- (1924 - 1954) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Andre Charlot's Revue" on Broadway, Times Square Theater, New York. Also in cast: Beatrice Lillie, Jack Buchanan.
- (1925) Stage Play: Charlot Revue. Musical revue.
- (1926) Stage Play: Oh, Kay!
- (1928) Stage Play: Treasure Girl.
- (1929) Stage Play: Candle Light. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: The International Review. Musical revue.
- (1931) Stage Play: Private Lives. Comedy. Written by Noël Coward. Directed by Noël Coward. Times Square Theatre: 27 Jan 1931- Sep 1931 (closing date unknown/256 performances). Cast: Noël Coward (as "Elyot Chase"), Gertrude Lawrence (as "Amanda Prynne"), Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier (as "Victor Prynne"), Therese Quadri. Replacement: Madge Kennedy (as "Amanda Prynne"). Produced by Charles B. Cochran. Note: Filmed as Private Lives (1931).
- (1936) Stage Play: Tonight At 8:30. Comedy.
- (1948) She acted in Daphne Du Maurier's play, "September Tide," at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Dandy Nichols, Michael Gough, and Bryan Forbes in the cast.
- (1937) Stage Play: Susan and God.
- (1939) Stage Play: Skylark
- (1941) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical comedy. Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. All musical sequences staged by Hassard Short. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Moss Hart. Alvin Theatre: 23 Jan 1941- 15 Jun 1941 (162 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Jerome Andrews (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Nelson Barclift (as "Tom, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Dorothy Bird (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), George Bockman (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Anne Bracken (as "Child"), Macdonald Carey (as "Charley Johnson"), Kenneth Casey (as "Child"), Andre Charise (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Catherine Conrad (as "Singer"), Audrey Costello (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jean Cumming (as "Singer"), Davis Cunningham (as "Jack/Singer"), Margaret Dale (as "Maggie Grant"), Patricia Deering (as "Carol, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Carol Deis (as "Singer"), Eleanor Eberle (a "Barbara"), Hazel Edwards (as "Singer"), Max Edwards (as "Singer"), Sally Ferguson (as "Child"), Len Frank (as "Singer"), Dan Harden (as "Ben Butler"), Fred Hearn (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Manfred Hecht (as "Singer"), Danny Kaye (a "Russell Paxton"), Yaroslav Kirov (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Ellie Lawes (as "Child"), Joan Lawes (as "Child"), Ann Lee (as "Miss Stevens"), Robert Lee (as "Child"), Bert Lytell (as "Kendall Nesbitt"), June MacLaren (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jacqueline MacMillan (as "Child"), William Marel (as "Singer"), Victor Mature (as "Randy Curtis") [only Broadway role], Robert Mills (as "Child"), Warren Mills (as "Child"), Beth Nichols (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Virginia Peine (as "Helen, a model"), Gedda Petry (as "Ruthie, a model/Singer"), Donald Randolph (as "Dr. Brooks"), June Rutherford (as "Singer"), Natalie Schafer (as "Alison Du Bois"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Miss Bowers"), Ward Tallmon (as "Joe, an office boy"), Lois Volkman (as "Child"), George Ward (as "Child"), William Welch (as "Child"), Wana Wennerholm (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Margaret Westberg (as "Marcia, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Evelyn Wyckoff (as "Miss Foster"), Florence Wyman (as "Singer"). Replacement actors: Joseph Anthony (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), George Bockman (as "Tom, an office boy"), Eric Brotherson (as "Singer"), Patricia Deering (as "Barbara"), William Howell (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Beth Nichols (as "Carol, a model"), John Sweet (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
- (1941) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical comedy [return engagement]. Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. All musical sequences staged by Hassard Short. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Moss Hart. Alvin Theatre: 2 Sep 1941- 30 May 1942 (305 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Jerome Andrews, Nelson Barclift, Dorothy Bird, George Bockman, Anne Bracken, Kenneth Casey, Andre Charise, Catherine Conrad, Audrey Costello, Jean Cumming, Margaret Dale, Patricia Deering, Carol Deis, H. Robert Edwards, Sally Ferguson, Len Frank, Dan Harden, Fred Hearn, Ann Lee, June MacLaren, Jacqueline MacMillan, William Marel, Beth Nichols, Virginia Peine, Gedda Petry, Donald Randolph, June Rutherford, Natalie Schafer (as "Alison Du Bois"), Jeanne Shelby, Ward Tallmon (as "Joe, an office boy"), Lois Volkman, George Ward, William Welch, Wana Wennerholm, Margaret Westberg, Evelyn Wyckoff (as "Miss Foster"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
