Louise Glaum Biography

Fast Facts

• Served as the president of the Matinee Musical Club
• Was the state president of the California Federation of Music Clubs
• Was interred in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery after a funeral service held at Pierce Brothers Mortuary
• Compromised with her mother, who wanted her to remain home in Chicago after her sister's death, by acting as an ingénue in a local theatre company while she started to make the rounds at movie studios
• Found a niche playing ingénues in several shows, even making her own gowns for a road show called "Why Girls Leave Home․"
• Started her acting career in stock and stage productions, appearing in such plays as "Crucifixus" and "How Baxter Butted In․"
• Some of her best known film credits were "The Tiger Lady" and a number of Max Sennett comedies
• Was often cast in leading roles and as a vamp in silent movies
• At the time of the 1920 census, she maintained a household in Los Angeles with a married couple, a housekeeper, a caretaker and a gardener
• A drama instructor in her later career, she opened her own play house in the 1930s