What is Gertrude Lawrence?
{{Infobox person | name = Gertrude Lawrence | image =File:Gertrude Lawrence 1947.jpg | caption = Lawrence in 1947 | birth_name = Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|07|04|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1952|09|06|1898|07|04|df=y}} | death_place = [[New York City]], United States | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1916–1951 | spouse = Francis Gordon-Howley <br/><small>(m.1917–1927; divorced)</small> <br/>Richard Aldrich <br/><small>(m.1940–1952; her death)</small> }} '''Gertrude Lawrence''' (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an [[English people|English]] [[actress]], [[singer]], [[dancer]] and [[musical theater]] performer. She appeared on stage in [[Broadway]], [[New York City]] and [[West End theatre|West End]], [[London]]. Lawrence was in the [[children]]'s play ''Where the Rainbow Ends''. She also acted in ''[[The King and I]]''. She won a [[Tony Award]] for that performance. In 1928–29 she starred in the stage play ''Treasure Girl''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Treasure Girl|publisher=IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/10769|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> Her best-known [[United States|American]] [[movie]] role was in ''[[The Glass Menagerie (movie)|The Glass Menagerie]]''. She played Amanda Wingfield, who had a southern American accent. On 16 August 1952, Lawrence fainted backstage. The [[Medical doctor|doctor]]s said she was suffering from [[hepatitis]]. Lawrence was born in London, England. She died from [[abdomen|abdominal]] and [[liver cancer]] in New York City at age 54.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gertrude Lawrence|publisher=All Music|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gertrude-lawrence-mn0000743344/biography|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Gertrude}} [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths