- (1899 - 1951) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: Children of the Ghetto. Drama. Written by Israel Zangwill. Directed by James A. Herne. Herald Square Theatre: 16 Oct 1899- Dec 1899 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Laura Almosnino, Frankie Bailey, Blanche Bates, Master Buckley, Jennie Buckley, Richard Carle, Frank Cornell, Mathilde Cottrelly, Ada Curry, Zella Davenport, Gus V. De Vere, H.F. Dolan, Ada Dwyer, Gus Frankel, John D. Garrick, A Ghaistly, L. Greenberg, Emil Hoch [Broadway debut], O'Frederick Hoffmann, Wilton Lackaye (as "Reb Shemuel"), Phineas Leache, Adolph Lestina, Fred Lotto, Rosabel Morrison, Louise Muldener, William Norris, Charles E. Odlin, Isabel Preston, E.J. Raymond, William Singerman, Charles Stanley, Mary Stoner, Sadie Stringham, S. Swartz, Mabel Taliaferro, N. Trucks, Frank Worthing. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1900) Stage Play: Lost River. Melodrama. Incidental music by William Furst. Written by Joseph Arthur. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Haverly's 14th Street Theatre: 3 Oct 1900- Dec 1900 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, H.F. Adams, P. Augustus Anderson, Frank Beal, William Courtleigh (as "Robert Blessing"), Ada Dwyer, Frank Edwards, H.W. Humphreys, James Lackaye, Eugenie Thais Lawton, F.C. Palmer, Mrs. Preston, FC. Reynolds, Hans Robert, Mary Sanders, Mabel Taliaferro, George W. Thomas, Dan Williams, John Winthrop. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Price of Peace. Melodrama. Written by Cecil Raleigh. Broadway Theatre: 21 Mar 1901- May 1901 (closing date unknown/60 performances). Cast: Henry Bergman, William T. Blakeley, May Buckley, William T. Carleton [credited as W.T. Carleton], Charles Cherry, Nellie Claire, A.R. Colton, Eugenie Dingens, Louise Dingens, Grace Dudley, Marion Elmore, Carroll Fleming, Arthur Forrest, James Hinton, Harry J. Holliday, Violet Holliday, Eric Hope, Harrison Hunter, Charles Kent, Wilton Lackaye, Ralph Lenox, Edward Lester, Kate Lester, Helen McVeigh, Louis Morrell [Broadway debut], Elizabeth Padgette, F. Roberts, Harry Roberts, Minnie Seligman, Anne B. Sutherland, Mabel Taliaferro, Fred Thorne, Henry Travers [Broadway debut], Virginia Vere, Pauline Von Arnold. Replacement actor: John E. Kellerd. Produced by Jacob Litt.
- (1902) Stage Play: An American Invasion. Drama.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Little Princess. Drama. Written by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. Directed by Francis Neilson. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Savoy Theatre from 16 Feb 1903- close): 14 Jan 1903- Feb 1903 (closing date unknown/34 performances). Cast: Adelaide Alexander, Maise Bancker, Margery Black, Natalie Black, Enidene Booth, Mary Burroughs, Pauline Chase, Lillian Claire, Thomas L. Coleman, Leonie D'Armon, Loraine Frost, Master Donald Gallaher, Louise Galloway, Linnie Ruth Gee, Mabel Gibson, Clarence Handysides, Millie James, Frank Kingdon, Nellie Kirby, Helen Larkin, Mamie McManus, Mildred Morris, Beryl Morse, Frederic Murphy, Phyllis Phillips, Frank Reicher, May Davenport Seymour, Edna Hall Smith, Edith Storey, Mabel Taliaferro, Helen Tracy, Eugenie Woodward. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Consul. Comedy. Written by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger. Princess Theatre: 19 Jan 1903- Feb 1903 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Lewis Bender, Beatrice Bertrand, Lillian Clark, Frederic Conger, Grace Farrell, Robert Fitzmaurice, Jacob Forster, Nellie M. Grant, Walter D. Greene, Charles Halton, Ethel Hoag, Clare Hoffman, Frank Julien, Edward Kavanaugh, Emmons Knowlton, Clayton Legge, Amy Lesser, Louis Mann, Charlemagne Hoch (as "Charlie"), Olive May, George Miller, Thomas R. Mills, Ella Montreville, Madge Ryan, Joseph Singer, Richard Stuber, Mabel Taliaferro, Lane Taylor, Frank Walsh. Produced by Louis Mann.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Land of Heart's Desire (played in repertory with A Pot of Broth/Kathleen ni Houlihan). Written by William Butler Yeats. Carnegie Lyceum: 3 Jun 1903- 4 Jun 1903 (2 performances).
