- (1927 - 1953) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1927) Stage Play: Chauve-Souris. Special Production. Music arranged by Alexei Archangelsky. Musical Director: S. Koran. Music by Alexei Archangelsky. Featuring songs by Varlamoff, V. Bernardi, Aliabieff, Alexander Constantinovitch Glazunoff and Albenitz. Drected by Nikita Balieff. Cosmopolitan Theatre: 10 Oct 1927- 17 Dec 1927 (80 performances). Cast: Mme. Birse, Mr. Dedovitch, Mme. Deykarhanova, Mme. Efimovskaya, Mme. Ershova, Tamara Geva [Broadway debut], Mr. Gorodetsky, Mr. Goukovsky, Mme. Gramnotina, Mme. Kandaky, Mme. Karabanova, Mme. Kommissarjevskaya, Mr. Kondratieff, Mr. Lepoukhin, Willi Mir, F. Shevtchenko, Akim Tamiroff, Mr. Tcherniavsky, Mr. Terestchenko, Mme. Vladmirskaya, Mr. Zotoff. Produced by F. Ray Comstock [final Broadway credit] and Morris Gest.
- (1928) Stage Play: Whoopee! Musical comedy. Material adaption by William Anthony McGuire. Based on "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis. Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Dialogue directed by William Anthony McGuire. Dances and Ensembles Staged by Seymour Felix. Directed by Seymour Felix. New Amsterdam Theatre: 4 Dec 1928- 23 Nov 1929 (407 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor, Jean Ackerman, Josephine Adair, Sylvia Adam, Colette Ayers, Agnes Ayres, Mabel Baade, Peggy Bancroft, Elsie Behrens, Olive Brady, Ann Brown, Dorothy Brown, Sam Bunin, Katherine Burke, Spencer Charters, Chief Caupolican, Frank Colletti, Marie Conway, Mary Coyle, Myrna Darby, Ruth Downey, Betty Dumbris, Madeline Dunbar, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Erickson, Ruth Etting, Harold Ettos, Muriel Flood, Hazel Forbes, Bob Forte, Tamara Geva, Jack Gifford, Gladys Glad, Betty Gray, Muriel Gray, Paul Gregory, Edouard Grobe, Francis Guinan, Albert Hackett (as "Chester Underwood"), Vivian Hall, James P. Houston, Meredith Howard, Don Hudson, Tom Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Elenor Hunt, George Huntington, Jack James, Mary Jane, Louise Joyce, Lillian Knight, David Labris, Wynne Lark, Helen Lehigh, Tom Leventhal, Jack Lewis, Olga Loft, Elaine Mann, Chas. Mayon, Freda Mierse, Frieda Mierse, Gwendolyn Milne, Joe Minitello, Louis Morrell, Catherine Moylan, Edward Nadeau, Pat O'Day, Agnes O'Laughlin, Lillian Ostrum, Connie Owens, Dorothy Paterson, Dorothy Patterson, Charles Pettinger, Will H. Philbrick, Valerie Raemier, Pauline Ray, Bob Rice, Rita Riecker, Marion Roberts, Waldo Roberts, Jerry Rogers, Irving Ross, Jack Rutherford, Jack Shaw, Ethel Shutta, Adele Smith, Frances Upton, Helen Walsh, Matt Webster, Bobbe Weeks, Bobbie Wellsley, Gil White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company [distributed by United Artists] as Whoopee! (1930).
- (1930) Stage Play: Three's a Crowd. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Material by Howard Dietz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Selwyn Theatre: 15 Oct 1930- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/272 performances). Cast: Fred Allen, Joan Clement, Marybeth Conoly, Wally Coyle, Rene Du Plessis, Tamara Geva, Portland Hoffa, Libby Holman, Alan Jones, Parcy Launders, Margaret Lee, Fred MacMurray, Harold Moffet, Herb Montei, Earl Oxford, Amy Revere, Clifton Webb, Lou Wood. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1932) Stage Play: Flying Colors. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. Material by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. "On the American Plan" written in collaboration with George S. Kaufman. "Bon Voyage" and "The Salesman" written in collaboration with Corey Ford. "Lost in the Crowd" written in collaboration with Charles Sherman. Dances and Ensembles staged by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Howard Dietz. Imperial Theatre: 15 Sep 1932- 25 Jan 1933 (188 performances). Cast: Charles Butterworth, Tamara Geva, Patsy Kelly, Clifton Webb, Larry Adler, Alfreda Allman, June Blossom, Vera Bracken, Elsie Burrows, Phyllis Cameron, Helen Carrington, Janet Carver, Florence Chumbecos, Imogene Coca, Lucille Cole, Aida Conkey, Muriel Cook, Leonore Cox, Maxine Darrow, Mildred Davenport, Dorothy Dodd, Nancy Dolin, Lillian Duncan, Enez Early, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Lloyd Ericson, Jackie Godfreyer, Ruth Gormley, Wilhelmina Gray, Consuello Harris, Bobby Johns, David Johns, George Kirk, Katherine Laughlin, Philip Loeb, George Magis, Irene McBride, William Miley, Evelyn Monte, Monette Moore, Katherine Mullowny, Frances Nevins, Myrtle Quinland, George Raymond, Carol Renwick, Wilma Roeloff, Jean Sargent, Morrie Siegel, Dolores Townsend, Rosalie Trego, Albertina Vitak, John Walsh, Elida Webb, Teddy West, Dora White, Virginia Whitmore, Jay Wilson, Lucille Wilson, Billie Yarbo. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1933) Stage Play: A Divine Drudge. Drama. Written by Vicki Baum and John Golden. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by John Golden. Royale Theatre: 26 Oct 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Niko"), Ralf Belmont, John Blair, Roman Bohnen (as "Markus"), Mady Christians (as "Liza"), Tamara Geva (as "Lania"), Josephine Hull (as "Frau Klapstuhl"), Gerald Kent, Victor Kilian (as "Lungaus"), James Lane, Frank Monroe, Minor Watson (as "Karl Kruppe"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Red Cat. Drama. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Broadhurst Theatre: 19 Sep 1932- Sep 1934 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast included: Wylie Adams (as "Perishot"), Marianne Davis (as "Gabrielle"), Lewis Dayton (as "Second Servant"), Florence Edney (as "Josephine"), Tamara Geva (as "Mimi"), Frederick Graham (as "Monsieur Paulet"), Porter Hall (as "John Carteris") [final Broadway role], Lorraine Hayes (as "Tillie"), Francis Lister (as "Baron Fernand Cassini/Eugene Charlier"), Rex O'Malley (as "Marquis Rene De Lac"), Barnett Parker (as "Morrisot"), Gerald Oliver Smith (as "François"), Louis Tanno (as "Victor"), Edith Trivers (as "Pauline"), Ruth Weston (as "Genevieve/Baroness Cassini"), Barry O'Moore (as "Henri Beneffe"). Produced by A.H. Woods. Produced in association with 20th Century Pictures Corp. [newly founded by Darryl F. Zanuck and would soon merge with the ailing Fox Film Corp.]
