On August 6, American Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle swam from France to England in 14 hours 31 minutes, beating the men’s record by 1 hour 59 minutes. A November 1926, article in Popular Science ...

Now available on Disney+, the movie follows Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle, a US Olympic swimmer who became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. Against all the odds, she left her mark on ...

On August 6, 1926, American swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle took on an unthinkable challenge that would change the landscape of women's sport forever. Trudy started swimming competitively as a ...

Star Wars fame Daisy Ridley plays the role of the legendary swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who was nicknamed Trudy. However, this is not the first film that Gertrude Ederle's character has been ...

Young Woman and the Sea, based on Glenn Stout’s book of the same name, is a biopic about Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. In 1926, Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Daisy Ridley stars as accomplished swimmer Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, who was born to immigrant parents in New York City in 1905. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive ...

Directed by Joachim Rønning, the biographical drama about legendary swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle is the highest testing film of Jerry Bruckheimer’s storied producorial career that ...

Years later, Gertrude enrolls Trudy and Meg (Tilda Cobham-Hervey, “I Am Woman”) with the Women’s Swimming Association. It’s run by the no-nonsense Charlotte “Eppy” Epstein (Sian ...

“I don’t like the open water,” says the star, 32, who nevertheless stars as ocean-swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea. “I knew that I would have the support ...