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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 Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29466

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29466

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29467

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29467

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29468

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x29468

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x34795

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x34795

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x34796

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x34796

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x34797

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x34797

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x35446

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate film negative, 15 October 1939
NPG x35446

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x19919

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
bromide proof print, 15 October 1939
NPG x19919

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29478

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 9 June 1948
NPG x29478

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x29479

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 9 June 1948
NPG x29479

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x30453

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
print on tissue and card mount, 9 June 1948
NPG x30453

Gertrude Lawrence, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x35408

Gertrude Lawrence

by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 9 June 1948
NPG x35408

Gertrude Lawrence; Simon Elwes, by Fox Photos Ltd - NPG x184004

Gertrude Lawrence; Simon Elwes

by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 9 August 1949
NPG x184004

Gertrude Lawrence, by Albert Victor Swaebe - NPG x184007

Gertrude Lawrence

by Albert Victor Swaebe
bromide press print, 1950s
NPG x184007

Gertrude Lawrence, by Planet News - NPG x184044

Gertrude Lawrence

by Planet News
bromide press print, 22 June 1950
NPG x184044

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