Gladys Gillem

Last updated: April 28, 2014

Title History

 

Career Highlights

 

  • Besides wrestling, Gladys Gillem was known for performing dangerous stunts with lions, bears, and alligators..
  • Gladys Gillem was one of six female wrestlers featured in the documentary Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling..
  • September 12, 2009: Gladys “Killem” Gillem passed away from Alzheimer’s at the age of 88.

 

nickname: "Killem"
birthday: January 6, 1921
hometown: Pensacola, Florida
debut: 1942
finishing move(s): Belly-to-Back Suplex

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