- (1916 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1916) Stage Play: The Master. Written by Benjamin Glazer [credited as Benjamin F. Glazer]. From the German of Hermann Bahr. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Bandbox Theatre from 8 Jan 1917- close): 5 Dec 1916- Jan 1917 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles [erroneously credited as Edward Abels], Royal Byron, Arnold Daly, Carl Eckstrom, William Frederic, George Gaston, Charles Halton, Edyth Latimer, Florence Oakley, Edna May Oliver [Broadway debut], Ramsey Wallace, Philip Wood. Produced by The Estate of Henry B. Harris.
- (1917) Stage Play: Oh, Boy. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Directed by Edward Royce. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 19/ Nov 1917- close): 20 Feb 1917- 30 Mar 1918 (463 performances). Cast: Marie Carroll (as "Lou Ellen Carter"), Austin Clark (as "Mr. Olaf Lauder"), Patrice Clark (as "Miss Iona Saxon"), Jeannette Cook (as "Miss Lottie Limmut"), Louise Cook, Marion Davies (as "Jane Packard"), Dorothy Dickson (as "Dance Specialty"), David Douglass, Ethel Forde (as "Miss Anna Thorpe"), Hal Forde (as "Jim Marvin"), Alden Glover Jr. (as "Mr. Ivan L. Ovanerve"), Evelyn Grieg (as "Miss Rhoda Byke"), Joseph Hadley (as "Mr. Will Hooper Rupp"), Augusta Haviland (as "Mrs. Carter"), Leo Howe, Kathryn Hurst (as "Miss Wanda Farr"), Carl Hyson (as "Dance Specialty"), Justine Johnstone (as "Polly Andrus"), Lillian Lavonne (as "Miss Annie Olde-Knight"), Clarence Lutz (as "Mr. Hugo Chaseit"), Carl Lyle (as "Briggs"), Stephen Maley (as "Constable Simms"), Margaret Mason (as "Miss Sheila Ryve"), Frank McGinn (as "Judge Daniel Carter"), Florence McGuire (as "Miss Georgia Spelvin"), Jack Merritt (as "A Club Waiter"), Ralph O'Brien (as "Mr. Phelan Fyne"), Edna May Oliver (as "Miss Penelope Budd"), Tom Powers (as "George Budd"), Kathryn Rahn (as "Miss Lotta Noyes"), Lillian Rice (as "Miss Billie Dew"), Marjorie Rolland (as "Miss B. Ava Little"), Anna Stone (as "Miss Inna Ford"), Anna Wheaton (as "Jackie Simpson"), Charles Yorkshire (as "Mr. Phil Ossify"). Produced by William Elliott and F. Ray Comstock. Note: Filmed as Oh Boy! (1919).
- (1919) Stage Play: The Rose of China. Musical comedy. Music by Armand Vecsey. Book by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Based on a play by Samuel Shipman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Shaw. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Directed by Robert Milton and Julian Mitchell. Lyric Theatre: 25 Nov 1919- 7 Jan 1920 (47 performances). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1920) Stage Play: My Golden Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frederic Arnold Kummer. Lyrics by Frederic Arnold Kummer. Musical Director: Philip James. Choreographed by Julian Alfred. Directed by J. Clifford Brooke. Nora Bayes Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 5 Apr 1920- close): 2 Feb 1920- 1 May 1920 (105 performances). Cast: Eileen Adaire (as "Chorus"), Robert Archibald (as "Chorus"), Raymond Barrett (as "Martin"), Helen Bolton (as "Helen Randolph"), Adele Boulais (as "Lois Booth"), Marie Carroll (as "Peggy Mitchell"), Evelyn Cavanaugh (as "Kitty Mason"), Robina Davidson (as "Chorus"), Viola Degnan (as "Chorus"), Jeannette Dietrich (as "Chorus"), Richard Dore (as "Capt. Paul de Bazin"), Gladys Hart (as "Chorus"), Caroline Holton (as "Chorus"), Flo Howard (as "Chorus"), Yvonne LaGrange (as "Chorus"), Eastman McRoy (as "Chorus"), Victor Morley (as "Arthur Mitchell"), Robert Emmett O'Connor [credited as Robert O'Connor] (as "Wilson"), Edna May Oliver (as "Mrs. Judson Mitchell"), Trixie Packard (as "Chorus"), Peggy Schramm (as "Chorus"), Edward See (as "Mr. Pullinger"), Ned Sparks [credited as Ned A. Sparks] (as "Mr. Hanks"), William Strubain (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Tierney (as "Blanche"), George Trabert (as "Howard Pope"), Harold Vizard (as "Mr. Clarence Swan"), Loretta Walsh (as "Chorus"), Norma Eve Warrington (as "Chorus"), Marcia White (as "Chorus"), Victoria White (as "Mildred Ray"). Produced by Harry Wardell.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Half Moon. Musical comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Wait 'Til We're Married. Comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Her Salary Man. Comedy. Written by Forrest Rutherford. Directed by Harry Andrews. Cort Theatre: 28 Nov 1921- Dec 1921 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Donald Call, Grace Carlyle (as "Drucilla Willis"), Dudley Clement, Will Deming, Nina Gleason, Donald Hall, Hedley Hall, Thomas E. Jackson (as "Dick Barry"), Edna May Oliver (as "Mrs. Sophie Perkins"), Ruth Shepley, Hope Sutherland, H.B. Thomas, A.H. Van Buren (as "John Brown/Bunny"), Mae Washburne. Produced by John Cort.
