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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 Bassano Ltd - NPG x30636

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass copy negative, March 1917
NPG x30636

Gertrude Lawrence, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x30637

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass copy negative, March 1917
NPG x30637

Gertrude Lawrence, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x30638

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass copy negative, March 1917
NPG x30638

Gertrude Lawrence, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x30909

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 March 1917
NPG x30909

Gertrude Lawrence, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x30910

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 March 1917
NPG x30910

Gertrude Lawrence, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax160428

Gertrude Lawrence

by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1923
NPG Ax160428

Gertrude Lawrence, by Bertram Park - NPG x133225

Gertrude Lawrence

by Bertram Park
chlorobromide print, 1928
NPG x133225

Gertrude Lawrence, by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene - NPG x193433

Gertrude Lawrence

by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene
halftone reproduction tear sheet, September 1928
NPG x193433

Gertrude Lawrence, by Yvonne Gregory - NPG x199949

Gertrude Lawrence

by Yvonne Gregory
gelatin silver print, 1928
NPG x199949

Gertrude Lawrence as Ann Wainwright in 'Treasure Girl', by Unknown photographer - NPG x196108

Gertrude Lawrence as Ann Wainwright in 'Treasure Girl'

by Unknown photographer
matte collodion printing-out paper print, 1928
NPG x196108

Gertrude Lawrence, by Unknown photographer - NPG x198217

Gertrude Lawrence

by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, 1930s
NPG x198217

Gertrude Lawrence, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x14127

Gertrude Lawrence

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1930
NPG x14127

Gertrude Lawrence, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40250

Gertrude Lawrence

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40250

Gertrude Lawrence, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40249

Gertrude Lawrence

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40249

Gertrude Lawrence, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40248

Gertrude Lawrence

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40248

Gertrude Lawrence, by Paul Tanqueray - NPG x29700

Gertrude Lawrence

by Paul Tanqueray
modern bromide print from original negative, 1932
NPG x29700

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