Gertrude Lawrence

In searching for videos to include with my reviews of these productions I was reminded that, fresh from her successes with Mary Poppins, The Americanization of Emily, The Sound of Music, Torn Curtain, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, Julie Andrews had made a musical biopic about Gertrude Lawrence.

George Heymont: Stars of a Golden Age George Heymont 2011

Both musicals were created as showcases for Gertrude Lawrence.

George Heymont: Stars of a Golden Age George Heymont 2011

You'll see Julie Andrews' beautiful costumes from the movie STAR! along with her acting as Gertrude Lawrence in the film scene.

Mary Hall: A Show Stopper: Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Costume Exhibit Mary Hall 2011

She later played Gertrude Lawrence, a stage actress who carried on a romantic relationship with writer Daphne du Maurier, in a 2007 BBC movie "Daphne."

The Other Woman in 'Albert Nobbs' Rachel Dodes 2011

When "Private Lives" opened in 1930, he was 30 and Gertrude Lawrence, his co-star, was 32, and their self-evident youth was central to the play's effect.

When Coward's Amanda Turns Cougar Terry Teachout 2011

You'll see Julie Andrews' beautiful costumes from the movie STAR! along with her acting as Gertrude Lawrence in the film scene.

Mary Hall: A Show Stopper: Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Costume Exhibit Mary Hall 2011

Never mind that the original production ran for 250 performances and starred Gertrude Lawrence.

Anything for a Song Eric Felten 2010

Her clients included Gertrude Lawrence, Noel Coward, Fred Astaire, George Bernard Shaw, and the Russian Romanoffs, whom she successfully defended in a libel suit against MGM Studios in 1934.

Fanny E. Holtzmann. 2009

Among the singers she taught, coached, or advised were Amelita Galli-Curci, Frieda Hempel, Titta Ruffo, and Beverly Sills in the operatic field and Jessica Dragonette, Adele Astaire, Gertrude Lawrence, and Kitty Carlisle in the popular field.

Estelle Liebling. 2009

Teresa, like me, needs to be reminded that Bea Lillie was once classed with Bert Lahr and Gertrude Lawrence, and that her best-known sketch was as a flummoxed matron attempting to make an order for one double dozen double damask table napkins, and that Cole Porter wrote songs for her.

Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009