- (1917 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions [also was a opera, radio, and television actress]:
- (1917) Stage Play: Lilac Time. Written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin [earliest Broadway credit]. Theatre Republic: 6 Feb 1917- Jul 1917 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: Michelette Burani [Broadway debut], Orme Caldara, Louise Coleman, Jane Cowl, Henry Crocker, Emile Detramont, Guilliame Deux, Charles Esdale [Broadway debut], Lawrence Grant, Charles Hampden, Harry Hanlon, Felix Krembs, Mayne Lynton [credited as W. Mayne Lynton], Cecil Owen, Henry Stephenson, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: Filmed as Lilac Time (1928).
- (1924) Stage Play: Pierrot the Prodigal. [Special production]
- (1918) Stage Play: The Crowded Hour. Written by Edgar Selwyn and Channing Pollock. Selwyn Theatre: 22 Nov 1918- Mar 1919 (closing date unknown/139 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell, Andy Aubrey, John Black, Michelette Burani, Orme Caldara, Henry Call, Jane Cowl, Jules Epailly, Mabel Godding, Sidney Hall, George LeSoir, Christine Norman, Burni Prevost, Cyril Raymond, Rae Selwyn, Henry Stephenson, Edward Tierney. Produced by Selwyn & Co.Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Crowded Hour (1925).
- (1920) Stage Play: Enter Madame. Comedy. Written by Gilda Varesi Archibald and Dorothea Donn-Byrne. Directed by Brock Pemberton [earliest Broadway credit]. Garrick Theatre: 16 Aug 1920- Apr 1922 (closing date unknown/350 performances). Cast: Ross Alexander, [Broadway debut], Michelette Burani [credited as Michelette Baroni] (as "Bice"), William Hallman, Sheila Hayes, Jane Meredith, Minnie Milne, George Moto, Gavin Muir (as "John Fitzgerald"), Norman Trevor (as "Gerald Fitzgerald"), Gilda Varesi (as "Madame Lisa Della Robia"), Francis M. Verdi, Blanche Yurka. Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1924) Stage Play: Mme. Simone. Gaiety Theatre: 21 Mar 1924- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Michelette Burani, Mr. De Rigoult, Mr. Delaquerere, Dupius, Morrell, José Ruben, Mme. Simone, Soutzo, Miss Tilden, Villemain. Produced by George C. Tyler.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Far Cry. Drama. Written by Arthur Richman. Cort Theatre: 30 Sep 1924- Oct 1924 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Jose Alessandro, Michelette Burani, Margalo Gillmore (as "Claire Marsh"), Leonore Harris, Winifred Harris, Alice John, Claude King, Kenneth MacKenna, George Thorpe, Lucile Watson. Produced by Robert Milton.
- (1925) Stage Play: Puppets. Melodrama.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Trial of Mary Dugan. Melodrama. Written by Bayard Veiller. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. National Theatre: 19 Sep 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/437 performances). Cast: Michelette Burani [credited as Michelette Baroni] (as "Marie Ducort"), Robert Beggs, Rex Cherryman, Robert Cummings, John P. Dougherty, Charles Edwards, Ann Harding (as "Mary Dugan"), Louis Jean Heydt (as "Harry Jones"), Arthur Hohl (as "District Attorney Galway"), Edwin T. Jones, Cyril Keightley (as "Edward West"), Anna Kostant, Barton MacLane (as "Assistant District Attorney"), Merle Maddern, Jasper Mangione, Leona Maricle (as "Dagmar Lorne") [Broadway debut], Lewis McMichael, Dennie Moore (as "Mary Harris"), Oscar Polk (as "James Madison"), Julia Ralph (as "Mrs. Kate Burton"), John Ravold, Dean Raymond, Marie Santas, Jack Sayer, John Sharkey, Robert Williams. Produced by A.H. Woods. Note: Filmed as The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929), by MGM as The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941), and as The Trial of Mary Dugan (1957).
- (1931) Stage Play: Colonel Satan. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: Our Wife. Comedy.
