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| Gladys Gale |
| born: 15 January 1891 Monmouth, Illinois, United States of America |
died: 04 October 1948 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (unexplained circumstances, age 57) |
| A former Broadway actress, Gale was married to New York millionaire Park Benjamin – brother-in-law of Enrico Caruso. She had several run-ins with the law and was arrested many times on drunk driving charges. In 1948, Gale and a man checked into a Hollywood hotel under an alias as Mr. and Mrs. J. Statler of San Francisco. Gale's nude body was found in a bottle littered hotel room by a bellboy who noticed the door was slightly ajar. A chemical analysis was ordered and the police noted that the upholstery and some of the plaster in the room had been slashed with a knife – there were no marks on the body to indicate violence. Gale's body remained in the country morgue for two days before being identified by a welfare agency worker who had come to her aid. Most sources claim that Gladys plays the role of Billy Gilbert's wife in Laurel & Hardy's The Music Box. However, it has been reported by historian Richard W. Bann that this was in fact Hazel Howell. |
| Real name: Gladys Lanphere | Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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