- (1924 - 1971) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924. Musical revue. Conceived by Andre Charlot. Book by Dion Titheradge and Jack Hulbert. Music by Philip Braham, Ivor Novello, Noël Coward, Eubie Blake and Bert Lee. Lyrics by Noël Coward, Douglas Furber, Eric Blore, Ronald Jeans, Noble Sissle, R.P. Weston, Collie Knox and Norah Blaney. Musical Director: Philip Braham. Additional lyrics by Dion Titheradge, Clifford Seyler and Bob Alden. Additional music by Bob Alden. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by André Charlot and Douglas Furber. Times Square Theatre (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 21 Apr 1924- ? Aug 1924, then moved to The Times Square Theatre from 1 Sep 1924- close): 9 Jan 1924- 20 Sep 1924 (298 performances). Produced by The Selwyns.
- (1925) Stage Play: Charlot Revue. Musical revue.
- (1926) Stage Play: Oh, Kay! Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Scenic Design by John Wenger. Directed by John Harwood. Imperial Theatre: 8 Nov 1926- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/256 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Kay"), Victor Moore (as "Shorty" McGee"), Oscar Shaw (as "Jimmy Winter"), Adrienne Armond (as "Ensemble"), Sascha Beaumont (as "Constance Appleton"), Marcia Bell (as "Ensemble"), Bonnie Blackwood (as "Ensemble"), Dowell Brown (as "Ensemble"), Constance Carpenter (as "Mae"), Grace Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Jean Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Melville Chapman (as "Ensemble"), Betty Compton (as "Molly Morse"), Ted Daniels (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Day (as "Ensemble"), Frances DeFoe (as "Ensemble"), Harland Dixon (as "Larry Potter"), Ann Ecklund (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Fairbanks (as "Dolly Ruxton"), Marion Fairbanks (as "Phil Ruxton"), Kappie Fay (as "Ensemble"), Al Fisher (as "Ensemble"), Jack Fraley (as "Ensemble"), Amy Frank (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Frank (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gardiner Judge Appleton"), Bob Gebhardt (as "Ensemble"), Janette Gilmore (as "Peggy"), Anita Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Sara Jane Heliker (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Johnstone (as "Ensemble"), Grace Jones (as "Ensemble"), Dot Justin (as "Ensemble"), 'Lionel Maclyn' (as "Ensemble"), Pansy Maness (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Marshall (as "Ensemble"), Tom Martin (as "Ensemble"), Burton McEvilly (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Murray (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Neal (as "Ensemble"), Blanche O'Donahue (as "Ensemble"), Marie Otto (as "Ensemble"), Caroline Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Harry T. Shannon (as "Revenue Officer Jansen"), Gerald Oliver Smith (as "The Duke"), Alan Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Frances Stone (as "Ensemble"), Jacques Stone (as "Ensemble"), May Sullivan (as "Ensemble"), Betty Vane (as "Ensemble"), Betty Waxton (as "Ensemble"), Claire Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Jean Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Amy Weber (as "Ensemble"), Justine Welch (as "Ensemble"), Ted White (as "Ensemble"), Polly Williams (as "Ensemble"), Paulette Winston (as "Daisy"). Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1927) Stage Play: A Connecticut Yankee. Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Third Little Show. Musical revue. Book by Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman]. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Music Box Theatre: 1 Jun 1931- Sep 1931 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Louise Allen (as "Girl"), Edward Arnold (as "Gendarme, Sang-froid/The Director, "Afrian Shrieks"/Mr.Barclay, The Traveler/Big Shot, "Little Geezer"), Mary Jane Barrett (as "Girl"), Gertrude Blake (as "Girl"), Milton Brodus (as "Boy"), Constance Carpenter (as "Announcement, His Wedding Night/"Falling in Love"/Miss Harvey, Sang-froid/"You Forgot Your Gloves"/Rango, "Afrian Shrieks"/Mother, "You Might As Well Pretend"), Maxine Darrell (as "Girl"), Kay Devery (as "Girl"), Frank Edmunds (as "Boy"), Dorothy Fitzgibbon (as "Say the Wrod"/Maid, His Wedding Night/Les Autres, Sang-froid/Dorine-the-Chorine, Catchelor-the Bachelor/Secretary, "Little Geezer"), Lonita Foster (as "Girl"), Sandra Gale (as "Lady Kitty, His Wedding Night/La Patronne, Sang-froid/Fango, "Afrian Shrieks"/Toastess-the-Hostess, Catchelor-the Bachelor/Ida May Tong, "Little Geezer"), Frances Gordon (as "Girl"), Ruth Gormly (as "Girl"), William M. Griffith (as "Lord Melton, His Wedding Night/Les Autres, Sang-froid/Maxie-the-Taxi, Catchelor-the Bachelor/Morton, The Traveler"), Sara Jane (as "Girl"), Julie Jenner (as "Girl"), Dick Kirby (as "Boy"), Marvin Lawlor (as "Boy"), Betty Lee (as "Girl"), Beatrice Lillie (as "Miss Tassell, Cat's Cradle/"Mad Dogs and Englishmen"/Miss Hammond, Sang-froid/The Late Comer/"Sevilla"/"Cinema Lorelei"), Bob Long (as "Boy/The Hunter, "Afrian Shrieks"), Martha Maggard (as "Girl"), Elaine Mann (as "Girl"), Doris Maye (as "Girl"), Gertrude McDonald (as "I've Lost My Heart"/Ratcheck-the-Hatcheck, Catchelor-the Bachelor/She, "Le Five O'Clock"), Jerry Norris (as "Say the Wrod"/The Rt. Hon. Harry Bellairs, His Wedding Night/"Falling in Love"/Gigolo, Sang-froid/"You Forgot Your Gloves"/Norman-the-Doorman, Catchelor-the Bachelor/"You Might As Well Pretend"), Walter O'Keefe (as "Grimes, His Wedding Night/"When Yuba Plays the Tuba" ("When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on His Tiba")/Chango, "Afrian Shrieks"/Traitor-the-Waiter, Catchelor-the Bachelor/Frankie, "Little Geezer"), Polly Porter (as "Girl"), Carl Randall (as "Un Apache, Sang-froid/"I've Lost My Heart"/Catchelor-the Bachelor, Catchelor-the Bachelor/He, "Le Five O'Clock"), Mickey Ray (as "Boy"), Jack Riano (as "Mango, "Afrian Shrieks"/Monkey Specialty, "Afrian Shrieks"), Kay Riley (as "Girl"), Rose Shaw (as "Girl"), Beau Tilden (as "Boy"), Ernest Truex (as "Mr. Maudsley/Lord Philbert, His Wedding Night/"Going, Gooing, Gone!"/Bango, "Afrian Shrieks"/Child, Bachelor-the Bachelor/Mr.Mercer/The Traveler"), Jack Voeth (as "Boy"), Dorothy Waller (as "Girl"), George Weedon (as "Boy"). Produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. Produced in association with Tom Weatherly.
- (1934) Stage Play: Music Hath Charms. Musical comedy.