- (1904) Stage Play: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Comedy.
- (1905) Stage Play: You Never Can Tell. Comedy. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Garrick Theatre: 9 Jan 1905- May 1905 (closing date unknown/129 performances). Cast: Edna Bruna (as "Parlormaid"), Arnold Daly (as "Dr. Valentine"), Drina DeWolfe (as "Gloria Clandon"), George Farren (as "Mr. Crampton") [Broadway debut], John Findlay (as "William"), L.M. Gallager (as "Servant"), Sumner Gard (as "Philip Clandon"), Harry Harwood (as "Mr. Bohun"), Frank Hughes [Broadway debut] (as "Servant"), Jeffreys Lewis (as "Mrs. Clandon"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Dolly Clandon"), William H. Thompson (as "Mr. M'Comas"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1905) Stage Play: You Never Can Tell. Comedy (revival/played in repertory with How He Lied to Her Husband, The Man of Destiny, John Bull's Other Island, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Candida). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Garrick Theatre: 25 Sep 1905- 7 Oct 1905 (unknown performances). Cast: Rose A. Anthon (as "Mrs. Clandon"), Arnold Daly (as "Dr. Valentine"), George Farren (as "Mr. Crampton"), John Findlay (as "William"), L.M. Gallager (as "Servant"), Sumner Gard (as "Philip Clandon"), Harry Harwood (as "Mr. Bohun"), Chrystal Herne (as "Gloria Clandon"), Frank Hughes (as "Servant"), Zelma Stetson (as "Parlormaid"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Dolly Clandon"), Frederick Tyler (as "Mr. M'Comas"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1906) Stage Play: Pippa Passes. Written by Robert Browning. Directed by Henry Miller. Majestic Theatre: 12 Nov 1906- 7 Dec 1906 (9 performances). Cast: Carroll J. Barry, William Beach, Ray Beveridge, William J. Butler, Robert Cummings, Charles Gotthold, Harrison Hunter, Mrs. Le Moyne (as "Ottima"), Eleanora Leigh, Laura Moore, Pauline Potter, T.H. Roberts, T.A. Shannon, Mabel Taliaferro (as "Pippa"), Henry B. Walthall, Ernst Wilkes, Gavin Young. Produced by Henry Miller.
- (1907) Stage Play: Polly of the Circus. Written by Margaret Mayo. Scenic Design by Frederic Thompson. Liberty Theatre: 23 Dec 1907- May 1908 (closing date unknown/160 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling, J.W. Benson, Joseph Brennan, James Cherry, The Famous St. Leon Family of European Acrobats, Mattie Ferguson, John Findlay, J.B. Hollis, W. Burton James, Desiree Lazard, Guy Nichols, Elsie St. Leon, Mabel Taliaferro (as "Polly"), Jennie Weathersby, Mathilde Weffing, Edith Wild, Malcolm Williams (as "Rev. John Douglass"). Produced by Frederic Thompson. Note: Filmed by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Company] as Polly of the Circus (1917), by MGM as Polly of the Circus (1932).
- (1909) Stage Play: Springtime. Written by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. Based on a short story by George Bronson Howard. Music by Harry Rowe Shelley. Directed by Frederic Thompson. Liberty Theatre: 19 Oct 1909- Dec 1909 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Joseph Brennan, Sallie Brent, Earle Browne, Charles Butler, Bijou Fernandez, Samuel Forrest, William Harrigan, Edwin Holland, Helen Lindroth, William B. Mack, Mabel Taliaferro, Alice Parke Warren. Produced by Frederic Thompson.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Call of the Cricket. Written by Edward Peple. Directed by Frederic A. Thompson. Belasco Theatre: 19 Apr 1910- Apr 1910 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Jack Brammall [credited as John Brammall], Joseph Brennan (as "Uncle Ben"), Everett Butterfield (as "Norman Marsh"), Samuel Forrest, William Harrigan, Helen Lindroth, Emily Lytton, Norma Mitchell (as "Rena"), George Spelvin, Mabel Taliaferro (as "Rosalie"), Lillian Thatcher (as "Fannie Marsh") [final Broadway role], George Wright Jr. Produced by Frederic A. Thompson.
