Gertrude Lawrence
(1898-1952), Actress, singer and dancerGertrude 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).
Gertrude Lawrence as Anna in 'The King and I'
by Vandamm Studio
bromide press print, 1951
NPG x184003
Gertrude Lawrence as Anna in 'The King and I'
by Vandamm Studio, for Planet News
bromide press print, 1951
NPG x182349
by Planet News, for United Press Associations
bromide press print, 24 April 1952
NPG x184005
A Fantasy (probably Noël Coward; probably Gertrude Lawrence)
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
NPG D23323
published by The Peter Maurice Music Co Ltd, after Hal Phyfe
halftone reproduction, published 1944 (1937)
NPG D46411
Gertrude Lawrence as Amanda and Sir Noël Coward as Elyot in 'Private Lives'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 24 September 1930
NPG x193437
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