Gladys Coburn

{{short description|American actress (1898 – 1948)}}

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| alt = Gladys Coburn on page 47 of the August 1921 Illinois Central Magazine.

| caption = Coburn in Illinois Central Magazine, 1921

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Gladys Coburn was an actress in theater and films. She had starring roles during the silent film era including in the 1917 film The Primitive Call and the 1920 film Heart Strings. She also performed in theatrical productions.{{Cite web |title=Gladys Coburn – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gladys-coburn-35727 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=Internet Broadway Database}}{{Cite news |date=17 December 1916 |title=The Battle of Life |language=English |pages=15 |work=The Courier-Journal |publication-place=Louisville, Kentucky |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66950942/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Her appearance was described as being similar to June Caprice.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H30NAQAAIAAJ&q=%2522gladys+coburn%2522 |title=Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines |publisher=Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company |year=1917 |pages=171 |language=en}}

Gladys was born on August 22, 1893, in Arkansas. She lived most of her life in New Castle, Indiana. She died in January 1969 at the age of 75.{{Cite web|title=Coburn Gladys info board – Henry County Historical Society & Museum…|date=10 September 2020 |url=https://henrycountymuseum.org/coburn-gladys-info-board/|access-date=2022-02-04|language=en-US}}