Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel, ... She suffered significant hearing loss after having measles at age 5, and the silence of the sea clearly felt comforting to her.

Perspective washed over Daisy Ridley as she surfaced from the Black Sea.. The actress had just completed a 500-foot swim, her longest during the production of her new movie “Young Woman and the ...

The real-life Gertrude Ederle was so utterly compelled that she put her hearing, already damaged by a childhood bout with the measles, at serious risk with her immersions.

The 'Star Wars' and 'Magpie' actress faces the seas in Joachim Ronning's portrait of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

For two weeks in 1926, a woman held the world speed record for swimming across the English Channel.On August 6, American Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle swam from France to England in 14 hours 31 ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gertrude Ederle, who was the toast of America and Europe in 1926 when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel, died Sunday. She ...

Arriving on the streaming service last week, The Young Woman and the Sea depicts Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle's 1926 crossing with ...

Sports Actor Daisy Ridley put in some laps to portray swimmer Gertrude Ederle. The Star Wars actor trained rigorously for “Young Woman and the Sea,” Joachim Ronning’s movie about the first ...

New Hollywood film "Young Woman and the Sea" brings the story of Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle to the big screen, shining a light on the Olympic gold medalist's feat to become the first woman to swim ...