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Gertrude Musgrove (9 September 1912 – 3 November 2006) was an English actress, singer and dancer who performed on stage and in film from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. She is known for The Girl from Maxim's (1933), Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), and The Divorce of Lady X (1938). She was married to Vincent Korda from 1933 until they divorced in 1947.

Early life
Musgrove was born in London, the daughter of a dental surgeon. She was schooled in a convent in France, where she became stage struck. When she was 17, her mother took her to a friend in the theatrical business and asked him to talk her out of the idea of a career on the stage. Instead, he persuaded her mother to let her try it. After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1931, Musgrove joined Charlot's Revue.

Career
Musgrove made her stage debut at the Savoy Theatre in 1931, sharing the role of Electra Pivonka with Ethel Baird in Wonder Bar, the English version&mdash;with libretto and lyrics adapted by Rowland Leigh&mdash;of Die Wunder-Bar, a musical comedy written in 1929 by Géza Herczeg and Karl Farkas, set to music by Robert Katscher.

From 1936 to 1938, she was Patty Moss in the musical theatre play Two Bouquets, in which she danced and sang four songs: "Git on de Boat, Chillun", "She did the Fandango", "Pretty Patty Moss", and "Yes or No".

In 1937, she played the role of Antoinette in The Wise Cat, Selma Vaz Dias's English translation of Herman Heijermans's 1918 play De Wijze Kater.

In February 1942, Musgrove made her American debut at Henry Miller's Theater on Broadway, playing the role of Judy in Lesley Storm's Heart of a City, a play about the sentimental lives of two showgirls from London's Windmill Theatre at the height of the Blitz.

She sang and danced in the BBC's first experimental programme.

Personal life
Musgrove married Vincent Korda in 1933. They had one son, Michael Korda (born 8 October 1933). The couple separated in 1942 and divorced on 22 October 1947.

Theatre

 * Wonder Bar (1931) – Electra Pivonka
 * Men about the House (1932) – Greta Galla
 * Mary Read (1934–1935) – Mrs Richards
 * Shall We Reverse? (1935) – [Role unknown]
 * Stop-...Go! (1935) – [Role unknown]
 * Sleeping Beauty; or, What a Witch! (1935–1936) – Queen Arabella
 * The Town Talks (1936) – [Role unknown]
 * The Rag Bag (1936) – [Role unknown]
 * The Two Bouquets (1936–1937 & 1937–1938) – Patty Moss
 * French Without Tears (1936–1939) – Diane Lake
 * The Wise Cat (1937) – Antoinette
 * Talk of the Devil (1937–1938) – Hazel Campbell
 * Who's Taking Liberty? (1939–1940) – Observa
 * Heart of a City (1942) – Judy
 * Three Sisters (1942–1943) – Irina
 * Storm Operation (1944) – Lt Thomasina "Tommy" Grey
 * The Constant Wife (1951) – Martha Culver

Filmography

 * The Girl from Maxim's (1933) – Clementine
 * The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) – Sally (Jellyband's Daughter)
 * Rembrandt (1936) – Agelintje
 * The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937) – Effie (Scenes deleted; replaced by Joan Hickson)
 * Farewell Again (1937) – Lily Toff
 * The Divorce of Lady X (1938) – Saunders, the Maid
 * Break the News (1938) – Helena
 * Q Planes (1939) – Barmaid
 * Three in a Bar (1939; TV short) – Lily
 * On the Night of the Fire (1939) – Dora Smith
 * Blind Folly (1939) – Agnes
 * A Window in London (1940) – Peggy, the second telephonist
 * All Hands (1940; short) – Waitress
 * You Will Remember (1941) – Polly Potter

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