Gladys George

She is perhaps best known to modern audiences as the wife of Miles Archer in The Maltese Falcon. Previous relationships include actor Steven Sutphen and Marilyn Manson drummer Ginger Fish. She also appeared in Madame X in 1937, The Roaring Twenties in 1939, The Way of All Flesh in 1946 and The Best Years of Our Lives in 1951. She owns a home in Sacramento, California and married actor Alexis Denisof on October 11, 2003. In 1936 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. In early 2004, Hannigan made her West End debut starring in a stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, opposite Luke Perry. Born Gladys Anna Clare in Patten, Maine, she starred on the stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. But it wasn't until 1934 that she started becoming noticed for her film work. Reports indicated that it was likely to be titled Americana, but the pilot was not part of NBC's 2004 fall lineup.

Gladys George (September 13, 1900 - December 8, 1954) was an American actress. It was announced in October 2003 that she had signed a deal with NBC to appear in a comedy, expected to debut in fall 2004. By the final season she was earning $250,000 an episode. Before that she had done a little television work, mostly commercials, and she went on to do a good deal more including Almost Home, Picket Fences, Roseanne and Touched by an Angel before being chosen for Buffy in 1997. Born in Washington, DC, her first film role was in My Stepmother is an Alien (1988).

Alyson Hannigan (born Allison Lee Hannigan, March 24, 1974) is an American actress best known for playing Willow Rosenberg in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She also appeared in films including, as Michelle Flaherty, American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003).