Gertrude Lawrence
(1898-1952), Actress, singer and dancerGertrude 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).
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x220066
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x220067
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x220068
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x220069
Gertrude Lawrence as the Muse of Comedy
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x220070
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
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
half-plate film safety negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29462
Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29463
Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29464
Gertrude Lawrence as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29465
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