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Gertrude Lawrence

Gertrude LawrenceAKA Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen

Born: 4-Jul-1898
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 6-Sep-1952
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - other
Remains: Buried, Lakeview Cemetery, Upton, MA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: British and Broadway theatre star

Father: Arthur Lawrence Klasen
Mother: Alice Louise Banks
Husband: Francis Gordon-Howley (m. 1924, div. 1927, one daughter)
Daughter: Pamela
Husband: Richard Aldrich (m. 4-Jul-1940, until her death)
Girlfriend: Daphne Du Maurier

    Tony 1952 for The King and I

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Glass Menagerie (28-Sep-1950) · Amanda Wingfield
    Men Are Not Gods (26-Nov-1936) · Barbara Halson
    Rembrandt (6-Nov-1936) · Geertje
    Mimi (29-Mar-1935)

Author of books:
A Star Danced (1945)


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