- (1930 - 1951) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1930) Stage Play: Purity. Drama. Written by Rene Wachthausen. Material adapted by Barre Dunbar and Ralph Roeder. Directed by Stanley Logan. Ritz Theatre: 25 Dec 1930- Jan 1931 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Richard Bird, Peggy Conklin, Edward M. Favor, Walter Fenner, Helene Girard, Frank Horton, Jan Lindermann, James Moore, Maude Odell, Pearl Ramoy, Florence Reed, Muriel Robinson, Loretto Shea, Marcella Swanson, Frances Tannehill (as "A Little Girl") [Broadway debut], Malcolm Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Roof. Drama. Written by John Galsworthy. Directed by Charles Hopkins. Charles Hopkins Theatre: 30 Oct 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Hajop Boyajian, Ralph Cataly, Blade Stanhope Conway, Ernest Cossart (as "Mr. Beeton"), Jaques C. Dancy, Austin Fairman (as "Baker"), Anne Forrest, Charlotte Granville (as "Mrs. Beeton"), Henry Hull (as "A Young Man"), Vernon Kelso (as "Brice"), Edouard La Roche, Helen Rowland, Selena Royle (as "A Nurse"), William Sauter, Vernon Steele, Frances Tannehill (as "Brye"), Charlotte Walker. Produced by Charles Hopkins.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Inside Story. Written by George Bryant and Francis M. Verdi. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. National Theatre: 22 Feb 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: John Burkell (as "Detective Haight"), Louis Calhern (as "Louis Corotto"), Frank Camp, Marguerite Churchill (as "Mamie Gillette"), Gage Clarke (as Rod Guzman"), Jack Clifford, William Courtenay, Alexander Cross, Brian Donlevy (as "Nick Lipman"), Edward Ellis, Paul Everton (as "Capt. Dan Engle"), William Goode, Marie Hunt, Aphie James, Edward Jones, Edward Keane, Fred Irving Lewis, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Mrs. Beekman"), George Pembroke (as "Gus Bernstein"), Mary Redmond, Stanley Ridges (as "Frank Delaney"), Roy Roberts, W.W. Shuttleworth, Frances Tannehill (as "Evelyn Beekman"), Frank M. Thomas (as "Bert Teagle"), Harland Tucker (as "Fred Beekman"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Lingering Past.
- (1932) Stage Play: Music in the Air. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by John Harkrider. Modern Clothes by Sgt. Howard Shoup. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II (also material and lyrics) and Jerome Kern (also music). Alvin Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre on 31 Mar 1933 to close): 8 Nov 1932- 16 Sep 1933 (342 performances). Cast: Edward Austen (as "Man/Walking Club"), Stella Bailey (as "Edendorf Girl"), Ann Barrie, Thea Bayles, Charles Belin, George Bell, Nomy Bencid, Beatrice Berenson, John Brooke, Peggy Burgess, Betty Cardozo (as "Edendorf Child"), Tullio Carminati, Katherine Carrington, Marie Cartwright, Claire Cole, Rose Collins, Mlle. Desha, George Dieter, Georgina Dieter (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Frank Dobert, Paul Donah, Evelyn Eaton (as "Edendorf Child"), Carl Edem, Kathleen Edwards, June Elkins, Peggy Frazier (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Carol Gay, Georg Gerhardi, Noel Gordon (as "Edendorf Girl"),, Norman Gray, Gabrielle Guelpli, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Beatrice Hannen (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Edward Hayes, Clifford Heckinger, Gertrude Houk, Betty Howson (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Paul Janvert, Dorothy Johnson, Nicholas Joy (as "Ernst Weber"), Elise Joyce (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Joan Kent (as "Edendorf Girl"), Eugene King, Frances Kruger (as "Edendorf Girl"), Mary Lange (as "Edendorf Girl"), Laura (as "The Bear"), Anton Lieb, George Ludwig (as "Waiter"), Marjorie Main (as "Anna"), Jane Manners (as "Edendorf Girl"), Francis Marion (as "Contralto/Choral Society/Contralto/Walking Club"), Rita Marks, Rena McAfee (as "Edendorf Girl"), Mary McQuade, June Meier (as "Edendorf Child"), Harry Mestayer (as "Upmann"), Marcelle Miller (as "Edendorf Girl"), Marguerite Morano, Ann Moss (as "Soprano/Walking Club"), Leone Neumann, Alexis Obolensky, H. Pallenberg, Grace Panvini, Virginia Rey, Robert Rhodes, Mary Alice Rice (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Alfred Russ, Ivy Scott, Marty Semon, Rosalind Shaw (as "Contralto/Walking Club"), Al Shean, Walter Slezak (as "Karl Reder"), Katherine Spector, Carl Spiegel, Marion Stuart, Frances Tannehill (as "Edendorf Child"), Helen Taylor, William Torpey, Lydia Van Gilder (as "Frau Schreimann"), Vivian Vance (as "Contralto/Choral Society/Contralto/Walking Club") [Broadway debut], Diana Walker, Finette Walker, Carrie Weller, Reinald Werrenrath, Robert Williamson (as "Pfugfelder"), Tamara Zoya (as "Contralto/Walking Club"). Produced by Peggy Fears and A.C. Blumenthal. Note: Filmed by Fox Film Corporation as Music in the Air (1934).
