Gertrude Coghlan (née 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 (1914), The Countess and the Burglar (1914) and Her Ladyship (1914).^[1]

She was Charles Francis Coghlan's daughter^[2] 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.^[3] Coghlan, who took to the stage at age sixteen, went on to have a theatrical career spanning nearly fifty years.^[1]

Coghlan died on September 11, 1952, in Bayside, New York City.^[1]

• The Royal Box (1914) as Celia Pryse
• Her Ladyship (Short, 1914) as Lady Cecile
• The Countess and the Burglar (Short, 1914) as The Countess

• The Royal Box (1898) as Juliet
• The Sorceress (1904) performer (no character name)
• Once Upon A Time (1905) Dona Ana
• The Traveling Salesman (1908) as Beth Elliot
• The Noble Spaniard (1909) performer (no character name)
• Plumes in the Dust (1936) as Elizabeth Ellet ^[4]