Gladys Walton

Born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Portland, Oregon, Gladys Walton debuted in films at the Fox Sunshine comedy studio's in 1919, doing small parts in there comedy short films.[3] However, as her acting talent came more out into the open, she was given larger and more important roles in films, such as La La Lucille in 1920 with Universal Studios, as well as The Secret Gift, also in 1920. She was also given her first starring role in Pink Tights (1920), opposite film star Jack Perrin. She was a contract player for Universal from 1920 to 1923, completing 28 films and earning $600 a week[4] at the peak of her career. After leaving universal she went on to do a few independent films. Only 5 of her 38 films remain extant, Pink Tights 1920, All Dolled Up from 1921, The Untameable and Sawdust, both from 1923, and A Little Girl in a Big City released in 1925.[5]

Walton retired from acting in 1925.[6] It should be noted Gladys has been confused as doing theater productions, but this is untrue. There were in fact two Gladys Waltons performing in the early 1920's. One a theater actress on the East Coast, traveling doing stage productions and the movie star Gladys making films on the West Coast. Writers of the time were often confusing the two. [7]

Walton married screenwriter Frank Liddell in 1920. She later married to Henry M. Herbel in 1923, with whom she had six children.

Walton died of cancer on November 15, 1993.[6]

Media related to Gladys Walton at Wikimedia Commons

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• Gladys Walton at IMDb
• Gladys Walton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gladys Walton at Find a Grave
• Gladys Walton at Virtual History