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Gertrude Vanderbilt

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Actor 1885–1960 On stage 19081925

Gertrude Vanderbilt (July 25, c. 1885 – February 18, 1960), also known as Gertie Vanderbilt, was an American stage actress and Vaudeville performer.

On stage 11 productions, 17 years

1908 Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 Jardin De Paris · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 120 perf.
1910 A Skylark New York Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Teal 24 perf.
1910 Our Miss Gibbs Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Thomas Reynolds 57 perf.
1910 The Jolly Bachelors Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Ned Wayburn 165 perf.
1911 The Happiest Night of His Life Criterion Theatre · Original 24 perf.
1911 The Red Widow Astor Theatre · Original · directed by Frederick G. Latham 128 perf.
1914 Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Errol 112 perf.
1917 Maytime Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Temple 492 perf.
1918 Listen Lester Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Marks 272 perf.
1919 Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. Comedy Theatre · Original · directed by Walter Brooks 40 perf.
1925 Oh! Oh! Nurse Cosmopolitan Theatre · Original · directed by Walter Brooks 32 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Ruby Lewis 3 productions
Vivian Rogers 2 productions
Sara Carr 2 productions
Roger Davis 2 productions
Ralph O Brien 2 productions
May Leslie 2 productions
May Emory 2 productions
Lillian Lee 2 productions
Julie Newell 2 productions
John Slavin 2 productions
Jean Newcombe 2 productions
Henry Ward 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 12 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Peggy Wood, Charles Purcell, Ralph Herbert, William Norris, Gertrude Vanderbiltebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • cast included Bert Williams, Ed Wynn, Ann Pennington, Vera Michelena, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Leon Errol, Kay Laurelltheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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