Lucile Webster Gleason (February 6, 1888 – May 18, 1947) was an American stage and screen actress. [8] The following year he had a critical success in his role of Private Mueller in the Oscar-winning film, All Quiet on the Western Front. Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. and the Veterans' Service Council.

Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. His short career only spanned 15 years, during which time he appeared in over 50 feature films, mostly in featured or starring roles. We have set your language to Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.'. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Please contact Find a Grave at support@findagrave.com if you need help resetting your password. He left behind a 3-year-old daughter. Russell Gleason (February 6, 1908 – December 25, 1945) was an American actor who began his career at the very beginning of the talking film era. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Cynthia Lindsay was born on May 27, 1915 in North Hempstead, New York, USA as Cynthia Hobart. She took his surname as her professional and legal surname. While still in the middle of a successful acting career, Gleason joined the U.S. Army in late 1943, during World War II. [8] The following year he had a critical success in his role of Private Mueller in the Oscar-winning film, All Quiet on the Western Front. GREAT NEWS!

based on information from your browser. He was only 37 years old when he died in an accidental fall from a fourth floor window at the Hotel Sutton, which was used as Army barracks.-

× Please try again later. In 1947 she was named Mother of 1947 in a Mother's Day observance conducted by the U.S.O. Sources differ on both Gleason's birth year as well as his date of death: "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database. Year should not be greater than current year. Russell Gleason Lucile Webster Gleason (February 6, 1888 – May 18, 1947) was an American stage and screen actress.

Make sure that the file is a photo. Beginning his film career with the release of five films, including "The Sophomore" and "The Flying Fool" in 1929, he went on to act in over fifty films, the most acclaimed of which was the award-winning "All Quiet on the Western Front" in 1930.

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Verify and try again. Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer amandamilkovits, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. We’ve updated the security on the site. After she married actor James Gleason, she realized stage success in New York City in a production of The Shannons of Broadway (1927), written by her husband.

If you have questions, please contact support@findagrave.com. Growing up, he lived with his maternal grandmother in Oakland, California. On December 25, 1945, Gleason was in New York City awaiting deployment to Europe with his regiment when he fell to his death out of a fourth story window in the Hotel Sutton on East 56th Street in Manhattan, which the army had commandeered to house the troops. His family said he was discharged last year and became a barber in Central Falls. Since the murder arrest has left him jailed since July, Montalvo wasn't able to be in his last rap video released in August. During school years, he rarely saw his parents, but he acted with them in stock theater during summer vacations.[7].