Gladys Boot

Gladys Boot
Born	28 March 1890 Darlington, County Durham, England
Died	16 October 1964(1964-10-16) (aged 73–74) Chelsea, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1940-1963

Gladys Boot (28 March 1890 – 16 October 1964), was a British actress.^[1][2]

She studied acting privately with Elsie Fogerty, and made her stage debut in Newcastle in 1940 in Quiet Wedding; and in London at Wyndham's Theatre the following year in Quiet Weekend. In this, she appeared in over 1,000 performances, including overseas tours and for the forces, 1943–44. After the war, theatre work included as leading lady with the Liverpool Playhouse, and on tour and on Broadway in Yes M'Lord (1949); and again on tour as Mrs Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion in 1951.^[3][4][5]

She died on 16 October 1964, in Chelsea, London.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Murder Reported (1957) as Dorothy
• Harry Black (1958), as Mrs. Tanner
• Virgin Island (1958), as Mrs. Carruthers
• Your Money or Your Wife (1960), as Mrs. Compton Chamberlain

References

1. "Gladys Boot - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
2. "Gladys Boot". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
3. "Maclean Family Tree: Catherine Wharrie Maclean". www.simontesler.com.
4. League, The Broadway. "Gladys Boot – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
5. "Gladys Boot - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.

External links

• Gladys Boot at IMDb
• Gladys Boot at the Internet Broadway Database