Gertie Millar
(1879-1952), ActressGertie Millar (Gertrude Ward, (née Millar, later Monckton), Countess of Dudley)
Sitter in 90 portraits
From 1901 to 1910 Gertie Millar was the reigning star of London's Gaiety Theatre, appearing in a series of musicals composed for her by her husband, Lionel Monckton. Among the songs she made famous were Keep Off the Grass, from The Toreador (1901), Berlin Is On The Spree, from The Girls of Gottenberg (1907) and Moonstruck from Our Miss Gibbs (1909). After she left the Gaiety Theatre she took the lead in the Quaker Girl (1910), and then appeared as Lady Babby in Franz Lehár's Gypsy Love (1912). With the advent of the revue, Millar appeared at the Palace Theatre in Monckton's Bric-à-Brac (1915) and Airs and Graces (1917). After Monckton's death in 1924 she re-married, becoming the Countess of Dudley.
by Rita Martin
bromide print on card mount, circa 1912
NPG x68978
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131563
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131564
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131569
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1912
NPG x131568
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131567
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131566
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x131565
Gertie Millar as Nancy Joyce in 'The Dancing Mistress'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1912
NPG x135699
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83337
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83338
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83339
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83340
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83341
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83342
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83343
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83344
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83345
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 8 July 1912
NPG x83346
Gertie Millar as Lady Babby in 'Gipsy Love'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 8 July 1912
NPG x28591
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