May 1, 2026
Tag: Gertrude Lamson
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
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March 19, 2024 2 Comments
Edwardian theatre personnel often found themselves famous while at work but forgotten when idle. Such was the case with Gertrude Rider – a person no one knew until she came to the stage as Gertrude Glyn. But then she married and became Mrs. Walter Bulteel. Who was that?