Gertrude Coghlan

Gertrude Coghlan Pitou ( Gertrude Evelyn Coghlan; February 1, 1876 – September 11, 1952) was an English actress born in Hertfordshire, England. She is known for her role in the play The Travelling Salesman and other roles in silent cinema as: The Royal Box, The Countess and the Burglar (1914) and Her Ladyship (1914).

Biography She was Charles Francis Coghlan's daughter by Louisa Elizabeth Thorn and cousin (or older half-sister) of Charles F. Coghlan also a stage actor. Coughlan – on July 2, 1906, in Allegan, Michigan – married Augustus Pitou (1843–1915), a theatrical producer.

Gertrude joined her father's acting company, playing Juliet in the Broadway production of the Royal Box and afterwards on the road. Coghlan, who took to the stage at age sixteen, went on to have a theatrical career spanning nearly fifty years.