Gay Seabrook (born Gladys Johnson; April 1, 1901 – April 18, 1970) was an American film, Broadway and radio actress.
Early years
Seabrook was the daughter of Rufus Johnson, a newspaper circulation manager.
She married screenwriter Edward Evans Seabrook in 1920.
Career
In the mid 1920s, Seabrook portrayed Mary Margaret in the play ''The Fool'', which toured the United States for 62 weeks after having been presented "for some time in New York." She appeared in the
Broadway productions of ''Crime Marches On'' (1935) and ''
Three Men on a Horse'' (1942).
Seabrook was teamed with comedian
Emerson Treacy to form the double-act Treacy and Seabrook. The team was very successful on radio and in theater during the early 1930s, with routines similar to those of real husband-and-wife team
Burns and Allen
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. The two had worked together in 1928, teamed as young lovers in a production of the play ''Tommy''. A newspaper article about the upcoming production described Treacy and Seabrook as "two of the best known portrayors of youthful roles in the country."
Seabrook also appeared as the ditzy mother of
Spanky McFarland in the ''
Our Gang
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short films ''
Bedtime Worries'' and ''
Wild Poses''.
On radio, Seabrook played Susabelle on ''The Park Avenue Penners''
[Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 265.] and was a member of the cast of ''Meet Mr. Meek''.
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1901 births
1970 deaths
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American radio actresses
20th-century American actresses