- (1928 - 1958) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1928) Stage Play: Treasure Girl. Musical comedy. Book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Music by George Gershwin. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. At the Pianos: Victor Arden and Phil Ohman. Alvin Theatre: 8 Nov 1928- 5 Jan 1929 (68 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Nitza Andre, Sidney Ayres, Charles Barron, Marcia Bell, Edwin Bidwell, Frank G. Bond, Claire Carroll, Jean Carroll, Walter Catlett (as "Larry Hopkins"), Betty Clark, Peggy Conklin (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Cleo Cullen, Constance Cummings, Norman Curtis, Eugene Day, Dotte DeSykva, John Dunsmure, Kathleen Edwardes, Evelyn Farrell, Stephen Francis, Virginia Franck, Paul Frawley, Sherry Gale, E.M. Gall, Victor Garland, Regis Geary, Bob Gebhardt, Ferris Hartman, Mary Hay, Thomas Hodges, Alma Hookey, Edward Humbert, Joyce Johnson, Dorothy Jordan, Richard Keith, Adrienne Lampel, Gertrude Lawrence, William L. Mack, Lionel Maclyn, Helen Mann, Vida Manuel, Frances Markey, Mabel Martin, Isobel Mason, Pauline Mason, Ethel Maye, John McAvoy, Billy McCarver, Gertrude McDonald, Anabel McMann, Maureen McNeil, Lillian Michel, Jack Morton, Alfonso Mullarkey, Elsie Neal, Wilma Novak, Daniel O'Brien, Peggy O'Neill, Tony Otto, Ruth Penery, Edwin Preble, Peggy Quinn, Alli Raddigan, Marvyne Ray, Fritz Reinhard, Wilma Roeloff, W. Kenneth Shepard, Helen Sills, Sam Simpson, Kay Smythe, Florence Spink, Jack Stevens, Jacques Stone, Gwendolyn Vernon, Betty Vine, Sims Walker, Beryl Wallace, Walter Wandell, Clifton Webb (as "'Nat' McNally"), Betty Wright. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Little Show. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Choreographed by Daniel Dare. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Ruth Brenner. Orchestra directed by: Jacques Rabiroff. Music Box Theatre: 30 Apr 1929- Feb 1930 (closing date unknown/321 performances). Cast: Fred Allen, Paul Bissinger, Romney Brent, Adam Carroll, Joan Carter-Waddell, Peggy Conklin, Bettina Hall, Portland Hoffa, Libby Holman, Dorothy Humphreys, Kay Lazell, Helen Lynd, Jack McCauley [credited as John McCauley], Harold Moffat, Erik Rhodes [credited as Ernest Sharpe], Clifton Webb. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. Note: this show was one of the major Broadway hits of 1929 and propelled Clifton Webb and Libby Holman into top-ranked stars. Hit song: "Moanin' Low" (sung by Miss Holman).
- (1930) Stage Play: His Majesty's Car. Comedy. Written by Fanny Hatton and Frederic Hatton. From the Hungarian by Attila Von Orbok. Directed by Stanley Logan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 23 Oct 1930- Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Roman Arnoldoff (as "Alvarez"), Isabel Atwill (as "The Countess"), Arthur Barry (as "Von Werden"), Louise Bateman (as "The Baroness"), Peggy Conklin (as "Mitzi"), Edward Cradall (as "Robert Bardon"), Charles Croker-King (as "Ernest Dornik"), James Dunn (as "A Major-Domo"), Miriam Hopkins (as "Lily Dornik"), Anthony Kemble-Cooper (as "The King"), William Kershaw (as "Geo. Sappo"), Emile Littler (as "Reporter"), Gertrude Maitland (as "Mrs. Dornik"), Hugh Miller (as "Peter Hahn"), Wells Richardson (as "Cameraman"), Theodore St. John (as "Andre Dornik"), Herbert Standing (as "Strohn"), Marcella Swanson (as "Madelaine"), Lillian B. Tonge (as "Miss Marks"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1930) Stage Play: Purity. Drama. Written by Rene Wachthausen. Book adapted by Barre Dunbar and Ralph Roeder. Directed by Stanley Logan. Ritz Theatre: 25 Dec 1930- Jan 1931 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: Old Man Murphy. Comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Old Man Murphy. Comedy (revival).