- (1934) Stage Play: Dodsworth. Drama. Based on a novel by Sinclair Lewis, as adapted by Sidney Howard. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 24 Feb 1934- 30 Jun 1934 (147 performances). Cast: Walter Huston, Nick Adams, Fay Bainter, Harlan Briggs (as "Thomas J. Pearson, called "Tubby"), Charles Christensen (as "A Steward"), Hal K. Dawson (as "A.B. Hurd"), Marie Falls (as "Another American Lady/An American Mother"), Lucille Fenton (as "Passenger's Wife"), Flora Fransioli (as "Teresa"), Bert Gardner (as "A Passenger"), Charles Halton (as "Henry E. Hazzard"), Ethel Hampton (as "Emily McKee, Dodsworth's daughter"), Leonore Harris (as "Renee De Penable"), Ethel Jackson (as "Mrs. Pearson, called "Matey"), J.H. Kingsbury (as "A Cashier"), Nolan Leary (as "A Publicity Man"), Marie Mallon (as "A Second Tourist"), Beatrice Maude (as "An American Lady"), Ivan Miller (as "Another Steward"), William Morris (as "Traveling Gentleman"), Charles Powers (as "Junior", Tourist's son"), Dorothy Raymond (as "Baroness von Obersdorf"), Ralph Simone (as "Information Clerk"), Kent Smith, Nan Sunderland, Frances Tannehill(as "Tourist's Wife"), Frank W. Taylor (as "A Tourist"), Arthur Uttry (as "A Sales Manager"), Betty Van Auken (as "A Secretary"), John Williams. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company [distributed by United Artists] as Dodsworth (1936).
- (1935) Stage Play: Field of Ermine. Written by Jacinto Benavente. Book adaption by John Garrett Underhill. Directed by Ben Ali Haggin. Mansfield Theatre: 8 Feb 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Alice Alworth, St. Clair Bayfield (as "The Duke of Santa Olalla"), Lenore Chippendale (as "Carolina"), Gerald Cornell (as "Baltasar"), Clarence Derwent (as "Cesar Estavez"), Francis French, Nedda Harrigan (as "Natalia"), Alma Kruger (as "Felisa"), Janet Lelend, David Leonard, Mary Mason, Leonard Penn, Frank Ray, Frances Starr (as "Irene"), Harriett Sterling, Frances Tannehill (as "Beatriz"), Harmanus Van Wie, Harold West, Courtney White (as "Santiago Solana"). Produced by Crosby Gaige.
- (1938) Stage Play: Leave It to Me! Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Material adaption by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Based on the play "Clear All Wires" by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Music orchestrated by Donald J. Walker. Directed by Sam Spewack. Imperial Theatre: 9 Nov 1938- 15 Jul 1939 (291 performances). Cast: William Gaxton (as "Buckley Joyce Thomas"), Victor Moore (as "Alonzo P. Goodhue"), Mary Martin (as "Dolly Winslow"), Tamara (as "Colette"), Sophie Tucker (as "Mrs. Goodhue," "April," and "Mrs. Goodhue's Daughter"), Walter Armin (as "French Conductor/French Ambassador/Stalin"), Alexander Asro, Monica Bannister, Vicki Belling, Dorothy Benson, Stanton Bier, Alexis Bolan, Ruth Bond (as "First Secretary/One of Les Girls"), Evelyn Bonefine, Chet Bree, Charles Campbell, Dean Carlton, James W. Carr, Mildred Chenaval, Don Cortez, Ruth Daye, J. Colville Dunn, John Eliot, Michael J. Forbes, Hans Hansen, Pearl Harris, Eddie Heisler, Beverly Hosier, Ivan Izmailov, Dorothea Jackson, Thomas Jafollo, Adele Jergens (as "Guest"), Ruth Joseph, Joseph Kallini, Evelyn Kelly, Gene Kelly (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"), Maurice Kelly, June Le Roy, Nancy Lee, William Lilling, Walter Long, Peter Lopoukin, George E. Mack, Walter Monroe, Evelyn Moser, Walter Munroe, Audrey Palmer, John Panter, Mary Ann Parker, Kay Picture, Barbara Pond, Edward H. Robins, Roy Ross, Jean Scott, Veva Selwood, Jack Seymour, Lawrie Shevlin, Eugene Sigaloff, Zynaid Spencer, Jack Stanton, Frances Tannehill (as "Guest"), Marie Vanneman, Marie Vaughan, Matthew Vodnoy. Produced by Vinton Freedley.
