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.
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x21340
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
hand-coloured postcard print with glitter, 1900s
NPG x193957
by Bassano Ltd, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198074
Gertie Millar as Cora in 'The Toreador'
by Alfred Ellis & Walery, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1901
NPG x160530
Beatrice Ferrar; Gertie Millar; Maggie May
by and after Alexander Bassano
bromide print, circa 1902
NPG Ax136827
Miss R. Thomas; Gertie Millar; Dido Drake; Miss C. Granville
by and after Alexander Bassano
bromide print, circa 1902
NPG Ax136829
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x193948
by Bassano Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1902
NPG x193949
by W. & D. Downey
matte bromide postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x21339
by W. & D. Downey, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x160528
by Bassano Ltd
postcard print, circa 1903
NPG x193953
by Bassano Ltd, published by Millar & Lang Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1903
NPG x193954
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Rotophot Postcard
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1903
NPG x193955
The Grand Finale in 'The Orchid' at the Gaiety Theatre
by Frederic G. Hodsoll
gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print, 1903
NPG Ax29624
by Bassano Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, 1905
NPG x21341
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x136257
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x136258
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x193956
Gertie Millar in 'L’Entente Cordiale'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x196313
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