Gaynor Rowlands: Difference between revisions

Rowlands began her career in the [[ballet]] of [[Empire, Leicester Square|The Empire Theatre, London]] under Miss Katie Lanner, graduating in 1900.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ronworld.f9.co.uk/Gr-info.htm|title=Gaynor Rowland Information|website=Ronworld.f9.co.uk|accessdate=20 August 2020}}</ref> She joined the company chorus line of [[George Edwardes]]’ [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] in 1900, toured [[India]] in 1901/02, and quickly became a star. In her time she became the most photographed of the “"[[Gaiety Girls]]”"; her roles were portrayed in numerous [[picture postcard]]s. She was featured in periodicals such as [[The Era (newspaper)|The Era]], [[The Stage]], and [[The Play Pictorial]], and in 1906, in [[The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News]] in scenes from [[The Spring Chicken]].<ref>[http://www.ronworld.f9.co.uk/Gr-info.htm Biography.]<name="auto"/ref>

Rowlands died of heart failure at the age of 23 following surgery for [[appendicitis]]. She is buried at [[Finchley]] [[Cemetery]], [[North London]].

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