- (1935) Stage Play: Alma Mater. Musical/ballet. Music by Kay Swift. Written by Edward M.M. Warburg. Costume Design by John Held Jr.. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Adelphi Theatre: 1 Mar 1935- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Leda Anchutina, Ruthanna Boris, Edward Caton, Elena De Rivas, William Dollar, Tamara Geva, Giselle, Paul Haakon, Holly Howard, Charles Laskey, Boris Levinoff, Eugene Loring, Annabelle Lyon, Katherine Mallowney, Elise Reiman, Heidi Vosseler. Produced by The American Ballet Company.
- (1936) Stage Play: On Your Toes. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott and Lorenz Hart. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Directed by Worthington Miner. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 9 Nov 1936 to close): 11 Apr 1936- 23 Jan 1937 (315 performances). Cast: Ray Bolger (as "Phil Dolan III/Hoofer/"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet), Doris Carson, Luella Gear (as "Peggy Porterfield"), Tamara Geva (as "Vera Barnova/Princess Zenobia/Princess Zenobia Ballet/Strip Tease Girl/"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet), Monty Woolley (as "Sergei Alexandrovitch"), William Baker, Libby Bennett, May Block, Edward Brinkman, William Broder, Jill Christie, George Church, Fred Danieli, Nick Dennis (as "Thug"), Dorothy Denton, Henry Dick, Enes Earley, Eleanor Fiata, Marjorie Fisher, Robert H. Forsythe, Gloria Franklin, Basil Galahoff, Dorothy Hall, Ethel Hampton, Harold Haskin, Harold Haskins, Dave Jones, Grace Kaye, Tyrone Kearney, Joan Keenan, Isabelle Kimpal, Betty Lee, Bob Long, Gertrude Magee, Russ Milton, Julian Mitchell, Marie Monnig, David Morris, Frances Nevins, Mae Noble, Harry Peterson, Jack Quinn, Carole Renwick, Patsy Schenck, Ursula Seiler, Robert Sidney, Betty Jane Smith, Guy Stanion, Drucilla Strain, Valery Streshnev, Dorothy Thomas, Beau Tilden (as "Call Boy/Thug/Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Demetrios Vilan, William Wadsworth, Davenie Watson, Amy Weber, Alma Wertley, George Young. Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Filmed as On Your Toes (1939).
- (1944) Stage Play: Peepshow. Comedy. Written by Ernest Pascal [final Broadway credit]. Directed by David Burton. Fulton Theatre: 3 Feb 1944- 26 Feb 1944 (28 performances). Cast: Edward Broadley (as "Porter") [final Broadway role], Elizabeth Dewing (as "Nurse"), John Emery (as "Jonathan Mallet"), Tamara Geva (as "Leonie Cobbe"), Dayton Lummis (as "Waiter"), Lionel Monagas (as "Julius"), Joan Tetzel (as "Jessica Broome"), David Wayne (as "His Conscience"), Dwight Weist (as "Tommy Cobbe"). Produced by Ernest Pascal and Samuel Bronston.
- (1950) Stage Play: Pride's Crossing. Drama.
- (1953) Stage Play: Misalliance. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Production Supervised by Lemuel Ayers. Scenic Design by John Boyt. Directed by Cyril Ritchard. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 6 Mar 1953- 27 Jun 1953 (130 performances). Cast: Tamara Geva (as "Lina Szczepanowska") [final Broadway role], Barry Jones (as "John Tarleton"), Richard Kiley (as "Joey Percival, an aviator"), Roddy McDowall (as "Bentley Summerhays"), Dorothy Sands (as "Mrs. Tarleton"), William Redfield (as "Johnny Tarleton"), Jan Farrand (as "Hypatia Tarleton"), Jerome Kilty (as "Gunner"), Richard Purdy (as "Lord Summerhays"). Replacement cast: Bramwell Fletcher (as "Lord Summerhays"). Produced by New York City Drama Company (Albert Marre: Artistic Director).
- London with Raymond Massey in the stage premiere of Robert E. Sherwood's antiwar play "Idiot's Delight" in 1938.
- (1933) She acted in Vicki Baum's play, "The Divine Drudge," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Mady Christians and Sam Jaffe in the cast.
- (1935) She acted in Samson Raphaelson's play, "Accent on Youth," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Donald Brien in the cast.
- (1937) She acted in Robert Wallstein's play, "Marriage Royal," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Margaret Anglin and Martha Scott in the cast.
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