- (1943) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical (revival). Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Marian Byram. General Stage Manager: William McFadden. Directed by Moss Hart. Broadway Theatre: 27 Feb 1943- 15 May 1943 (110 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Adelaide Abbot (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Lynn Alden (as "Jack/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Robert Allen [credited as Bob Allen](as "Child"), Bonnie Baker (as "Child"), Lee Bergere (as "Ben Butler"), Ken Black (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Anne Bracken (as "Child"), Ingeborg Bransen (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Eric Brotherson (as "Russell Paxton"), Edward Browne (as "Joe, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Rita Charise (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jack Collins (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Jean Cumming (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Margaret Dale (as "Maggie Grant"), 'Richard D'Arcy' (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Arthur Davies (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Phyllis De Bus (as "Child"), Joyce Doncaster (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Rose Marie Elliott (as "Ruthie, a model/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Nikolai Fatula (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Sally Ferguson (as "Child"), Matthew Ferrugio (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Margaret Gibson (as "Carol, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Richard Hale (as "Dr. Brooks"), Anne Helm (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Christine Horn (as "Marcia, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jane Irving (as "Barbara/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Warren Jones (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Ann Lee (as "Alison Du Bois"), Joan Lee (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), John Leslie (as "Kendall Nesbitt"), June MacLaren (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Hugh Marlowe (as "Charley Johnson"), George Martin (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Scott Merrill (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Byron Milligan (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Adrienne Moore (as "Miss Stevens"), Willard Parker (as "Randy Curtis"), Louise Pearl (as "Child"), Fred Perrone (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Gedda Petry (as "Miss Foster"), Nicholas Saunders (as "Liza's Father"), John Scott (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Miss Bowers"), Alla Shishkina (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Janice Smith (as "Child"), Walter Stane (as "Tom, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Edward Tappa (as "Child"), William Welch (as "Child"), Florence White (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Florence Wyman (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Helene Young (as "Helen, a model"), Edwin Ziegler (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"). Replacement actors: Jane Davies (as "Barbara"), Wayne Walker (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Geoffrey Warren (as "Mapleton High Glee Club/Soloist"), Lester Wolf (as "Mapleton High Glee Club). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
- (1927) She acted in George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical, "Oh, Kay!," at His Majesty's Theatre in London, England with Claude Hulbert and Harold French in the cast.
- (9/30). Stage: Appeared (as "Amanda Prynne") in "Private Lives" by Noël Coward. Phoenix Theater, London, England.
- (1931) She acted in Jean's play, "Can The Leopard...?," at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Kay Hammond and Ian Hunter in the cast.
- (1936) She acted in Noel Coward's play, "Tonight at 8:30," at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Noel Coward and Alan Webb in the cast.
- (1948) She acted in Daphne Du Maurier's play, "September Tide," at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Dandy Nichols, Michael Gough, and Bryan Forbes in the cast.
- (1938) Other/TV: She was the first major dramatic star to make an appearance on television in America, playing scenes from the then current Broadway hit "Susan and God" at NBC studios in Radio City, on June 7, 1938.
