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Young Woman and the Sea is a 2024 American biographical sports film directed by Joachim Rønning and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the 2009 book by Glenn Stout.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, the film stars Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle, an American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
In 1926, Trudy Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel, a feat that's recounted as a sporting accomplishment and an early media phenomenon. In 1926, Trudy Ederle was the ...
In 1926, Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel
Gertrude Caroline Ederle (/ ˈ ɛ d ər l i /; [1] October 23, 1905 [2] – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel . [ 3 ]
In August 1926, a 19-year-old New Yorker named Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had finished the 21-mile trek from Cape Gris-Nez in France to ...
Claudia Martha Haro is an American actress. Her screen roles were all in films with ex-husband Joe Pesci: as the newscaster in Jimmy Hollywood (1994), Marty in With Honors (1994), Trudy in Casino (1995), and Julie in Gone Fishin' (1997), with the exception of playing a receptionist in New Line Cinema's Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).
The movie, which stars Daisy Ridley as Ederle, is not just a look at a once-in-a-generation athlete, however, it’s also an eye-popping call to arms for anyone with a seemingly impossible dream ...
Pullin turned out to be the "Truckee River Killer" and was executed by lethal injection at the end of season 3, immediately after marrying Trudy. In season 7, he returns as what Trudy believes is a ghost but is actually the result of a gas-leak hallucination. Debbie (Rachael Harris): Dangle's ex-wife, who seems to be attracted solely to gay men.