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	Gertrude Lawrence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gertrude Lawrence (June 4, 1898 - September 6, 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s and 1940s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films.
		She was born Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen, of English and Danish extraction, in London, England, and was a professional performer by the age of ten.
		Lawrence died of liver cancer, which caused her to suffer jaundice, in New York, New York at the age of only 54, and she was buried in her pink "Shall We Dance?" gown from the second act of The King and I, in Lakeview Cemetery, in Upton, Massachusetts.
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	Gertrude Lawrence - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gertrude Lawrence (June 4, 1898 - September 6, 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s-40s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films.
		She was born Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen in London, England, and was a professional performer by the age of ten.
		She died of cervical cancer in New York, New York and was buried in her pink "Shall We Dance?" gown from the second act of The King and I in Lakeview Cemetery, in Upton, Massachusetts.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Gertrude_Lawrence (322 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gertrude Lawrence (June 4, 1898 - September 6, 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s - 40s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films.
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		Gertrude Bell 'From Amurath to Amurath' (Near East, Syria and Iraq) Text of 'Amurath to Amurath' from Gertrude Bell's journey through Greater Syria to Iraq.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Gertrude_Lawrence.html (661 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gertrude Lawrence (June 4 1898 - September 6 1952) was an actress and musical performer in the 1930s - 40s appearing on stage in London and on Broadway and in several films.
		She was associated with the light comedy of Noel Coward and noted for her starring role The King and I.
		She died of cervical cancer in New York New York and buried in her pink "Shall We Dance" from the second act of The King and I in Lakeview Cemetery in Upton Massachusetts.
	www.freeglossary.com /Gertrude_Lawrence (412 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gertrude Lawrence was one of Great Britain's brightest theatrical stars during the first half of the 20th century.
		Gertrude Lawrence -- or Gertie, as she was affectionately called -- was born Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Klasen on July 4, 1898, in the Newington area of London.
		According to legend, Lawrence spent much of her childhood in poverty; while it was true that her father didn't earn much of an income, his alcoholism led to a divorce early in Lawrence's childhood, and her mother soon remarried into a more comfortable life.
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++427430 (920 words)

	Lawrence, Gertrude on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Her original name was Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen.
		FOPPE, GERTRUDE 'MARIE' (nee Gross) fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church
		Adored by both Churchill and Lawrence of Arabia, she mesmerised every man she met.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LawrencG1.asp (343 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
		Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 at the height of the British Empire, when the British navy ruled the seas and British merchants supplied food and clothing to half the world's population.
		Gertrude Bell was a difficult child: precocious, stubborn, and naughty enough to discourage her nannies from staying on the job.
		Gertrude seemed unusually close to her father and continued to ask for his advice even after she became an important official.
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	Gertrude Lawrence
		Gertrude Lawrence was one of the most glamorous stars of the stage, both on Broadway and in her native England.
		Lawrence was married twice, her first husband was Francis Gordon-Howley (1924-1927) with whom she had a daughter Pamela.
		Lawrence was buried in the pink satin ballgown she wore in the 'Shall We Dance' number in "The King and I." (Edit)
	www.tv.com /gertrude-lawrence/person/110516/summary.html (302 words)

	Gertrude_Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Lawrence then married Richard Stoddard Aldrich, an American theatre owner from a blueblood family, in 1940.
		Lawrence appears to have had a much earlier affair with du Maurier's father, Sir Gerald du Maurier; in fact, Daphne du Maurier referred to Lawrence as "the last of Daddy's actress loves".
		Lawrence died of cervical cancer in New York, New York and was buried in her pink "Shall We Dance?" gown from the second act of ''The King and I'', in Lakeview Cemetery, in Upton, Massachusetts.
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	Lawrence Gertrude
		In 1920 Gertrude gained her first London cabaret experience "leading the frolics" at Murray's Club, toured in Midnight Frolics and understudied Phyllis Dare in Aladdin at the Hippodrome and in 1921 toured Britain in variety and appeared at the Prince of Wales in A to Z. In 1922 she played in De-De at the Garrick
		Gertrude had a distinctive quality all her own', and a 'style and feel for music [which] would compensate for her faulty pitch'.
		Lawrence made at least 13 recordings, wrote the autobiography "A Star Danced" (New York, 1945), and her life was the subject of and retold in the film 'Star!', (1969) with
	www.maurice-abravanel.com /lawrence_gertrude.html (1403 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She was born Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen in London, and was a professional performer by the age of ten.
		A biography of the woman who, indirectly, was the catalyst for many of the troubles in the Middle East, including the Gulf War.
		In 1918, Gertrude Bell drew the region's proposed boundaries on a piece of tracing paper.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /gertrude_lawrence.htm (518 words)

