Gladys Roy (1896 – August 15, 1927) was an American wing walker, barnstormer and film actress.

[1] She had two sisters, Viola and Grace and three brothers, Robert "Lee", Charles "Les," and Chadwick "Chad" Smith, who were also well-known pilots, flying with Northwest Airlines and all inducted into the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame.

In May 1926, she told the Los Angeles Times, "Of late the crowds are beginning to tire of even my most difficult stunts and so I must necessarily invent new ones, that is, I want to hold my reputation as a dare-devil.

Eventually an accident will occur..."[4] Her agent was the Western Vaudeville Managers' Association, booking her in fairs across the west of the United States.

[3][4] Roy died in Ohio on August 15, 1927, when she accidentally walked into a spinning propeller of a parked aircraft.