- (1914) Stage Play: Young Wisdom. Comedy. Written by Rachel Crothers. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Gaiety Theatre 2 Feb 1914- close): 5 Jan 1914- Mar 1914 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Aubrey Beattie (as "Judge Claffenden"), Mabel Burt, Hayward Ginn (as "Christopher Bruce"), Regan Hughston (as "Max Norton"), Louis La Bey, Junius Matthews, Richard Sterling (as "Peter Van Horn"), Edith Taliaferro (as "Gail Claffenden"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Victoria Claffenden"). Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1919) Stage Play: Luck in Pawn.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Piper. Drama (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Back Fire.
- (1940) Stage Play: George Washington Slept Here. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre (moved to Carnegie Hall from 23 Jun 1942- close): 18 Oct 1940- 12 Jul 1942 (197 performances). Performed in rotation with "The Chocolate Soldier"). Cast: Richard Barbee (as "Mr. Prescott"), George Baxter, Kendall Clark (as "Steve Eldridge"), Dudley Digges (as "Uncle Stanley"), Jean Dixon (as "Annabelle Fuller"), Marian Edwards (as "Sue Barrington"), Edward Elliott (as "Tommy Hughes"), Peggy French (as "Madge Fuller"), Percy Kilbride (as "Mr. Kimber"), David Orrick (as "Leggett Frazer"), Bobby Readick (as "Raymond"), Toni Sorel (as "Miss Wilcox"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Mrs. Douglas"), Paula Trueman (as "Hester"), Ernest Truex (as "Newton Fuller"), Grace Valentine (as "Katie"), Ruth Weston (as "Rena Leslie"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed as George Washington Slept Here (1942).
- (1943) Stage Play: Victory Belles. Comedy/farce. Written by Alice Gerstenberg. Directed by Henry Adrian. Mansfield Theatre (moved to The Ambassador Theatre from 5 Dec 1943- 22 Jan 1944): 26 Oct 1943- 22 Jan 1944 (32 performances). Cast: Walter F. Appler (as "Sergeant Joe Collier"), Barbara Bennett (as "Miss Flo Hilliard"), Ralph Clanton (as "Lieutenant James Richardson"), Philip Denman (as "Donald Bacchus"), Margaret Eckman (as "June Winkle"), Marie Gale (as "Miss Mary Breton"), Sally Gracie (as "Miss Kathlene Stirling"), Burton Mallory (as "Mr. Popa"), Ellen Merrill (as "Miss Ann Stewart"), Jessie Miller (as "Mrs. Mildred Stirling"), Oscar Miller (as "Policeman"), Robert Ober (as "Thomas Richardson"), William Paul (as "Policeman"), Stanley Phillips (as "Private Eric Stanley"), Addison Randall (as "Geejan"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Mrs. Grace Stewart"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Colonel Edward Horton"). Produced by Henry Adrian.
