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Gladys Brockwell
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Actor Born: September 26, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY Death: July 2, 1929 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:An intelligent and versatile silent screen actress, "Gladys Brockwell" (née Lindeman) was the Brooklyn-born daughter of a struggling chorus girl. On-stage herself from the age of three, Brockwell played ingénues at 11 and dramatic leading ladies at 15, an early stardom that would help her ease gracefully into character roles in the 1920s. She made her screen debut for the Philadelphia-based Lubin company in 1913 and later appeared for "D.W. Griffith". Not exactly the wistful type like "Lillian Gish" or "Mae Marsh", Brockwell quickly left Griffith's Fine Arts in favor of Fox, where she would establish herself as one of America's busiest leading ladies, often playing long-suffering women. She was still a top star at the dawn of a new decade but was not above accepting smaller roles as long as they were interesting. In 1922, she played Nancy Sykes opposite "Lon Chaney"'s Fagin in "Oliver Twist" and was... Full Biography
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