Gladys Leslie (March 5, 1899 – October 2, 1976) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s. Though less-remembered than superstars like Mary Pickford, she had a number of starring roles from 1917 to the early 1920s and was one of the young female stars of her day.
Juvenile leading lady of the silent screen, said to have resembled Mary Pickford. Educated at Columbia University, she began in films with the Edison company and later worked for Thanhouser and Vitagraph. The New York Herald dubbed her "The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile", after reviewing her performance in "The Vicar of Wakefield". She asserted in a 1919 interview that she would quit acting once her bank account had 'mounted high enough'. It appears, that point arrived some time in 1925.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pearl of Love
1925
Mara
Enemies of Youth
1925
Broadway Broke
1923
Mary Karger
Haldane of the Secret Service
1923
Adele Ormsby
Man and Wife
1923
Dolly Perkins
If Winter Comes
1923
Effie Bright
The Darling of the Rich
1922
Lizzie Callahan
Timothy's Quest
1922
Miss Dora
The Snitching Hour
1922
Lois Dickerson
Sisters
1922
Cherry Strickland
God's Country and the Law
1921
Marie
Jim the Penman
1921
Agnes Ralston
Straight Is the Way
1921
Dorcas
The Midnight Bride
1920
Jeanne Sterling - a country girl who marries a rich man secretly