{{Short description|American actress (1901–1970)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Gay Seabrook | image = Gay Seabrook in Long Shot.jpg | caption = Seabrook in ''[[Long Shot (1939 film)|Long Shot]]'' (1939) | birth_name = Gladys Johnson | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|4|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Seattle]], Washington, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|4|18|1901|4|1|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Bedford Hills, New York]], U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1930–1941 }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Utah Girl in Drama|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6238825/the_ogden_standardexaminer/|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=May 12, 1924|location=Utah, Ogden|page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
She married screenwriter [[Edward E. Seabrook]] in 1920.<ref> {{cite news|title="California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" : Edward Evans Seabrook and Gladys Johnson, 1920.|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZR-V87 }} </ref>
==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."<ref>{{cite news|title=Collegians Appear in Play, 'The Fool,' at Marlow Theater|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6239001/the_independent_record/|work=The Independent Record|date=November 18, 1926|location=Montana, Helena|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> She appeared in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions of ''Crime Marches On'' (1935)<ref>{{cite web|title=Crime Marches On - Cast|url=http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea2-d936-a7fd-eef679af0000&type=op#oc|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Three Men on a Horse]]'' (1942).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Plays on Broadway: Three Men on a Horse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Gay+Seabrook%22&pg=PT9|accessdate=15 August 2016|magazine=Billboard|date=October 24, 1942|page=10}}</ref>
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]]. 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."<ref>{{cite news|title=Noted Stage Play 'Tommy' Coming to Granada|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6239466/reno_gazette/|work=Reno Gazette|date=September 29, 1928|location=Nevada, Reno|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Seabrook also appeared as the ditzy mother of [[George McFarland|Spanky McFarland]] in the ''[[Our Gang]]'' [[short films]] ''[[Bedtime Worries]]'' and ''[[Wild Poses]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ward|first=Richard Lewis|title=A History of the Hal Roach Studios|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dY4-pWxOzD0C&q=%22Gay+Seabrook%22&pg=PA85|year=2006|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=0-8093-2727-9|page=85}}</ref>
On radio, Seabrook played Susabelle on ''The Park Avenue Penners''<ref name=rp>Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 265.</ref> and was a member of the cast of ''Meet Mr. Meek''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Studio Notes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6239653/the_evening_news/|work=The Evening News|date=August 14, 1941|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=26|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0780413|Gay Seabrook}} *{{IBDB name}}
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