- (1931) Stage Play: Hot Money. Comedy. Written by Aben Kandel. Directed by Bertram Harrison. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 7 Nov 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Arthur Albro (as "Colombo") [final Broadway role], Albert Bergh (as "Warren"), William E. Blake, Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Mike Donahey"), Peggy Conklin (as "Helen Wilson"), Robert W. Craig, Leo Daschbach, Willard Dashiell, Henry De Koven, Leo Donnelly, Allys Dwyer, Robert C. Fischer, Roger Girod, Sandy Goodwin, Suzanne Jackson, Jane M. Jonson, Harold Kennedy, Leo Kennedy, Roy Le May, R. Le Page, Joe Neale, Alexis M. Polianov, Al Rauh, Edwin Redding, George Rogers, Alma Ross (as "Mrs. Pachinelli"), Elaine Staggers, Martin Tarby, Clark Twelvetrees, Morton Ullman, Dorothy Vernon, Jack Winne, May Wood. Produced by James W. Elliott. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Vitaphone Corp as High Pressure (1932), by Hot Money (1936) [parallel French language production to High Pressure (1932)] as Le bluffeur (1932), and by Warner Bros. as Hot Money (1936).
- (1932) Stage Play: Mademoiselle. Written by Grace George. Based on the French of Jacques Deval. Directed by Clarence Derwent and Jacques DevalPlayhouse Theatre: 18 Oct 1932- Jan 1933 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: Alice Brady (as "Madame Galvosier"), Grace George (as "Mademoiselle"), A.E. Matthews, Thomas Beck (as "Maurice Galvoiser"), Peggy Conklin (as "Christine Galvosier"), May Marshall (as "Juliette"), Garda Olesen (as "Therese"), Frank Rothe (as "Valentin"), Lillian Savin (as "Helene"), Kenneth Treseder (as "Edouard"), Harold West (as "Georges Boutin"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Party's Over. Comedy. Written by Daniel Kusell. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by Howard Lindsay. Vanderbilt Theatre: 27 Mar 1927- May 1933 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander [credited as Katherine Alexander] (as "Mrs. Patricia Henley"), Ross Alexander (as "Martin"), Geoffrey Bryant (as "Clay Blakely"), Peggy Conklin (as "Phylis Blakely"), George Graham (as "Theodore Blakely"), Georgette Harvey (as "Beulah"), Hilda Plowright (as "Maid"), Effie Shannon (as "Mrs. Theodore Blakely"), G. Albert Smith (as "Oglethorpe"), Harvey Stephens (as "Bruce Blakely"), Claire Trevor (as "Betty"). Produced by Daniel Kusell. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corporation as The Party's Over (1934).