- (1940) Stage Play: Keep Off the Grass. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Howard Dietz. Sketches by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman and Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music orchestrated by Don Walker and Hans Spialek. Vocal arrangements by Anthony R. Morelli. Miss O'Brien's arrangements by Arthur Wilson. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Nat Karson. Book directed by Eddie Dowling. Stage Director: Frederick De Cordova. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Broadhurst Theatre: 23 May 1940- 29 Jun 1940 (44 performances). Cast: Larry Adler (as "The Old Park Bench" Singer/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant"), Ray Arnett, Billie Bernice, Mimi Berry, Blondie (as "Dorothy Thompson/Misinformation, Please"), Peanuts Bohn, Ray Bolger (as "Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer/Thirsty Man/The Fountain/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Dancer/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer/The Tiger/Hormones/"This is Winter" Dancer"), Betty Bruce, Virginia Burke, Martha Burnett, Imogen Carpenter (as "Park Stroller, The Fountain/Bird Lover, Birds/The Morelli Singers") [Broadway debut], Ilka Chase (as "She/Romantique/Thirsty Woman/The Fountain/Juliet/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece"), Gloria Clare, Harriet Clarke, John Coy, Margie Dale, Maude Davis, Bela de Tuscan, Joanna de Tuscan, Fred Deming, Helen Devlin, Henry Dick, La Motte Dodson, Jimmy Durante (as "Dr. Kildare/The Tree Doctor/The Fugitive/A Fugitive From Esquire/Clifton Fadiman/Misinformation, Please/McSwindle/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Guide/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor/Mulligan/Hormones"), Hugh Ellsworth, Esta Elman, Jane Froman, Gloria Gaffey, Peggy Gallimore, Jackie Gleason (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer/Dr. Christian/The Tree Doctor / The Cop / The Fountain/The Valet/A Fugitive From Esquire/"The Old Park Bench" Singer / Tybalt/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/Art Lover/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant/A Salesman/Hormones"), Jiggs (as "F.P.A. / Misinformation, Please"), Emmett Kelly (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer / "The Old Park Bench" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece/La Motte Dodson's Monkeys Performer"), Ann Lass, Lynn Lawrence, June Le Roy, 'Jose Limon' (as "Performer"), Peggy Littlejohn, Louie (as "Oscar Levant/Misinformation, Please"), Lois Martin, Mary Joan Martin, John McAuley, Margery Moore, Hal Neiman, Virginia O'Brien, Sunnie O'Dea, Patsy (as "Ann Sheridan / Misinformation, Please"), Percy (as "Gypsy Rose Lee"), Jane Gray Petri, Nan Rae, Jerome Robbins [credited as Jerry Robbins] (as "Dancing Young Man"), Robert Shackleton, Jerry Shepherd, Bob Sidney, Jane Starner, Aileen Stone, Sylvia Stone, Arnold Saint Subber (as "Bootblack/The Fountain/Art Lover"), Frances Tannehill (as "Park Stroller/The Fountain/Bird Lover/Birds/The Morelli Singers"), Lee Tannen, The Toreadors, Daphne Vane, Sid Walker, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1941) Stage Play: Anne of England.
- (1942) Stage Play: Heart of a City. Drama.
- (1942) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law. Drama (revival). Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Royale Theatre: 24 Nov 1942- 10 Jul 1942 (258 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Goldie Rindskopf"), Leslie Barrett (as "Henry Susskind"), Samuel Bonnell (as "John P. Tedesco"), Elmer H. Brown (as "Francis Clark Baird"), Buddy Buehler (as "Richard Dwight Jr."), Alexander Clark Jr. (as "Roy Darwin"), Norma Clerc (as "Dorothy Dwight"), Olive Deering (as "Regina Gordon"), Phillip Gordon (as "David Simon"), Caleb Gray (as "A Boy"), Jane Hamilton (as "A Woman"), Edwin Hugh (as "A Stout Man"), John L. Kearney (as "Peter J. Malone"), Betty Kelley (as "Zedorah Chapman"), Clara Langsner (as "Sarah Becker"), John McQuade (as "Arthur Sandler"), Jennie Moscovitz (as "Lena Simon"), Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Joseph Pevney (as "Harry Becker"), Kurt Richards (as "Herbert Howard Weinberg"), Jack Sheehan (as "Charles McFadden"), Frances Tannehill (as "Lillian Larue"), Ann Thomas (as "Bessie Green"), William Vaughan (as "A Bootblack"), Jay Velie (as "A Tall Man"), Barrie Wanless (as "Johann Breitstein"), Joan Wetmore (as "Cora Simon"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1943) Stage Play: Murder Without Crime. Written by J. Lee Thompson [only Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Cort Theatre: 18 Aug 1943- 18 Sep 1943 (37 performances). Cast: Henry Daniell (as "Matthew"), Viola Keats (as "Jan"), Frances Tannehill (as "Grena"), Bretaigne Windust (as "Stephen"). Produced by John H. Del Bondio, Bretaigne Windust and Tom Weatherly.
- (1944) Stage Play: Right Next to Broadway.
- (1944) Stage Play: Good Morning Corporal.
- (1947) Stage Play: The First Mrs. Fraser (Revival).
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