 In the 1944 Universal film "The Scarlet Claw", Lillian Gentry, the first murder victim, wife of Lord William Penrose and former actress, is an oblique reference to Langtry.Langtry's life story has been portrayed in film numerous times.Lilian Bond played her in "The Westerner" (1940), and Ava Gardner in "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972).