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Gladys Parker (1910 - April 28, 1966) was an American cartoonist for comic strips and a fashion designer in Hollywood. She is best known as the creator of the comic strip Mopsy which had a long run over three decades.

Growing up in North Tonawanda, New York, she took dance lessons at age seven after winning a "most beautiful child" contest. She taught herself to draw while recuperating from a leg injury, often using herself as her model, and began selling cartoons to magazines while still in high school. After graduating from Tonawanda High School, she worked in the office of a lumber yard, and then ran a dressmaking shop from her home.

At the age of 18, Parker arrived in Manhattan to study fashion illustration. She started her newspaper career with the New York Graphic, doing a comic strip May and Junie. She moved on to United Features for two years and Newspaper Enterprise Association for seven years.

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