page_title: Gertrude Lawrence
hierarchical_section_title: Gertrude Lawrence
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Gertrude Lawrence from an appearance on the Radio program Theatre Guild of the Air.
context_page_description: Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical theater performer. She appeared on stage in Broadway, New York City and 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.
  Her best-known American movie role was in The Glass Menagerie. She played Amanda Wingfield, who had a southern American accent.
  On 16 August 1952, Lawrence fainted backstage. The doctors said she was suffering from hepatitis.
  Lawrence was born in London, England. She died from abdominal and liver cancer in New York City at age 54.
context_section_description: Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical theater performer. She appeared on stage in Broadway, New York City and 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.
  Her best-known American movie role was in The Glass Menagerie. She played Amanda Wingfield, who had a southern American accent.
  On 16 August 1952, Lawrence fainted backstage. The doctors said she was suffering from hepatitis.
  Lawrence was born in London, England. She died from abdominal and liver cancer in New York City at age 54.
caption: Lawrence in 1947
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