- (1912 - 1945) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1912) Stage Play: The Wall Street Girl. Musical. Music by Karl Hoschna. Book by Margaret Mayo and Edgar Selwyn. Lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Musical Director: William Lorraine. Additional music by Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Al Piantadosi, Nat Ayer, Henry I. Marshall, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein, M.J. Fitzpatrick, Earle C. Jones and Charles Daniels. Additional lyrics by Earle C. Jones, Charles Daniels, Joseph McCarthy [earliest Broadway credit], A. Seymour Brown, Alfred Bryan, Grant Clarke, Stanley Murphy and Edward Madden. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law Studios. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy. Choreographed by Gus Sohlke. Directed by Charles Winninger [earliest Broadway credit]. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 15 Apr 1912- 1 Jun 1912 (56 performances). Cast: William Bourn (as "Harris/Chorus"), Lilette Boyce (as "Chorus"), Herbert A. Burnham (as "Chorus"), William P. Carleton (as "Dexter Barton"), Ethelyn Clark (as "Chorus"), Mabel Clarke (as "Chorus"), Gladys Clifton (as "Chorus"), Leo E. Crook (as "Chorus"), Wellington Cross (as "Lawrence O'Connor"), John Day (as "Chorus"), Marie Earle (as "Chorus"), Yewell Fields (as "Chorus"), Anna Ford (as "Chorus"), Gladys Fox (as "Chorus") [Broadway debut], Helene French (as "Glen Underwood"), Harry Gilfoil (as "James Greene"), Mary F. Greene (as "Chorus"), Edna Hettler (as "Chorus"), Fred Howard (as "Chorus"), Catherine Hurst (as "Grace Sinclair"), Frankie James (as "Chorus"), Lois Josephine (as "Sunshine Reilly"), Edith Kimball (as "Chorus"), Grace Kimball (as "Chorus"), Maude Knowlton (as "Mrs. Williams"), Irene LeMay (as "Chorus"), Cleo LeMoyne (as "Trixie Allen"), Gordon R. Newman (as "Chorus"), Clarence Oliver (as "Bertie Longman"), Paul Porter (as "Reverend Dr. Leonard"), Harry C. Powers (as "Chorus"), S.J. Rawson (as "Specialty"), Blanche Ring (as "Jemina Greene"), Cyril Ring (as "Jordan") [Broadway debut], Will Rogers (as "Specialty"), Katherine Sainpolis (as "Mazie Blackburn"), Bessie Sessions (as "Chorus"), Ralph Shipman (as "Simons/Chorus"), Florence Shirley (as "Pearl Williams") [Broadway debut], Charles Silber (as "Pinch"), Alice Sullivan (as "Chorus"), Robert Thurston (as "West/Chorus"), Helen Turner (as "Edythe Torrant"), Jack Wellekens (as "Walker/Chorus"), Helen Williams (as "Chorus"), Charles Winninger (as "John Chester") [Broadway debut], Estelle Wood (as "Chorus"). Produced by Frederick McKay.
- (1916) Stage Play: His Majesty Bunker Bean. Written by Lee Wilson Dodd. Based the novel by Harry Leon Wilson. Astor Theatre: 2 Oct 1916- Dec 1916 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Jack Devereaux, Belford Forrest, John Hogan, Taylor Holmes, Robert Kelly, Marion Kerby, Lillian Lawrence, George C. Lyman, Horace Mitchell, Clara Louise Moores, Grace Peters, Harry C. Power, Walter Sherwin, Florence Shirley, Annette Westbay. Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1917) Stage Play: Anthony in Wonderland. Directed by Bertram Harrison and Herbert Brenon. Criterion Theatre: 23 Oct 1917- Oct 1917 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Clay Clement, Claude Daniels, Marie De Lachau, Hilda Dorrington, E.L. Duane, Will H. Gregory, Alfred Helton, Joseph Kilgour, Harry McKee, Henry Miller, Gordon Morris, George Riddell, John L. Shine, Florence Shirley, Marguerite St. John. Written by Monckton Hoffe.
- (1918) Stage Play: Oh, Lady! Lady! Musical comedy. Book by 'Guy Bolton (I)' and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Sadler. Costume Design by Harry Collins. Scenic Design by Clifford Pember. Conducted by Max Hirschfeld. Directed by Robert Milton and Edward Royce. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 17 Jun 1918- close): 1 Feb 1918- 10 Aug 1918 (219 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Spike Hudgins") [final Broadway role], Dorothy Allan (as "Miss Sal Munn"), Constance Binney (as "Parker"), Billie Booker (as "Miss Marie Schino"), Bobby Brewster (as "Miss Lotta Pommery"), Harry C. Browne (as "Hale Underwood"), Charles Columbus (as "Mr. C. Ollie Flower"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Farrington"), May Elsie (as "Miss Della Catessen"), Harry Fisher (as "William Watty"), Mildred Fisher (as "Miss Mollie Gatawaney"), Bettie Gereaux (as "Miss Virginia Hamm"), Charles Hartmann (as "Mr. B. Russell Sprout"), Edna Hettler (as "Miss Marion Etta Herring"), Irving Jackson (as "Mr. Con Kearney"), Elsie Lewis (as "Miss Hallie Butt"), Reginald Mason (as "Cyril Twombley"), Carroll McComas (as "May Barber"), Gypsy Mooney (as "Miss C. Ella Rhy"), J. Randall Phelan (as "Mr. H. Ash-Brown "), Carl Randall (as "Willoughby Finch"), Mildred Roland (as "Miss Barbara O'Rhum"), Vivienne Segal (as "Mollie Farrington"), Florence Shirley (as "Fanny Welch"), Jeanne Sparry (as "Miss Clarette Cupp"), Mabel Stanford (as "Miss May Anne Ayes"), Janet Velie (as "Miss Cassie Roll"), Jack Vincent (as "Mr. Stewart Prune"), William Walsh (as Mr. Artie C. Hoke"), Lois Whitney (as "Miss Lettice Romayne"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and William Elliott.