- (1944) Stage Play: Bloomer Girl [A Modern Musical Comedy With Old Fashioned Charm]. Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on the play by Dan James and Lilith James. Musical Director: Leon Leonardi. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Book Directed by William Schorr. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Staged by E.Y. Harburg. Shubert Theatre: 4 Oct 1944- 27 Apr 1946 (654 performances). Cast: Celeste Holm (as "Evalina"), Arlene Anderson (as "Hetty"), Lee Barrie (as "Paula"), Dorothy Baxter (as "Vocal Ensemble"), William Bender (as "Herman Brasher"), Cecile Bergman (as "Dancer"), Florence Berline (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Matt Briggs (as "Horatio"), David Brooks (as "Jeff Calhoun"), John Byrd (as "1st Deputy/State Official"), John Call (as "Gus"), Blaine Cordner (as "Hamilton Calhoun"), Hubert Dilworth (as "Augustus"), Margaret Douglass (as "Dolly"), Nancy Douglass (as "Delia"), John Duane (as "Dancer"), Jean Faust (as "Dancer"), Joseph Florestano (as "2nd Deputy/Vocal Ensemble"), Lidija Franklin (as "Dancer"), Dan Gallagher (as "Hiram Crump"), Phyllis Gehrig (as "Dancer"), Arthur Grahl (as "Dancer"), Harriet Hall (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Toni Hart (as "Julia"), Dorothy Hill (as "Dancer"), Butler Hixon (as "Governor Newton"), Jean Houloose (as "Dancer"), Lucas Hoving (as "Dancer"), Charles Howard (as "Sheriff Quimby"), Richard Huey (as "Alexander"), Eleanor Jones (as "Prudence"), Claudia Jordan (as "Lydia"), Elena Karina (as "Dancer"), Carmelita Lanza (as "Dancer"), Betty Low (as "Dancer"), Adele Lulince (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Robert Lyon (as "Joshua Dingle"), Carol MacFarlane (as "Phoebe"), Joe E. Marks (as "Ebenezer Mimms"), Joan McCracken (as "Daisy"), Byron Milligan (as "Vocal Ensemble"), James Mitchell (as "Dancer"), Kathleen O'Brien (as "Dancer"), Paul Olsen (as "Dancer"), Brian Otis (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Pamela Randell (as "Octavia"), David Reher (as "Dancer"), Henry Roberts (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Jimmy Russell (as "Dancer"), Ralph Sassano (as "3rd Deputy/Vocal Ensemble"), Carlos Sherman (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Emy St. Just (as "Dancer"), Claire Stevens (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Serena"), Vaughn Trinnier (as "Wilfred Thrush"), Gloria Tromara (as "Vocal Ensemble"), John Ward (as "Dancer"), Dooley Wilson (as "Pompey"), Eleanor Winter (as "Betty"). Replacement actors: Arlene Anderson (as "Phoebe"), Nanette Fabray (as "Evalina"), Frances Gayer (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Alan Gilbert (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Harriet Hall (as "Paula"), Holly Harris (as "Octavia"), Marcella Howard (as "Octavia"), Janie Janvier (as "Julia"), Dorothy Jarnac (as "Daisy"), Eleanor Jones (as "Octavia"), Evelyn Keller (as "Vocal Ensemble"), David Lober (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Ben Murphy (as "Joshua Dingle"), Olive Reeves-Smith (as "Dolly"), Terry Saunders (as "Delia"), Dick Smart (as "Jeff Calhoun"), Claire Stevens (as "Prudence/Hetty"), Matilda Strazza (as "Paula/Vocal Ensemble"), Feodore Tedick (as "Herman Brasher"), Gloria Tromara (as "Hetty"). Produced by John C. Wilson. Produced in association with Nat Goldstone. Note: Adapted for TV on Producers' Showcase [Season 2, Episode 10], telecast 28 Feb 1956, starring Keith Andes as "Jefferson Calhoun."
- (1947) Stage Play: Bloomer Girl. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on the play by Dan James and Lilith James. Musical Director: Leon Leonardi. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Book Directed by William Schorr. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Staged by E.Y. Harburg. City Center: 6 Jan 1947- 15 Feb 1947 (48 performances). Produced by John C. Wilson. Produced in association with Nat Goldstone. Note: Adapted for TV on Producers' Showcase [Season 2, Episode 10], telecast 28 Feb 1956, starring Keith Andes as "Jefferson Calhoun."
- (1951) Stage Play: Springtime Folly.
- (1934) She acted in Dodie Smith's play, "Autumn Crocus," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Rollo Peters in the cast.
- (March 31, 1947) She acted in the musical, "Bloomer Girl," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Pat McClarney, Arthur Maxwell, Peggy Campbell, Hubert Dilworth, Olive Reeves-Smith, Matt Briggs, John Call, Lily Paget, and Joe E. Marks in the cast. Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy wrote the book. Harold Arlen was composer. E.Y. "Yip" Harburg was lyricist and director. Lemuel Ayers was set designer. MIles White was costume designer. Agnes DeMille was choreographer. John C. Wilson and Nat Goldstone were producers.
- (August 1933) She acted in Gregorio and Maria Martinez Sierra's play, "The Cradle Song," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (1951) Stage musical: Bloomer Girl - as Serena Applegate; produced by Gene Mann; at the Greek Theatre in Griffith Park, Los Angeles
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