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Gertrude Lawrence

(1898-1952), Actress, singer and dancer

Gertrude Lawrence (Gertrude Alice Klasen)

Sitter associated with 101 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).

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Gertrude Lawrence, by Howard Coster - NPG x19520

Gertrude Lawrence

by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19520

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29453

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29453

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29454

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29454

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29455

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29455

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29456

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29456

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29457

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29457

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29458

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29458

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion', by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29459

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 - NPG x29460

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29460

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion', by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29461

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29461

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion', by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29462

Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29462

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