Gladys Malvern (July , â€" November , ) was an American vaudeville
and Broadway actress, radio script writer, and author. As a child
actress, she appeared in the Broadway production of The Man Who Stood
Still. Gladys often collaborated on stage with her younger sister
Corinne Malvern, who also illustrated her books. Gladys Malvern is
perhaps best remembered for her prolific writing of historical and
biographical novels for young adults, including The Foreigner,
According to Thomas and Behold Your Queen!.Gladys Malvern was born in
Newark, New Jersey on July , , the daughter of Edward Malvern and Cora
Lillian Malvern, a theater company wardrobe mistress. She was raised
as a stage child by her mother in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and
California.Young Gladys Malvern won her first role on a New York stage
at the age of three. In , at age , Gladys appeared at the Circle
Theater on Broadway in The Man Who Stood Still. By , the two Malvern
sisters were working regularly in traveling vaudeville productions, as
well as in the burgeoning New York movie industry; Gladys as an
ingenue and Corinne as "fairies, babies, witches, and other funny
little people." By the age of , Gladys began playing leading roles in
traveling stock theater companies. Her fellow troupers called her "the
youngest stock leading woman in the business." When interviewed about
this period in her life, Malvern is quoted as saying:
and Broadway actress, radio script writer, and author. As a child
actress, she appeared in the Broadway production of The Man Who Stood
Still. Gladys often collaborated on stage with her younger sister
Corinne Malvern, who also illustrated her books. Gladys Malvern is
perhaps best remembered for her prolific writing of historical and
biographical novels for young adults, including The Foreigner,
According to Thomas and Behold Your Queen!.Gladys Malvern was born in
Newark, New Jersey on July , , the daughter of Edward Malvern and Cora
Lillian Malvern, a theater company wardrobe mistress. She was raised
as a stage child by her mother in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and
California.Young Gladys Malvern won her first role on a New York stage
at the age of three. In , at age , Gladys appeared at the Circle
Theater on Broadway in The Man Who Stood Still. By , the two Malvern
sisters were working regularly in traveling vaudeville productions, as
well as in the burgeoning New York movie industry; Gladys as an
ingenue and Corinne as "fairies, babies, witches, and other funny
little people." By the age of , Gladys began playing leading roles in
traveling stock theater companies. Her fellow troupers called her "the
youngest stock leading woman in the business." When interviewed about
this period in her life, Malvern is quoted as saying:
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