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Word: streatham (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...lisping small boy named Noel Coward. In his autobiography, Present Indicative, he has written: "She . . . gave me an orange and told me a few mildly dirty stories, and I loved her from then onwards." For a while she went to the Convent of the Sacre Coeur, Streatham, studied dancing under a Madame Espinosa, and acting at Italia Conti's London school. She had cards printed reading Miss Gertie Lawrence, Child Actress and Toe Dancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cover Story: Gertie the Great | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

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