Gina Palerme
(1885-1977), Actress and dancerSitter in 24 portraits
Actress and dancer Gina Palerme first came to prominence as Toinette in Lionel Monckton's The Quaker Girl (1910). Other roles followed in The Dancing Mistress (1912), Betty (1914) and Vanity Fair (1916). Cecil Beaton was fascinated by her and wrote, 'Gina Palerme brought the glamour of the French cocotte to London. Her off-stage appearances were as sensational as her stage escapades...sometimes she wore a velvet tam-o'-shanter and men's riding breeches while relaxing in the richly ornate gilt of her Maida Vale drawing-room.' In the 1920s she returned to France and made appearances in several silent films.
by The Dover Street Studios Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG Ax160378
by The Dover Street Studios Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1912
NPG Ax160381
by and after Bassano Ltd
printing-out paper print, 12 March 1912
NPG Ax136906
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1912
NPG x101429
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1912
NPG x101430
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1912
NPG x101431
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 March 1912
NPG x101428
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG Ax160376
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG Ax160379
by Unknown photographer
photogravure postcard print, mid 1910s
NPG x135874
Gina Palerme and Roy Royston in 'Bric-A-Brac'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1915
NPG Ax160377
Gina Palerme and Roy Royston in 'Bric-A-Brac'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1915
NPG Ax160380
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1915
NPG x160541
Gina Palerme and Roy Royston in 'Bric-A-Brac'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1915
NPG x160543
Gina Palerme and Roy Royston in 'Bric-A-Brac'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1915
NPG x160544
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101432
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32229
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32230
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32231
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32232
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32233
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32234
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 24 September 1915
NPG x32235
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1917
NPG x160542
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