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		Lawrence, for his part, was quite as dependent on Jessie's judgments and on her encouragement as Paul is on Miriam, and Lydia Lawrence, the writer's mother, felt the same unyielding hostility toward Jessie that Mrs.
		Gertrude discovered that the house they lived in, which she thought Walter owned, was actually his mother's property and that he was paying the older woman an exorbitant rent.
		Lawrence also wrote a series of poems on the same subject, many of them even dealing with the same scenes (such as the one in which a strand of his mother's gray hair floats up the chimney into the flness), many of which are equally poignant and vivid.
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		Lawrence Olivier's version is set in the 1600's, which corresponds with Shakespeare's writing of the play.
		In Lawrence Olivier's film, Hamlet ponders this question while sitting on a rock; in Branagh's, he is striding through the hall of mirrors.
		Lawrence Olivier sets his in a barren room with curtained walls and only a small table in the center.
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	Gertrude Lawrence was the byname of Gertrud Alexandra Dagma Lawrence Klasen and she was born on the 4th of July 1898 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gertrude Lawrence was the byname of Gertrud Alexandra Dagma Lawrence Klasen and she was born on the 4th of July 1898
		Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952) was the byname of Gertrud Alexandra Dagma Lawrence Klasen and she was
		Lawrence's greatest role was in Coward's 'Private Lives', written with her in mind, in which she opened opposite the author at the Phoenix Theatre, London, in September 1930.
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	Star! Movie
		Lawrence was an incantory presence on stage but her private life was never anything but a shambles.
		Gertrude Lawrence (1902-1952) was known as "The Toast of Two Continents" in an era when the term had an almost literal meaning, and the highs and lows of her extremely public private life were almost as dramatic as her career.
		Gertrude Lawrence, her remarkable career, and her high-flying lifestyle were still well-recalled in 1968, and Julie Andrews simply did not look, walk, talk, sing, or in any way, shape or form bear any resemblance to her.
	www.movie-pages.com /movie/star!/B0001FR54I (1254 words)

	Who's Who in Musicals: Lahr to Layton
		These shows brought Lawrence to Broadway in 1924 and 1926, where she was embraced as a star.
		Lawrence enjoyed the greatest success of her career when Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the role of Anna in The King and I (1951) for her.
		Lawrence was buried in Upton, Massachusetts wearing the satin gown she wore for The King and I's "Shall We Dance." Her name remains synonymous with the finest in 20th Century theatre.
	www.musicals101.com /who6.htm (2310 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She understudied Beatrice Lillie in the Andre Charlot London revues in the 1920s and became the star when the revues were brought to Broadway in 1924 and 1926.
		Lawrence died of cervical cancer in New York, New York and was buried in her pink "Shall We Dance?" gown from the second act of The King and I, in Lakeview Cemetery, in Upton, Massachusetts.
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	Lawrence, Gertrude -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Lawrence was the daughter of music hall performers, and from an early age she was trained to follow their career.
		A magnetic stage actress, Gertrude Lawrence ranked as one of the most popular stars of British and U.S. theater for more than 25 years.
		American swimmer Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel, a feat she accomplished on Aug. 6, 1926.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9047418?tocId=9047418 (633 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence
		Lawrence, Gertrude Alexandra Dagma (1898-1952)(born Klasen) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of the Arts)
		Lawrence, Gertrude (biography) (Her Heritage: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Famous American Women)
		Unmasking Pablo's Gertrude: queer desire and the subject of portraiture.
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	Gertrude M. Lever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		LAWRENCE -- Gertrude M. (Dorgan) Lever, 91, died Saturday at her sister's home in Lawrence.
		Born in Lawrence, she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Lawrence and received her bachelor's degree in business from Burdett College in Boston.
		The widow of Frank C. Lever, she leaves son and daughter-in-law James and Maureen Lever of Methuen; sister Bea Dorgan of Lawrence; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20021231/OB_004.htm (165 words)