- (1922) Stage Play: Wild Oats Lane. Melodrama. Written by George Broadhurst. Based on the story "The Gambling Chaplain" by Gerald Beaumont. Directed by Lillian Trimble Bradley. Broadhurst Theatre: 6 Sep 1922- Sep 1922 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Macklyn Arbuckle (as "Father Joe"), Richard Barbee (as "The Up-and-Down Kid"), James Bradbury, Pauline Breustedt, Marion Coakley, Daniel Davis, Florence Earle, John Ellis, Thomas Gun, James Jefferson, Camilla Lyon, Howard Nugent, Margaret Nugent, Edna May Oliver (as "June"), Hope Sutherland, Edna Von Buelow, Judith Vosselli, Douglas Wood. Produced by George Broadhurst.
- (1923) Stage Play: Icebound. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Sam Forrest. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 10 Feb 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/145 performances). Cast: Robert Ames, Eva Condon (as "Sadie Fellows"), Laurence Eddinger (as "Doctor Curtis"), Charles Henderson, Andrew J. Lawlor Jr., Lottie Linthicum, Frances Neilson, Edna May Oliver (as "Hannah"), Phyllis Povah (as "Jane Crosby"), Willard Robertson (as "Judge Bradford"), John Westley, "Boots" Wooster. Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Icebound (1924).
- (1925) Stage Play: Cradle Snatchers. Comedy/farce. Written by Norma Mitchell and Russell G. Medcraft. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Directed by Sam Forrest. Music Box Theatre: 7 Sep 1925- Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/332 performances). Cast: Mary Boland (as "Susan Martin"), Willard Barton, Humphrey Bogart (as "Jose Vallejo"), Moon Carroll, Gene Raymond [credited as Raymond Guion] (as "Oscar Nordholm"), Raymond Hackett, Myra Hampton (as "Elinor"), Stanley Jessup (as "Howard Drake"), Mary Loane, Margaret Loane, Margaret Moreland, Mary Murray, Edna May Oliver (as "Ethel Drake"), Cecil Owen (as "George Martin"), Gerald Phillips. Produced by Sam Harris, in arrangement with Hassard Short. Note: Filmed as The Cradle Snatchers (1927). Theatre owned and operated by Sam H. Harris and Irving Berlin [Mr. Berlin had no involvement with production].
- (1927) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Material adaption by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan and Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927- 4 May 1929 (572 performances). Cast: Jules Bledsoe (as "Joe"), Alan Campbell, Bert Chapman, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Ted Daniels, Dorothy Denese, Charles Ellis (as "Steve"), Robert Farley, Estelle Floyd, Tommy Gunn (as "Vallon"), Annette Harding, Annie Hart, Aunt Jemima, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Francis X. Mahoney, Howard Marsh, Helen L. Morgan (as "Julie"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Dolly"), Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Eva Puck, Mildred Schewenke, Eleanor Shaw, Phil Sheridan (as "Gambler"), Norma Terris, Sammy White, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"), Jack Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed as Show Boat (1929) and more notably as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Later filmed by MGM (lavishly, if somewhat truncated musically) as Show Boat (1951).
- (1932) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Book adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Directors: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932- 22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd (as "Ethel"), Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella, Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubberface Smith") Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan (as "Julie"), Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks") [final Broadway role], Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck (as "Ellie"), Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Paul Robeson (as "Joe"), Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris (as "Magnolia"), Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker [final Broadway role], Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White (as "Frank Schultz"), Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Capt. Andy"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Notes: (1) Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65. (2) Previously filmed by Universal Pictures as Show Boat (1929) and more notably later as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Filmed again as Show Boat (1951).
- (9/22/1941) Radio: Appeared (as Sarah MacMillan) in a "Lux Radio Theater" broadcast of "Lydia".
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