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.
Gertie Millar in 'L'Entente Cordiale'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x196313
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x196314
Gertie Millar as Lally in 'The New Aladdin'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x160531
Gertie Millar as Lally in 'The New Aladdin'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1906
NPG x160532
Wedding of Edna May (Edna Pettie) and Oscar Lewisohn
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1907
NPG x193946
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Philco Publishing Co
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x193950
by Bassano Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x193951
by Bassano Ltd
postcard print, circa 1907
NPG x193952
Gertie Millar as Mitzi in 'The Girls of Gottenberg'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1907
NPG x138978
Lionel Monckton; Gertie Millar
by Foulsham & Banfield
bromide postcard print, circa 1908
NPG x135939
Gertie Millar; Lionel Monckton
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1909
NPG Ax160179
Gertie Millar as Mary Gibbs in 'Our Miss Gibbs'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x131561
Gertie Millar as Mary Gibbs in 'Our Miss Gibbs'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x131562
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1909
NPG x135700
Gertie Millar as Mary Gibbs in 'Our Miss Gibbs'
published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1909
NPG x198151
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1910
NPG x160529
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, early 1910s
NPG x160533
Gertie Millar as Prudence Pym in 'The Quaker Girl'
by Rita Martin, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1910-1911
NPG x160534
published by The Philco Publishing Co
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x198218
by Foulsham & Banfield
gelatin silver print, 1910s
NPG x198418
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