1. Gladys Parker was an American cartoonist for comic strips and a fashion designer in Hollywood.
16 Facts About Gladys Parker
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Gladys Parker is best known as the creator of the comic strip Mopsy, which had a long run over three decades.
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Gladys Parker was born in 1908 and grew up in Tonawanda, New York.
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Gladys Parker was the daughter of Caroline and Wilbert C Parker.
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Gladys Parker taught herself to draw while recuperating from a leg injury, often using herself as her model, and began selling cartoons to magazines.
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Gladys Parker ran a dressmaking shop from home while still in high school.
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At the age of 18, Gladys Parker arrived in Manhattan to study fashion illustration.
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Gladys Parker attended the Traphagen School of Fashion, graduating in 1928 in Illustration.
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Gladys Parker started her newspaper career with the New York Graphic, doing a comic strip called May and Junie in 1928.
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Gladys Parker moved on to United Features for two years and Newspaper Enterprise Association for seven years.
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Gladys Parker was given the opportunity to draw for the comic strip Flapper Fanny, and later took over the publication entirely.
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Gladys Parker did a comic strip series for Lux Soap during the 1930s.
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Gladys Parker designed for films, such as her 1940 white sharkskin suit worn by actress Louise Platt.
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On May 9,1930, Gladys Parker was married to illustrator Benjamin "Stookie" Allen, who drew for pulp magazines and comic books.
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Gladys Parker was a member of the Society of Illustrators and the National Cartoonists Society.
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Gladys Parker was just 58 when she died of lung cancer in 1966.