- (1951) Stage Play: The King and I. Musical comedy/drama. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch. Ballet Arrangements by: Trude Rittman. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Florence Klotz. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Directed by John Van Druten. St. James Theatre: 29 Mar 1951- 20 Mar 1954 (1246 performances). Cast: Yul Brynner (as "The King of Siam"), Gertrude Lawrence (as "Anna Leonowens"), Doretta Morrow, Dorothy Sarnoff, Stephanie Augustine, Doria Avila, Jamie Bauer, Lee Becker, Mary Burr, Duane Camp, Joseph Caruso, Raul Celada, Cristanta Cornejo, Rodolfo Cornejo, Robert Cortazal, Robin Craven, Beau Cunningham, Gemze de Lappe, Andrea Del Rosario, Larry Douglas, Shellie Farrell, Charles Francis, Marilyn Gennaro, Evelyn Giles, Tommy Gomez, Leonard Graves, Thomas Griffin, Geraldine Hamburg, Maribel Hammer, Marcia James, Margie James, John Juliano, Sandy Kennedy, Ruth Korda, Ina Kurland, Suzanne Lake, Norma Larkin, Miriam Lawrence, Baayork Lee, Barbara Luna, Nancy Lynch, Alfonso Maribo, James Maribo, Gloria Marlowe, Jack Matthew, Carolyn Maye, Len Mence, Helen Merritt, Michiko, Helen Murielle, Ed Preston, Orlando Rodriguez, Corrine St. Denis, Johnny Stewart, Nora Suarez, Prue Ward, Bunny Warner, Phyllis Wilcox, Dusty Worrall, Yuriko. Replacement actors: Constance Carpenter (as "Anna Leonowens") [replaced Gertrude Lawrence after her death], Alfred Drake (as "The King of Siam") [replaced Yul Brenner during his vacation], Celeste Holm (as "Anna Leonowens") [replaced Gertrude Lawrence during her vacation], Sal Mineo (as "Prince Chulalongkorn"), Toby Stevens (as "Princess Yaowlak"). Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Note: Produced on film as The King and I (1956).
- (1964) Stage Play: Roar Like a Dove. Written by Lesley Storm. Directed by Cyril Ritchard. Booth Theatre: 21 May 1964- 6 Jun 1964 (20 performances + 1 preview on 20 May 1964). Cast: Roderick Cook (as "Cousin Edward"), Neil Fitzgerald (as "MacIntosh"), Derek Godfrey (as "Lord Dungavel"), William Kinsolving (as "Bernard Taggart-Stuart"), Jessie Royce Landis (as "Muriel Chadwick") [final Broadway role], Christopher Norris (as "Jane"), Betsy Palmer (as "Lady Dungavel"), Charles Ruggles (as "Tom Chadwick") [final Broadway role]. Understudies: Constance Carpenter (as "Muriel Chadwick"), Jonathan Frid (as "Bernard Taggart-Stuart/Cousin Edward/Lord Dungavel"), Martha Randall (as "Lady Dungavel") and Jon Richards (as "MacIntosh/Tom Chadwick"). Produced by Robert Fryer, Lawrence Carr, Joseph Harris and John Herman.
- (1971) Stage Play: The Incomparable Max. Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Based on stories by Max Beerbohm. Directed by Gerald Freedman. Royale Theatre: 19 Oct 1971- 6 Nov 1971 (23 performances + 10 previews that began on 9 Oct 1971). Cast: Richard Kiley (as "Enoch Soames/A.V. Laider"), Clive Revill (as "Max Beerbohm"), Martyn Green (as "The Man/Col. Elbourne"), Constance Carpenter (as "Mrs. Elbourne") [final Broadway role], Michael Egan (as "William Rothenstein"), John Fitzgibbon (as "Library Clerk/Young Man"), Fionnuala Flanagan (as "Girl Library Attendant/Usher/Mrs. Blake"), Christina Gillespie (as "Usher/Girl-in-a-Hurry/Maid"), Claude Horton (as "Theatergoer"), Donald Marye (as "Hotel Clerk/Uncle Sydney"), Betty Sinclair (as "Theatergoer's wife"), Rex Thompson (as "Mr. Blake"), Louis Turenne (as "Lewis, a waiter/Frenchman"). Produced by Michael Abbott, Rocky Aoki and Jerry Hammer. Associate Producer: Donald Sheff.
- Productions other than Broadway [list likely incomplete]:
- (1966) She acted in J.M. Barrie's musical, "Peter Pan," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Betsy Palmer and Sandy Duncan in the cast. Jacques D'Amboise was director.
- (September 1952 - March 1954) Theatre: Previously the understudy for the role of Anna Leonowens in the original Broadway production of The King and I, she took over the role following Gertrude Lawrence's death
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