Gertrude Lawrence

. Prior to this, in 1995, she had made a 9-minute short film, L'Aube à l'envers, which also starred her friend Godrèche.
. Making her directorial debut in a feature film, Sophie Marceau was awarded Best Director by the jury of the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival for her film Parlez-moi d'amour (Speak to Me of Love), starring Judith Godrèche.
. Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Telling Lies (2001), and tried directing, as well. In the 1968 film, Star!, based on her life, Gertrude Lawrence was played by Julie Andrews. Following this success, she appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and as a Bond girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999).

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. Marceau rose to international stardom playing the part of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's epic Braveheart (1995). She won the 1952 Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Anna Leonowens in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. She showed her dramatic skills in films directed by her long-time companion, director Andrzej Zulawski: L'Amour braque (1985), Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989), La Note bleue (1991) and La Fidélité (2000). She starred as Liza Elliot in Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's psychoanalytic musical Lady in the Dark, and was a popular entertainer of the troops in World War II. At age 16 she played a more demanding role in Fort Saganne (1984), where her partners were Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. The same year she played with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Joyeuses Pâques (1984). Noel Coward wrote Private Lives and Tonight at 8:30 (a cycle of nine one-act musicals and plays) for her. Two years later the less funny but more sentimental sequel La Boum 2 (1982) increased her popularity further.

In this play she was the first British actress to create a lead role on Broadway. Cole Porter wrote Nymph Errant for her to star in London in 1929. In 1983, she was honored with a Cesar Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for "Most Promising Actress". George and Ira Gershwin wrote Oh, Kay! for her, with the song "Someone to Watch Over Me," which became a standard. At the age of 14 she played in the teenager movie La Boum (1980), which overnight elevated her to teenage idol status in France and many other European countries. Her onstage persona inspired composers and writers. Sophie Marceau (November 17, 1966) is a French actress born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France. She is also thought to have had lesbian affairs, notably with Daphne Du Maurier. La Boum (aka The Party) (1980).

She married Richard Aldrich in 1940. La Boum 2 (1982). They divorced in 1927. Fort Saganne (1984). She married Francis Gordon-Howley in 1924, and they had a daughter, Pamela. Joyeuses Pâques (aka Happy Easter) (1984). Her great charisma is attested to by those who saw her onstage, but her films fail to convey her charm. L'Amour braque (1985).

She was one of the foremost comediennes of her time, capable of playing both slapstick clowns and elegant ladies. Police (1985). She understudied Beatrice Lillie in Andre Charlot's London revues on the 1920s, and became their star when they were brought to Broadway in 1924 and 1926. Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986). She was born Gertrude Alexandria Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen in London, England, and was a professional performer by the age of ten. L'Étudiante (aka The Student) (1988). She was particularly associated with the light comedy of Noel Coward. Chouans! (1988).

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. Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (aka My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) (1989). Gertrude Lawrence's Internet Movie Database page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492775/). Pacific Palisades (1990). Gertrude Lawrence's Internet Broadway Database page (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=49117). Pour Sacha (aka For Sasha) (1991). The Glass Menagerie - 1950. La Note bleue (aka Blue Note) (1991).

Catherine the Great - 1948. Fanfan (aka Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993). Brief Encounter - 1945. La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of D'Artagnan) (1994). Men Are Not Gods - 1936. Braveheart (1995). Rembrandt - 1936. Al di là delle nuvole (aka Beyond the Clouds) (1995).

Mimi - 1935. Anna Karenina (1997). No Funny Business - 1933. Marquise (1997). Lord Camber's Ladies - 1932. Firelight (1997). Aren't We All? - 1932. Lost & Found (1999).

The Battle of Paris - 1929. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). The King and I - 1951. The World Is Not Enough (aka Pressure Point) (1999). Pygmalion - 1945. La Fidélité (Fidelity) (2000). Gratefully Yours - 1942. Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (aka Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre) (2001).

Lady in the Dark - 1941. Alex and Emma (2003). Skylark. Je reste! (2003). Susan and God - 1937. Les Clefs de bagnole (aka The Car Keys) (2003). Still Life. A ce soir (2004).

Family Album. Ways and Means. Fumed Oak. Shadow Play.

We Were Dancing. The Astonished Heart. Red Peppers. Hands Across the Sea.

Tonight at 8:30 - 1936