Gale went to Hollywood in 1931, where she made her film debut in
RKO's
Smart Woman in a small role. She used the stage name of Gladys Gale, instead of her married name, Gladys Benjamin. Over her fifteen-year film career, she would appear in over 30 feature films, mostly in smaller roles, with the occasional featured part. Some of her more notable films include: the gangster film, ''
She Couldn't Take It (1934), starring George Raft and Joan Bennett; the Mae West 1936 vehicle, Klondike Annie'', in which she played a dance hall girl at the age of 45; Frank Capra's 1938 classic,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring
James Stewart,
Jean Arthur, and
Claude Rains; and the 1942 melodrama,
Lady for a Night, starring
John Wayne and
Joan Blondell. Her final screen appearance would be in a small role in
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946), which starred
Gail Russell. On October 3, 1948, Gale checked into a Los Angeles hotel under an assumed name with a man, calling themselves Mr. and Mrs. Statler. In the morning her body was discovered, nude, with the room trashed. No cause for her death was ever established. Gale is buried in
Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ==Filmography==