Gertrude Elliott

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Gertrude Elliott

British actress

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Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
In 1900 he married Gertrude Elliott, who became his leading lady, appearing with him in such plays as The Light That Failed, Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, and, one of his biggest successes, Jerome K. Jerome’s Passing of the Third Floor Back. Forbes-Robertson was knighted in 1913 and retired in…
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In 1900 he married Gertrude Elliott, who became his leading lady, appearing with him in such plays as The Light That Failed, Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, and, one of his biggest successes, Jerome K. Jerome’s Passing of the Third Floor Back. Forbes-Robertson was knighted in 1913 and retired in…
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