	Gertrude Lawrence Star: Nostalgia CD Reviews: Musicweb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In was in 1952 that Gertrude Lawrence made her final appearance on Broadway.
		But never let it be forgotten that Getrude Lawrence created the part and, but for the death, maybe she would have immortalised the part on film for us.
		It is a delight for the thrill of hearing the special voices of both Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward too, as they were meant to be all those years ago.
	www.musicweb-international.com /nostalgia/2002/Sept02/Gertrude_Lawrence.htm (1546 words)

	Julie Andrews.tv
		The film of Gertrude Lawrence's life, with Julie Andrews as the stylish "toast of two continents" who dazzled theater audiences between world wars, will not be finished until November, and not released until the fall of 1968.
		The swinging beaded skirts of the '20's, the mid-calf hemlines and form-divining sequins of the '30's, and the tragi-dramatic makeup of the first great stars-plucked eyebrows, green eyeshadow, red lipstick-all add to a nostalgia for the period already rampant in international couture.
		Gertrude Lawrence was famous for her shopping forays to the Fifth Avenue jeweler.
	www.julieandrews.co.uk /article_star_look67_main.htm (672 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Gertrude Jekyll and the Arts and Crafts Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Both Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver were working on "Country Life" in its early days under its founder and owner, Edward Hudson.
		Lawrence Weaver was an architect, the Architectural Editor of "Country Life", with an immense eye for detail and the intricacies of fine craftmanship.
		Gertrude Jekyll was art school trained, and into her second life as a gardener.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1870673166 (486 words)

	PatcholiRose Search for Birth Father
		John was said to have dark hair, probably brown, and the end of one finger missing from some accident.
		In 1940, I have an address for John Lawrence, at 145 3rd AV North St. Petersburg, FL.
		They said they were a married couple at the time of my birth, according to the papers at the courthouse, but birth mother says they were not married, and I can't find any record of them being married or divorced in FL.
	www.geocities.com /mavreena/birthfather.html (393 words)

	Jazz Standards History: Biography (Gertrude Lawrence)
		Gertrude Lawrence was a star of stage and screen in both England and America, revered by audiences and colleagues alike.
		She was a graceful dancer, and a singer, who, although everyone agreed sang off-key, put over a song so well that the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein were eager to have her perform their work.
		Lawrence appeared in a number of films including Mimi (1935, as Mimi), opposite Charles Laughton in Rembrandt (1936), as herself in Stage Door Canteen (1943), and as Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (1950).
	www.jazzstandards.com /biographies/gertrude_lawrence.htm (353 words)

	PeoplePlay UK - Gertrude Lawrence
		Her early years were a struggle, but once she hit the big time in Charlot’s revue, in the 1920s, Lawrence was a star until her death in 1952.
		She could play anything from the elegant, emotionally shallow Amanda in Private Lives to the third-rate variety performer in The Red Peppers and Doris, the wife from hell, picking fish bones from her teeth in Fumed Oak.
		Those fortunate enough to see her never forgot the scene where Lawrence, in the huge, billowing Irene Sharaff crinoline, taught the polka to Yul Brynner to the strains of ‘Shall We Dance’.
	www.peopleplayuk.org.uk /guided_tours/musicals_tour/musicals_stars/lawrence.php (408 words)

	Gertrude A. (Champagne) Ouellette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		LAWRENCE -- Gertrude A. (Champagne) Ouellette, 90, died Sunday at MI Nursing & Restorative Center.
		Ouellette was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Lawrence and Mt. Pleasant Country Club in Lowell.
		She leaves son John H. and his wife Stella Cahalane of Methuen; brothers Henry Champagne of Lawrence and Andrew Champagne of Methuen; sister Theresa Walsh of Billerica; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
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