- (1933) Stage Play: The Ghost Writer. Written by Martin Mooney. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by Jo Graham. Theatre Masque: 19 Jun 1933- Jul 1933 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Mary Arden (as "Kitty"), Anthony Blair (as "Duffy"), Peggy Conklin (as "Peggy Winston"), Griffin Crafts (as "Jay Barnes"), Lynn Eswood (as "Betty"), Tom Fadden (as "Mike"), William Frawley (as "Joe Gordon") [final Broadway role], Ara Gerald (as "Claire Castell"), Madeline Grey (as "Mrs. Winston"), Frederick Lewis (as "A.H. McGee"), Louis Morrell (as "Edwin Preece"), Robert Pitkin (as "Dan Clayton"), Hal Skelly (as "Bill Harkins"), George Sweet (as "Jimmie Higgins"), Arthur J. Wood (as "Burke"), Clare Woodbury (as "Mrs. Klein"). Produced by F. Richard Hopkins and Walter Heyer.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Pursuit of Happiness. Comedy. Written by Alan Child and Isabelle Louden. Scenic Design by Livingston Platt. Directed by Miriam Doyle. Avon Theatre: 9 Oct 1933- May 1934 (closing date unknown/252 performances). Cast: Produced by Laurence Rivers Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Petrified Forest. Drama. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Broadhurst Theatre: 7 Jan 1935-Jun 1935 (closing date unknown/197 performances). Cast: Leslie Howard (as "Alan Squier") John Alexander (as "Joseph"), Humphrey Bogart (as "Duke Mantee"), Milo Boulton, Charles Dow Clark (as "Gramp Maple"), Peggy Conklin (as "Gabby Maple"), Guy Conradi (as "Hendy"), Aloysius Cunningham (as "Commander Klepp"), James Doody (as "Another Telegrapher"), Tom Fadden (as "Ruby"), Ross Hertz (as "Jackie"), Robert Hudson (as "Mr. Chisholm"), Eugene Keith (as "A Deputy"), Esther Leeming (as "Paula"), Frank Milan (as "Boze Hertzlinger"), Robert Porterfield (as "Herb"), Harry Sherwin (as "Another Deputy"), Blanche Sweet, Slim Thompson (as "Pyles"), Frank Tweddell (as "Sheriff"), Walter Vonnegut (as "Jason Maple"). Produced by Leslie Howard and Gilbert Miller. Produced in association with Arthur Hopkins. Note: Leslie Howard would insist that Bogart be retained in the role of Duke Mantee when the property was sold to Warner Brothers for its film adaptation (The Petrified Forest (1936)).
- (1936) Stage Play: Co-respondent Unknown. Written by Mildred Harris and Harold Goldman. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Kenneth MacKenna. Ritz Theatre: 11 Feb 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/121 performances). Cast: Ilka Chase (as "Sylvia Farren, Martin's wife"), Peggy Conklin (as "Hattie"), James Rennie, Tom Bate, Alice Buchanan, Marietta Canty, Ralph MacBane, Edward Marr, Phyllis Povah, Charles Scot, James Rennie, Richard Sterling, Martin Wolfson. Produced by Jo Mielziner.
- (1937) Stage Play: Yes, My Darling Daughter. Comedy.
- (1938) Stage Play: Casey Jones. Drama.
- (1939) Stage Play: Miss Swan Expects. Comedy.
- (1941) Stage Play: Mr. and Mrs. North. From the stories by Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Alfred De Liagre Jr.. Belasco Theatre: 12 Jan 1941- 31 May 1941 (163 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams, William Barry, Carter Blake, Peggy Conklin (as "Mrs. North"), Horace Cooper (as "Fuller Brush Man"), Owen Davis Jr., Gordon Duff, Harold Grau, Albert Hackett (as "Mr. North"), Don Haggerty, Stanley Jessup (as "Insp. O'Malley"), Catherine Lawrence, Lex Lindsay, Joan Marlowe, Lewis Martin, Millard Mitchell (as "Det. Mullins"), Philip Ober, Tito Vuolo, 'Frank Wilcox (I)', Barbara Woodell. Produced by Alfred De Liagre Jr. Note: Filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/Loew's Inc. as Mr. and Mrs. North (1942).
