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Gladys Egan

1900 - 1985

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Gladys Egan (also credited as Gladys Eagan; May 24, 1900 – March 8, 1985) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gladys Egan is the 7,558th most popular actor (down from 6,859th in 2019), the 11,715th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,125th in 2019) and the 3,517th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gladys Egan ranks 7,558 out of 13,578Before her are Ra Mi-ran, America Ferrera, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harriet Sansom Harris, Marie Mosquini, and Francis Lederer. After her are Adina Porter, Virginia Valli, Cynthia Klitbo, Robin Sachs, Patricia Richardson, and Anna Belknap.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gladys Egan ranks 321Before her are Helen Gahagan Douglas, Antoni Zygmund, Sverre Sørsdal, Mark Sandrich, Ethelwynn Trewavas, and Coral Buttsworth. After her are Willie Brown, Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, Renata Viganò, Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, Edna Best, and Andy Auld. Among people deceased in 1985, Gladys Egan ranks 269Before her are Carlos P. Romulo, Patricia Roberts Harris, Maurice Podoloff, Jan Peka, Albert Maltz, and Coral Buttsworth. After her are Alvah Bessie, Phil Silvers, Isabel Jeans, Dragomir Tošić, Richard Greene, and Edward Andrews.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gladys Egan ranks 11,717 out of 20,380Before her are America Ferrera (1984), John Cornyn (1952), Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980), Harriet Sansom Harris (1955), Marie Mosquini (1899), and Janeane Garofalo (1964). After her are Adina Porter (1971), Virginia Valli (1895), Wiley Post (1898), James Jones (1980), George Perle (1915), and Charlie Rose (1942).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gladys Egan ranks 3,518Before her are Ann Reinking (1949), Illeana Douglas (1965), America Ferrera (1984), Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980), Harriet Sansom Harris (1955), and Marie Mosquini (1899). After her are Adina Porter (1971), Virginia Valli (1895), Patricia Richardson (1951), Anna Belknap (1972), Chester Morris (1901), and Christian Brando (1958).