Gladys Henson (27 September 1897 â€" 21 December 1982) was an Irish
actress whose career lasted from 1932 to 1976 and included roles on
stage, radio, films and television series. Among her most notable
films were The History of Mr Polly (1949) and The Blue Lamp
(1950).Henson was born Gladys Hilda Barbara Kate Gunn at 4 St
Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of John Gunn, the
director of the Gaiety Theatre, and Hilda Killock.She married English
actor Leslie Henson in 1926 (they had a son Joe in 1932). In 1932, she
appeared in the premiere of Noël Coward's Design for Living on
Broadway, appearing in several other London and Broadway shows,
including Coward's Set to Music (1939). After her divorce from Henson,
she appeared in numerous well-known post-war films, often alongside
Jack Warner, whose wife she played in both Train of Events and The
Blue Lamp; the scene in the latter in which her character learns of
her husband's death has been described as "a masterpiece of
understated emotion, moving without falling into sentimentality."She
died in London on 21 December 1982 aged 85.
actress whose career lasted from 1932 to 1976 and included roles on
stage, radio, films and television series. Among her most notable
films were The History of Mr Polly (1949) and The Blue Lamp
(1950).Henson was born Gladys Hilda Barbara Kate Gunn at 4 St
Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of John Gunn, the
director of the Gaiety Theatre, and Hilda Killock.She married English
actor Leslie Henson in 1926 (they had a son Joe in 1932). In 1932, she
appeared in the premiere of Noël Coward's Design for Living on
Broadway, appearing in several other London and Broadway shows,
including Coward's Set to Music (1939). After her divorce from Henson,
she appeared in numerous well-known post-war films, often alongside
Jack Warner, whose wife she played in both Train of Events and The
Blue Lamp; the scene in the latter in which her character learns of
her husband's death has been described as "a masterpiece of
understated emotion, moving without falling into sentimentality."She
died in London on 21 December 1982 aged 85.
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