Gertie
Appearance
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Gertie may refer to:
People
[edit]- Gertie Brown (1878–1934), vaudeville performer and one of the first African-American film actresses
- Gertie Eggink (born 1980), Dutch sidecarcross rider
- Gertie Evenhuis (1927–2005), Dutch writer of children's literature
- Gertie Fröhlich (1930–2020), Austrian painter and graphic designer
- Gertie F. Marx (1912-2004), German-born American physician and obstetric anesthesiologist
- Gertie Gitana (1887–1957), English singer
- Gertie Millar, Countess of Dudley, (1879–1952), English actress and singer
- Gertie Wandel (1894–1988), Danish textile artist
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Gertie (Hey Arnold!), in the television series Hey Arnold!
- Gertie, in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Gertie Gator, one of the toys in the PBS Kids series Noddy.
- Gertie Growlerstien, a fictional monster from the Disney Junior TV series Henry Hugglemonster
- Gravel Gertie (character), in the comic strip Dick Tracy
- The title character of Gertie the Dinosaur, a 1914 film
- Gertie Cummins, secondary character in Rodger & Hammerstein's Broadway musical Oklahoma!
Sculptures
[edit]- Gertie the Duck, a 1997 sculpture of a mallard that roosted under a bridge in Milwaukee
Other uses
[edit]- Gewürztraminer, or "gertie", a type of wine grape
- Galloping Gertie, a suspension bridge
- Gravel Gertie, a room designed for safe inspection, handling or dismantling of nuclear weapons
- Gruesome Gertie, an electric chair