted Lady
Adele DeGarde Also in The Lonely Villa and The Country Doctor
Alfred Paget Also in Romance of a Jewess (1908)
Grace Henderson Also in The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
Violet Mersereau Also in The Lonely Villa and His Trust Fulfilled- Guy Hedlund Also in Romance of a Jewess and In Little Italy
- William J. Butler Also in A Corner in Wheat (1909)
- Frank Evans Also in A Corner in Wheat (1909)
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Biograph release A Corner in Wheat (1909) with actors (from left) Linda Arvidson, James Kirkwood, W. Chrystie Miller (rear), and Egan
Egan (near doorway) in Two Little Rangers (1912) by Solax
Egan's ad seeking work published in Motion Picture News, 1916
Egan (left) with Marion Leonard and Henry B. Walthall in Biograph's A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
Promotion for 1912 IMP drama featuring Egan sitting on lap of fellow actor Rolinda BainbridgeAbout this person
By 1908 she also started working in the film industry, where for six years she acted almost exclusively in motion pictures for the Biograph Company of New York. The vast majority of her screen roles during that period were in shorts directed by D. W. Griffith, who cast her in over 90 of his releases. While most of Egan's films were produced by Biograph, she did work for other motion-picture companies between 1911 and 1914, such as the Reliance Film Company and Independent Moving Pictures. By 1916, Egan's acting career appears to have ended, and she no longer was being mentioned in major trade journals or included in published studio personnel directories as a regularly employed actor. Although she may have performed as an extra or in some bit parts after 1914, no available filmographies or entertainment publications from the period cite Egan in any screen or stage role after that year.
