Gertrude Vanderbilt

Gertrude Vanderbilt (July 25, – February 18, 1960), (Her birth year is given as 1880 in Anthony Slide's, Encyclopedia of Vaudeville; and 80.) Her age was reported as 20 in July, 1909. She was the daughter of Ezekiel Vanderbilt and Gertrude Meng. Her father died in 1898. She entered show business at age 14, and became known as "one of the bright theatrical lights of the Nineteen Twenties when she had leading roles in several David Belasco shows". She later replaced Ina Claire in the lead role of the 1919 play, The Gold Diggers. Vanderbilt married Dailey while they were both members of The American Idea company. In 1909, she sued her husband for a separation, giving her age as 19, and saying "it is impossible for her to continue living with Dailey on account of his uncontrollable temper and cruel treatment."

In 1926, she was reported to have been engaged to Italian Baron Georgio Mario Suriani, son of Italian Senator Giovanni Suriani of Naples. Vanderbilt's engagement to the dancer was later called off, as was his 1928 engagement to actress Winifred Barry.

In June 1921, she bought, and sold for $40,000 in 1924, a five-story residence at 309 West 84th Street. At the time of her death, she lived at the Delmonico Hotel at 502 Park Avenue.

She died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City on February 18, 1960.