Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), Actress
Sitter associated with 84 portraits
Actress and singer, Lawrence made her stage debut in Dick Whittington in Brixton in December 1908. Lawrence achieved her first major stage success appearing opposite Noël Coward in his musical revue London Calling (1923), having first met in the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool in 1912. The musical included one of her many signature songs 'Parisian Pierrot'. Lawrence became Coward's great muse and life-long friend, with the author writing Private Lives (1930) especially for her, and they starred together again in Coward's Tonight at 8.30 (1935).
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr; Gertrude Lawrence
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 19 August 1934
NPG x136409
Gertrude Lawrence; Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr
by Edward George W. Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 18 September 1934
NPG x136410
Gertrude Lawrence; Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr
by Edward George W. Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 18 September 1934
NPG x136411
by Francis Goodman
5 x 4 inch film negative, 1934
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x68807
Gertrude Lawrence; Noël Coward
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 17 September 1935
NPG x88295
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on velvet card mount, 1935
NPG x131821
by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on velvet card mount, 1935
NPG x131822
Gertrude Lawrence in 'Hervey House'
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1935
NPG x46502
Graham Payn and Gertrude Lawrence in 'Ways and Means'
by Unknown photographer
publicity still, 1935
NPG x135855
Charles Laughton; Alexander Korda; Gertrude Lawrence
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x12266
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19520
by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29453
by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29454
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29455
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29456
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29457
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29458
Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29459
Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29460
Theatre and Live Entertainment
Groups
Actors and actresses
Place
London
Exhibitions and displays
- Francis Goodman: Back in Focus
Until 3 November
Keep in touch