- (1933) Stage Play: All Good Americans. Comedy. Written by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. Scenic Design by Mordecai Gorelik. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Henry Miller's Theatre: 5 Dec 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Marie Adels (as "Lucy Starkweather"), Harry C. Anderson (as "Bar Man"), Charles Angelo (as "A French Man"), C. Francois Barrere (as "A French Man"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Miss Moorhead"), Hilda Bruce (as "Ginsberg"), Claude Burani (as "A Gendarme"), 'Michelette Burani' (asd "Concierge"), Renee Cartier (as "A French Girl"), Hazel Curry (as "A Colored Girl"), Willard Dashiell (as "Mr. Bond"), Henry De Koven (as "A Rug-Seller"), Eric Dressler (as "Ham Farnsworth"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Rex Fleming"), Johnny Gybelman (as "Moses"), Joseph P. Harris (as "A Bystander"), Charles Henderson (as "Noble Smart"), Fred Keating (as "Pat Wells"), Doris Laurey (as "A French Girl"), Janet McLeay (as "Mary-Louise Porter"), LeRoi Operti (as "George Palfrey"), Mary Philips (as "Cassie Bond"), Helena Rapport (as "Mrs. Greenspan"), Lauza Riane (as "A Flower Woman"), Frank Rowan (as "Metzger"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "A French Gentleman"), James Stewart (as "Johnny Chadwick"), George Todd (as "Jimmy"), Hope Williams (as "Julie Gable"). Produced by Courtney Burr.
- (1937) Stage Play: Curtain Call. Drama.
- (1940) Stage Play: Lady in Waiting. Comedy. Written by Margery Sharp. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Martin Beck Theatre: 27 Mar 1940- 8 Jun 1949 (87 performances). Cast: Albert Allen, Stephen Ker Appleby, Anita Bolster, Michelette Burani, Lenore Chippendale, Carol Curtis-Brown, James Decker, Paul Foley, Gladys George, Mary Heberden, Walter Moore, Ethel Morrison, Alan Napier (as "Sir William Warring"), Leonard Penn (as "Fred Genocchio"), Guy Spaull. Produced by Brock Pemberton.
- (1941) Stage Play: Candle in the Wind. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Miss Hayes' clothes designed and executed by Valentina. Production Supervisor: Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Alfred Lunt. Shubert Theatre: 22 Oct 1941- 10 Jan 1942 (95 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes (as "Madeline Guest"), George Andre, Louis Borell, Michelette Burani (as "Madame Fleury"), Brian Connaught, Bruce Fernald, Mario Gang, Nell Harrison (as "Mercy"), Robert Harrison, Ferdi Hoffman, Stanley Jessup (as "M. Fleury"), Knud Kreuger, Lotte Lenya, Benedict MacQuarrie, William Malten, Harro Meller, Guy Moneypenny, Leona Roberts (as "Charlotte"), Tonio Selwart, Evelyn Varden, John Wengraf (as "Col. Erfurt"), Philip White, Joseph Wiseman (as "Corporal Mueller"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1943) Stage Play: Men in Shadow. Drama. Written by Mary Hayley Bell. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by Roy Hargrave. Morosco Theatre: 10 Mar 1943- 27 Mar 1943 (21 performances). Cast: Wesley Adams, Martin Brandt, Michelette Burani (as "Cherie"), Francis De Sales, Joseph De Santis, Ernest Graves, Dean Harens, Roy Hargrave (as "Lew"), Michael Ingram, Peter Coe (as "German Lieutenant (credited as Peter Knego) [final Broadway role], Everett Sloane (as "Kenny"), Peter Von Zerneck. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (December 23, 1940) She acted in Margery Sharp's play, "Lady in Waiting," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Gladys George, Alan Napier, Carol Curtis-Brown, Richard Fraser, Lenore Chippendale, Anita Bolster, Paul A. Foley, John Parrish, Audrey Ridgwell, Robert Breen, Leonard Penn, Ethel Morrison, Richard Gould, and George Spelvin in the cast. John Root was set designer. Antoinette Perry was director. Brock Pemberton was producer.
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