Gladys Frazin
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- Born
- 1901 · New York City.
- Died
- 1939 · Manhattan.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actress
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Gladys Frazin • Born — 1900 6 21 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 1939 3 9 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1924–1931 (film) • Spouse — * Leo Lowenstein • Children — 1 Gladys Frazin (June 21, 1900 – March 9, 1939) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in a mixture of American and British films. On Broadway, Frazin played Mimi in The Masked Woman (1922). Also on stage she featured in Edgar Wallace's 1930 West End hit On the Spot. Frazin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frazin. She was married to comedian Monty Banks, her fourth husband, from 1929 to 1932, when they divorced. Her first husband was Leo Lowenstein, and they had a son, Leo Lowenstein Jr. On March 9, 1939, Frazin committed suicide by jumping out of a window of an apartment in New York City. She was 38.
Filmography
• Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924) • The Winning Oar (1927) • Inspiration (1928) • The Blue Peter (1928) • Spangles (1928) • The Return of the Rat (1929) • The Compulsory Husband (1930) • Kiss Me Sergeant (1930) • The Other Woman (1931)
Gladys Frazin in photo study "The Chinese Coat", on page 53 of the August 1923 Shadowland
Nickolas Muray · Shadowland (Mar. - Aug. 1923) on the Internet Archive
Actress Gladys Frazin
Nickolas Muray · Theatre Magazine, vol 38 no. 269, August 1923 https
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Gladys Frazin died in 1939 at Manhattan.
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- 1.Munden p.381
- 2.The Broadway League. Gladys Frazin. Internet Broadway Database.
- 3.Ex-actress plunges to her death. Danville Bee. Associated Press. 3. March 9, 1939.
- 4.Actress leaps to death. The New York Times. 19. March 10, 1939.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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