Gertrude Lawrence
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    Name Gertrude Lawrence
    (Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen)
    Build Average
    Date of Birth July 4, 1898
    Birthplace London, England
    Star Sign Cancer
    Died September 6, 1952 (Aged 54)
    Location of Death New York, New York
    Cause of Death liver cancer
    Nationality British
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index Ge
    Claim to Fame The King and I

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  • Portrayed by Julie Andrews in the 1968 biopic, Star! (1968).
  • The character of Lorraine Sheldon in the Moss Hart / George S. Kaufman play The Man Who Came to Dinner(later filmed as The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), was based on Lawrence.
  • Biography in: American National Biography. Supplement 1, pp. 347-348. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Won Broadway`s 1952 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for The King and I.
  • Child from first marriage: daughter Pamela
  • Is buried in the pink satin hooped ball gown that she sang "Shall We Dance?" in from the Broadway production of "The King and I".
  • Entertained allied troops in Europe as part of ENSA during World War II.
  • Her last role was as Anna Leonowens in the original Broadway stage production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II`s "The King and I". She discovered she had cancer during the early part of the stage run, and died the year after the show opened. One of her last requests was that Yul Brynner, her leading man in the show, be upgraded in the posters and playbills from below to above-the title billing, sharing star billing with whomever would play Anna in other performances.
  • Frequently appeared on stage opposite childhood friend, Sir Noel Coward.
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