Gladys Boot

Gladys Boot (1890 – 16 October 1964), was a British actress.

She studied acting privately with Elsie Fogerty, and made her stage debut in Newcastle in 1940 in Quiet Wedding; and in London at Wyndham's Theatre the following year in Quiet Weekend. In this, she appeared in over 1,000 performances, including overseas tours and for the forces, 1943-44. After the war, theatre work included as leading lady with the Liverpool Playhouse, and on tour and on Broadway in Yes M'Lord (1949); and again on tour as Mrs Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion in 1951.

She died on 16 October 1964, in Chelsea, London.

Selected filmography

 * Harry Black (1958), as Mrs. Tanner
 * Virgin Island (1958), as Mrs. Carruthers
 * Your Money or Your Wife (1960), as Mrs. Compton Chamberlain