Lucile Gleason

Lucile Gleason

Born: February 6, 1888
Died: May 18, 1947
in Pasadena, California, USA
Lucile Gleason was born on February 6, 1888 in Pasadena, California, USA as Lucile Webster. She is known for her work on The Clock (1945), Woman Unafraid (1934) and She's in the Army (1942). She was married to James Gleason. She died on May 18, 1947 in Brentwood, California.

The first treasurer of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). She along with Alden Gay were the two women among the 21 founding members of SAG.

Movies for Lucile Gleason...

Don't Fence Me In
Title: Don't Fence Me In
Character: Mrs. Prentiss
Released: October 20, 1945
Type: Movie
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Emily Henry
Released: May 25, 1945
Type: Movie
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
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Take It Big
Title: Take It Big
Character: Sophie
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Lucille Gleason
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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She's in the Army
Title: She's in the Army
Character: Sgt. Hannah Walters
Released: May 15, 1942
Type: Movie
A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a newspaper columnist, who wagered $5000 that she couldn't last six weeks.
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The Gay Falcon
Title: The Gay Falcon
Character: Mrs. Vera Gardner
Released: October 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
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Earl of Puddlestone
Title: Earl of Puddlestone
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
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Lucky Partners
Title: Lucky Partners
Character: Ethel's Mother
Released: August 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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Grandpa Goes To Town
Title: Grandpa Goes To Town
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: April 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the middle of a ghost town that hasn't seen a human face in years.
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Money To Burn
Title: Money To Burn
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: December 31, 1939
Type: Movie
In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.
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The Covered Trailer
Title: The Covered Trailer
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.
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Should Husbands Work?
Title: Should Husbands Work?
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: July 26, 1939
Type: Movie
Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy
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My Wife's Relatives
Title: My Wife's Relatives
Character: Lil Higgins
Released: May 20, 1939
Type: Movie
It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romance between Ellis' son Bill and Joe's daughter Jean. Refusing, Joe quits his job and sets up his own candy company. It's a money-losing enterprise until Joe's wife Lil loses her diamond ring in a batch of candy and offers a $5000 reward to anyone who can retrieve the ring.
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The Beloved Brat
Title: The Beloved Brat
Character: Miss Brewster
Released: April 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
Title: The Nurse from Brooklyn
Character: 'Ma' Hutchins
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
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The Higgins Family
Title: The Higgins Family
Character: Lillian Higgins
Released: March 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.
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First Lady
Title: First Lady
Character: Mrs. Mary Ives
Released: December 4, 1937
Type: Movie
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
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Navy Blues
Title: Navy Blues
Character: Aunt Beulah
Released: March 29, 1937
Type: Movie
A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he pursues her, he discovers that she is quite beautiful and that he has competition -- but his rival has more sinister intentions than anyone imagines.
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Red Lights Ahead
Title: Red Lights Ahead
Character: Molly 'Ma' Wallace
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
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Rhythm on the Range
Title: Rhythm on the Range
Character: Penelope Ryland
Released: July 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Title: The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Character: Mrs. Hutchins
Released: April 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
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Klondike Annie
Title: Klondike Annie
Character: Big Tess
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
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A Successful Failure
Title: A Successful Failure
Character: Mrs. Cushing
Released: October 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
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I Like it That Way
Title: I Like it That Way
Character: Mrs. Anderson
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
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Woman Unafraid
Title: Woman Unafraid
Character: Officer Augusta Winthrop
Released: March 27, 1934
Type: Movie
A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.
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Beloved
Title: Beloved
Character: The Duchess
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
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The Solitaire Man
Title: The Solitaire Man
Character: Mrs. Peabody
Released: September 22, 1933
Type: Movie
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
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Don't Bet on Love
Title: Don't Bet on Love
Character: Mrs. Gilbert
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. His manicurist girlfriend stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
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Always Kickin'
Title: Always Kickin'
Released: October 9, 1932
Type: Movie
When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.
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Off His Base
Title: Off His Base
Character: Mrs. Smith nee Minor
Released: September 18, 1932
Type: Movie
It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports reporter insists that his nephew, Minor, can really play ball and will help the team win.
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Girl of the Rio
Title: Girl of the Rio
Character: Matron
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.
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Nice Women
Title: Nice Women
Character: Mrs. Girard
Released: November 28, 1931
Type: Movie
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
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Girls About Town
Title: Girls About Town
Character: Mrs. Daisy Thomas
Released: November 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
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The Pagan Lady
Title: The Pagan Lady
Character: Nellie
Released: September 7, 1931
Type: Movie
Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running hooligans. You see, Dingo is a bootlegger himself. He literally sweeps the lady off her feet and they set up housekeeping in a tropical hotel full of colorful characters, some of whom are in the bootlegging business too.
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Don't Believe It
Title: Don't Believe It
Character: Lucile
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his wife and brother have conspired against him for revenge.
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Fairways and Foul
Title: Fairways and Foul
Character: Wife
Released: October 19, 1929
Type: Movie
Two couples meet on the fairway for a golfing competition.
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Meet the Missus
Title: Meet the Missus
Character: Ruby La Motte
Released: March 30, 1929
Type: Movie
When the story begins, James is confronted by his wife for his roving eyes! Soon after this, he goes to a speakeasy and begins chatting up women. One in particular catches his eye and so he brings her home to meet the wife. And here's where it gets weird. Apparently the Gleasons have an agreement that if either meets another person and falls for them, the marriage will be amicably dissolved and they'll each go their separate ways! Of course, things don't work out the way the hubby expects...and it certainly will come as a surprise to you as well!