{{Short description|British stage actress and singer (1891–1973)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata = ALL | dateformat = dmy | birth_place = }}
'''Gwendoline Brogden''' (28 September 1891 – 1973) was a British stage actress and singer.
== Career == Gwendoline Brogden was born on 28 September 1891 in Hull, the daughter of Thomas Brogden and Gertrude Walsh.<ref name=":0" />
She first appeared on stage as a child, starring as The Water Lily in ''Bluebell in Fairyland'' in 1901. After her schooling, she returned to the stage in ''Miss Hook of Holland'' in 1907. Her many stage appearances include roles in ''The Merry Widow, Pinkie and the Fairies, Peter Pan, The Marionettes, The Sunshine Girl, The Girl on the Film, A Pantomime Rehearsal, After the Girl, Vanity Fair,'' and ''Bubbly''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/whowaswhointheat01detr |title=Who was who in the theatre, 1912–1976: a biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, directors, playwrights, and producers of the English-speaking theatre |date=1978 |location=Detroit |publisher= Gale Research Co. |isbn=978-0-8103-0406-2 |pages=287}}</ref>
She appeared in the revue ''The Passing Show'' at the Palace Theatre in 1914 and released a recording of a song from the show, "I'll Make a Man Out of You", which became popular with World War I troops.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Gordon |url=http://archive.org/details/britishtheatrein0000will_l2q5 |title=British theatre in the Great War: a revaluation |date=2003 |location=New York |publisher= Continuum |isbn=978-0-8264-5635-9}}</ref>
== Personal life == She was engaged to actor and cricketer Basil Foster when they were both in the cast of ''The Dollar Princess''. They married in 1910 and later divorced. Their daughter Mary Foster married Inigo Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 Apr 1934 |title=Betrothed Again |pages=28 |work=The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/499275041/}}</ref>
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