- (1919) Stage Play: Apple Blossoms. Musical/operetta. Music by Fritz Kreisler and Viktor Jacobi. Book by William Le Baron. Lyrics by William Le Baron. Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Musical Director: William Daly. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Lichtenstein's and Brooks Costume Company. Directed by Fred G. Latham and Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 7 Oct 1919- 24 Apr 1920 (256 performances). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1922) Stage Play: Why Men Leave Home. Comedy.
- (1923) Stage Play: My Aunt From Ypsilanti. Comedy/farce. Adapted from the French of Paul Gavault. Directed by Armand Robi. Earl Carroll Theatre: 1 May 1923- May 1923 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Frank Andrews (as "John Harper"), Kay Barnes (as "Mary"), Colin Campbell (as "Percival"), William Evill (as "Dr. Bunce"), Alice Fischer (as "Mrs. Armitage, from Ypsilanti"), Paul Gordon (as "George Harper"), Albert Hyde (as "James"), Gypsy O'Brien (as "Elizabeth Hammond"), Jane Richardson (as "Lucy"), Florence Shirley (as "Peggy"), Richard Sterling (as "Charles Wharton"), Zeffie Tilbury (as "Mrs. Harper"). Produced by Henry Baron.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Locked Door. Comedy. Written by Martin Lawton. Directed by Priestly Morrison. Cort Theatre: 19 Jun 1924- Jul 1924 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Marie"), John Davidson (as "Henri"), Reginald Mason (as "Frank Babbington"), Florence Shirley (as "Muriel Walling"), Charles Trowbridge (as "Richard Walling"), Eleanor Woodruff (as "Julia Babbington"). Produced by Jacob A. Weiser and Bela Blau.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Poor Nut. Comedy. Written by J.C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent. Directed by Howard Lindsay. Henry Miller's Theatre: 27 Apr 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Beach Cooke (as "Hub" Smith"), Joseph Dailey (as "Colonel" Small"), Margaret Fitch (as "Peggy"), Percy Helton (as "Magpie" Welch"), Cornelius Keefe (as "Walle" Pierce"), Wright Kramer (as "Professor Deming"), Norma Lee (as "Margerie Blake"), Joseph Loudon (as "Wisconsin Official"), Jean Mann (as "Betty'), Grant Mills' (as "Spike" Hoyt"), Joseph Mitchell (as "A Freshman"), Elliott Nugent (as "John Miller"), Thomas Shearer (as "Doc" Spurney"), Florence Shirley (as "Julia Winters"), John Webster (as "Coach Jackson"). Produced by Patterson McNutt.
- (1926) Stage Play: Embers. Written by A.E. Thomas. Adapted from the French of Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 Feb 1926- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Elmer Brown, Ilka Chase, Laura Hope Crews, Norma Havey, Betty Horgan, Nicholas Joy (as "Fournier"), Katherine Meredith, Henry Miller, Albert Morrison, Leonard Mudie (as "Edouard"), Edwin Nicander (as "Martelet"), Florence Shirley.
- (1931) Stage Play: Doctor X. Melodrama/mystery. Written by Howard Warren Comstock and Allen C. Miller. Directed by Josephine Victor. Hudson Theatre: 9 Feb 1931- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Leslie Adams (as "Marshall Stevens"), J.W. Austin (as "Leyden Duke"), George Blackwood (as "Neil Merlin"), Charles Edwards (as "Prof. Haines "), Eden Gray (as "Mavis"), Howard Lang (as "Dr. Xavier"), Robert Lowing (as "Prof. Graham Wells"), Barry Macollum (as "Ben"), Boris Marshalov (as "Prof. Haines"), Florence Shirley (as "Eleanor Stevens"), May Vokes (as "Jessie"), Alixe Walker (as "Miss Warde"). Produced by William Brandt and Harry Brandt. Note: Filmed by First National (Warner Bros.) as Doctor X (1932) starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray, directed by Michael Curtiz.
- (1931) Stage Play: Fast Service. Comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: Take My Tip. Comedy. Written by Nat Dorfman. Directed by Frank Merlin. 48th Street Theatre: 11 Apr 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Frank Andrews, George Christie (as "Wilbur Smith"), John T. Dwyer, Eda Heinemann (as "Mollie"), William Janney, Marjorie Jarecki, Helen Lowell, Janet McLeay, Donald Meek (as "Henry Merrill") [final Broadway role], Gordon Nelson, Ethel Remey, Florence Shirley (as "Miss Dolly Browning"), James Spottswood (as "Jack Rogers"). Produced by Mack Hilliard.
- (1945) Stage Play: Alice in Arms. Comedy. Written by Leslie Bush-Fekete, Sidney Sheldon and Maria Fagyas. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Lighting Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by Jack Daniels. National Theatre: 31 Jan 1945- 3 Feb 1945 (5 performances). Cast: Judith Abbott (as "Helen"), Roger Clark (as "Walter"), Peggy Conklin (as "Alice"), Richard Coogan (as "2nd Private"), Kirk Douglas (as "Steve") [Broadway Debut], Darthy Hinkley (as "Florence"), George Ives (as "Beeker"), Tom McElhany (as "Collins"), James O'Neill (as "Willis"), Florence Shirley (as "Daisy") [final Broadway role], G. Albert Smith (as "Colonel Benson"), Mickey Stewart (as "Henry"), Johnnie Venn (as "Mike"), Jerry Vincent (as "1st Private"). Produced by Edward Choate and Marie Louise Elkins.
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