Teddie Gerard (born Teresa Cabre, May 2, 1890''Teddie Gerard Engaged'',

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, October 24, 1928, pg.27. – August 31, 1942) was an Argentine film actress''Miss Teddie Gerard'', New York Times, September 2, 1942, pg. 23. and entertainer of the early 20th century.

Career

Gerard first performed at the Casino Theatre on

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, in February 1909. She appeared in the chorus of ''

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as the dancing partner of Harry Pilcer. Gerard was in a

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''Midnight Frolic'' production on the New Amsterdam Roof in

, in August 1920. She was a singer and dancer in revues in

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, and

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, during the 1910s and 1920s. She performed in ''The Wedding Glide'' and ''Eclipse'', written by E. Phillips Oppenheim. In 1921 Gerard was cast in the motion picture '' The Cave Girl''. She acted in ''The Rat'', a theatrical production taken from a work penned by David L'Estrange. The presentation was staged at the Colonial Theatre in London in 1925.

Personal life

She wed Joseph Raymond, an American theatrical agent, in

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, in 1908. She was engaged to actor Tom Douglas in 1926. In October 1928 Gerard announced her engagement to Captain Archie Grant of the

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, a son of the Scottish

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. The wedding was planned for a

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later, at Effingham,

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, where Gerard owned a cottage. However, in May 1929 the engagement was ended by mutual consent.''Actress' Broken Romance'', Western Mail, May 17, 1929, pg. 7.

Illness and death

Gerard became seriously ill with an infection of her right lung in March 1929. She was confined to a nursing home in the

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.''Teddie Gerard Seriously Ill'', New York Times, March 26, 1929, pg. 41. She died following an extended illness in London in 1942. She was 52 years old.

Partial filmography

*'' The Real Thing at Last'' (1916) *'' The Cave Girl'' (1921) *'' The Seventh Day'' (1922)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerard, Teddie 1890 births 1942 deaths Argentine female dancers Argentine dancers Argentine film actresses Argentine silent film actresses 20th-century Argentine women singers Argentine stage actresses Actresses from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine actresses Argentine expatriates in the United States Argentine expatriates in the United Kingdom Argentine expatriates in France