Gladys Sylvani(1885-1953)
- Actress
Gladys Sylvani born Gladys Sylvani Smith in London on the 18th December
1884. a star of the West End stage in London, appearing in musicals and
dramas such as 'The Chryseams' which had 810 performances and also in
'The Arcadians' between 1909-11. first appeared in films for the Barker
Film Co with 'The Three Lovers' in 1910 and the following year she
became a delightful, sweet and charming star of the Hepworth Film
Company between 1910-13, Sylvani was quintessentially an English beauty
who seem to have devised a special, understated acting style for the
screen, she's perhaps best remembered in 1913's 'A Woman's Wit'
directed by Warwick Buckland and her co-star Alec Worcester. retired
from the screen shortly afterwards in late 1913. She was a big hit with
the public and without question the most popular of all English picture
stars. Her last name was Smith, but she called herself Sylvani (her
middle name) because it sounded more exotic. moved to the United States
in 1939 and died in Virginia in 1953 age 68