- (Mar 29.1951-Mar 20, 1954), The King and I, Musical, Comedy, Drama, Original, Broadway St. James Theatre, produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein II, 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; Directed by John Van Druten; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; 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; General Manager: Morris Jacobs; Company Manager: William G. Norton; Stage Manager: Jerome Whyte, John Cornell and Ruth Mitchell; Orchestra Personnel Manager: Sol Gusikoff. General Press Representative: Michel Mok; Press Representative: John L. Toohey; Casting: John Fearnley; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner; Assistant to Mr. Hammerstein: Mary Steele; Assistant to Mr. Rodgers: Margot Hopkins; Assistant to Mr. Robbins: June Graham; Consultant on Oriental Dancing: Michiko. Cast: Yul Brynner (The King of Siam), Gertrude Lawrence (Anna Leonowens, her last performance was three weeks before her death), Doretta Morrow (Tuptim, Narrator "Small House of Uncle Tomas" Ballet), Dorothy Sarnoff (Lady Thiang), Stephanie Augustine (Wife), Doria Avila (Slave, Musician "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Jamie Bauer (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Lee Becker (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Mary Burr (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Duane Camp (Priest), Joseph Caruso (Priest), Raul Celada (Slave, Musician "Small House of Uncle Thomas Ballet), Cristanta Comejo (Royal Child), Rodolfo Comejo (Royal Child), Robert Cortazal (Royal Child), Robin Craven (Sir Edward Ramsey), Beau Cunningham (Slave, Musician "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Gemze de Lappe (King Simon "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Andrea Del Rosario (Royal Child), Larry Douglas (Lun Tha), Shellie Farrell (Little Eva "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Charles Francis (Captain Orton), Marilyn Gennaro (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Evelyn Giles (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Tommy Gomez (Slave, Drummer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Leonard Graves (The Interpreter, Priest), Thomas Griffin (Royal Child), Geraldine Hamburg (Amazon), Maribel Hammer (Amazon), Marcia James (Wife), Margie James (Royal Child, Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), John Juliano (The Kralahome), Sandy Kennedy (Louis Leonowens), Ruth Korda (Wife), Ina Kurland (Topsy "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Suzanne Lake (Wife), Norma Larkin (Amazon), Miriam Lawrence (Amazon), Baayork Lee (Princess Yaowlak), Barbara Luna (Royal Child), Nancy Lynch (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Alfonso Maribo (Royal Child), James Maribo (Royal Child), Gloria Marlowe (Wife), Jack Matthew (Priest), Carolyn Maye (Wife), Len Mence (Phra Alack), Helen Merritt (Wife), Michiko (Angel "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Helen Murielle (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Ed Preston (Priest), Orlando Rodriguez (Royal Child), Corrine St. Denis (Royal Child, Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Johnny Stewart (Prince Chulalongkorn), Nora Suarez (Royal Child), Prue Ward (Royal Dancer "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Bunny Warner (Royal Child), Phyllis Wilcox (Wife), Dusty Worrall (Uncle Thomas "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet), Yuriko (Eliza "Small House of Uncle Thomas" Ballet). Understudies: Constance Carpenter (Anna Leonowens), Joseph Caruso (Lun Tha), Leonard Graves (The King of Siam), Norma Karkin (Lady Thiang), Gloria Marlowe (Tuptim), Jack Matthew (The Interpreter), Len Mence (Captain Orton, Sir Edward Ramsey, The Kralahome), Ed Preston (Phra Alack) and Herbie Walsh (Louis Lenowens).
- (1950) She acted in Arthur Macrae's play, "Traveller's Joy," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Dennis King in the cast.
- (1939) She acted in Samson Rafaelson's play, "Skylark," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Donald Cook in the cast.
- (1940) She acted in Noel Coward's play, "Private Lives," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (1941) She acted in John Van Druten's play, "Behold We Live," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Philip Merivale in the cast.
- (1942) She acted in Noel Coward's play, "Fallen Angels," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (1946) She acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with John Williams in the cast.
- (1947) She acted in the play, "The Lady Maria," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (1949) She acted in Daphne DuMaurier's play, "September Tide," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (January 21, 1939) She acted in Rachel Crothers' play, "Susan and God," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Paul McGrath, Frank Fenton, John D. Seymour, Eleanor Audley, Fred Leslie, Edith Atwater, David Byrne, and Nancy Coleman in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Hattie Carnegie was costume designer. Rachel Crothers was also director.
- (October 2, 1939) She acted in Samson Raphaelson's play, "Skylark," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (November 24, 1942) She acted in Moss Hart, Ira Gershwin, and Kurt Weill's musical, "Lady in the Dark," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (January 1, 1945) She acted in the play, "Errand for Bernice," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
- (April 28, 1947) She acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
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