- ((1958). Stage Play: Howie. Comedy. Written by Phoebe Ephron. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Patton Campbell. Lighting Design by Frederick Fox. Business Manager: Victor Samrock. Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg. Directed by John Gerstad. 46th Street Theatre: 17 Sep 1958- 20 Sep 1958 (5 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Walter Simms"), Patricia Bosworth (as "Sally Simms"), Peggy Conklin (as "Edith Simms"), John Fiedler (as "Bill Pfeiffer"), Conard Fowkes (as "Joseph McNish"), Stephen Gray (as "Martin"), Maggie Grindell (as "Sylvia"), Abby Lewis (as "Martha Robinson"), Charles McDaniel (as "Announcer"), Robert Paschall Jr. (as "Victor"), Nicholas Pryor (as "Jimmie Keefe"), Gene Saks (as "Professor"), Albert Salmi (as "Howie Dickerson"), John D. Seymour (as "Joe Robinson"), Patricia Smith (as "Barbara Dickerson") [final Broadway role], Barbara Wilkin (as "Wendy"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard), James M. Slevin and John Gerstad.1958). Stage Play: Howie. Comedy. Written by Phoebe Ephron. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Patton Campbell. Lighting Design by Frederick Fox. Business Manager: Victor Samrock. Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg. Directed by John Gerstad. 46th Street Theatre: 17 Sep 1958- 20 Sep 1958 (5 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Walter Simms"), Patricia Bosworth (as "Sally Simms"), Peggy Conklin (as "Edith Simms") [final Broadway role], John Fiedler (as "Bill Pfeiffer"), Conard Fowkes (as "Joseph McNish"), Stephen Gray (as "Martin"), Maggie Grindell (as "Sylvia"), Abby Lewis (as "Martha Robinson"), Charles McDaniel (as "Announcer"), Robert Paschall Jr. (as "Victor"), Nicholas Pryor (as "Jimmie Keefe"), Gene Saks (as "Professor"), Albert Salmi (as "Howie Dickerson"), John D. Seymour (as "Joe Robinson"), Patricia Smith (as "Barbara Dickerson") [final Broadway role], Barbara Wilkin (as "Wendy"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard), James M. Slevin and John Gerstad.
- (1943) Stage Play: Feathers in a Gale. Comedy. Written by Pauline Jamerson and Reginald Lawrence. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Music Box Theatre: 21 Dec 1943- 25 Dec 1943 (7 performances). Cast: Stuart Brody (as "Felipe"), Alexander Campbell (as "Captain Ebenezer"), Peggy Conklin (as "Annabella Hallock"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Lucy Abner"), Edwin Cushman (as "Mr. Carey"), Harry Ellerbe (as "Reverend David Thatcher"), Richard Garrick (as "Josiah Abner"), John Hamilton (as "Zeb Hibbitt"), Louise Lorimer (as "Matilda Phinney"), Norman MacKay (as "Captain Seth Barnabas"), Aileen Poe (as "Abigail"), John Robb (as "Town Clerk"), Cyrus H. Staehle (as "Mr. Otis"), Paula Trueman (as "Phoebe Fuller"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins and Martin Burton.
- (1945) Stage Play: Alice in Arms. Comedy.
- (1950) Stage Play: The Wisteria Trees. Drama. Written by Joshua Logan. Based on "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical arrangements by Lehman Engel. Directed by Joshua Logan. Martin Beck Theatre: 29 Mar 1950- 16 Sep 1950 (165 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes, Walter Abel, Peggy Conklin, Kent Smith, Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott"), Georgia Burke, Vinie Burrows, Patsy Carol, Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Patricia DeCoursey, Maurice Ellis, Reri Grist, Ellen Cobb Hill, Bethel Leslie (as "Antoinette"), Emory S. Richardson, Ralph Robertson Jr., Maude Simmons, G. Albert Smith (as "Bowman Witherspoon"), Kitty Snapper, Elisa Toca, Irene Treadwill, Mary Vallee, Bentley Wallace, Douglas Watson, Duke Williams. Produced by Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan.
- (1953) Stage Play: Picnic. Comedy. Written by William Inge. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant Director: Marshall Jamison. Directed by Joshua Logan. Music Box Theatre: 19 Feb 1953- 10 Apr 1954 (477 performances). Cast: Ralph Meeker (as "Hal Carter"), Peggy Conklin (as "Flo Owens"), Eileen Heckart, Ruth McDevitt, Morris Miller, Paul Newman (as "Alan Seymour") [Broadway debut], Arthur O'Connell (as "Howard Bevans"), Janice Rule (as "Madge Owens"), Reta Shaw, Kim Stanley (as "Millie Owens"), Elizabeth Wilson. Replacement actors: Sandra Church, Dulcie Cooper (as "Irma Kronkite"), Betty Lou Holland (as "Millie Owens"), Eleanor Phelps. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors) and Joshua Logan. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corp. as Picnic (1955).
- (1958) Stage Play: Howie. Comedy.
- (1936) She aced in Miriam Harris and Harold Goldman's play, "Co-Respondent Unknown," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with James Rennis in the cast.
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