- (1921 - 1960) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: The Idle Inn. Book by Peretz Hirschbein. Book adapted by Isaac Goldberg and Louis Wolheim. Plymouth Theatre: 20 Dec 1921- Jan 1922 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Shirley Albert, Jacob Ben-Ami (as "Eisik"), Julius Bliech, Juliet Brenon, A.M. Bush, George Casselberry, Lucy English, Margaret Fareleigh, Frohman Foster, Anton Grubman, Lionel Hogarth, Stanley Howlett, Elizabeth Hunt, Sam Jaffe (as "Leibush"), Whitford Kane (as "Schakne"), Alice Kiesler, Jacob Kingsbury (as "Guest"), Ellen Larned, Andrey Lensky, David Leonard, Eva MacDonald, Gertrude Mann, Bella Nodell, Daisy Rieger, Gregory Robbins, Edward G. Robinson (as "Mendel"), Joanna Roos (as "Esther") [Broadway debut], Philip Scherman, William Schukin, Leon Seidenberg, Henry Sharp, Mary Shaw, Henry Simons, Maud Sinclair, Bennie Wagschall, Boris Weiner, Ottie Wetter, Leo Witko, Louis Wolheim (as "Bendet"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Green Ring. Comedy. Based on the Russian of Zinaida Hippius. Neighborhood Playhouse: 4 Apr 1922- Apr 1922 (closing date unknown/30 performances). Cast: Millie Butterfield, Albert Carroll (as "Sergei Tarasof"), Frances Diamond, Stanley Forde (as "Vassili Vozzhin"), Robert Forsyth, Pamela Gaythorne, Edwin Kasper, Lily Lubell, Ian Maclaren, Aline MacMahon (as "Matilda"), Philip Mann, Junius Matthews, John McGovern, Esther Mitchell, Frances Neilson, Joanna Roos, Paula Trueman.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Player Queen. Farce. Written by William Butler Yeats. Neighborhood Playhouse: 16 Oct 1923- Nov 1923 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Charner Batson (as "Big Countryman"), John Campbell, Leonard Carey, Albert Carroll, Dennis Cleugh, Frances Cowles, Douglas Garden, Reba Garden, Pamela Gaythorne, Alfred Hagnauer, Perry Ivins (as "First Poet/Old Beggar"), Ruth Lee, Lily Lubell, Aline MacMahon (as "Decima"), Philip Mann, Esther Mitchell, Marion Morehouse, Arthur Reed, John Francis Roche, Joanna Roos, Adeline Ruby, Ann Schmidt, John Scott, Blanche Talmud, John Taylor, Charles Wagner, Dan Walker, Polaire Weissmann, Martin Wolfson (as "Musician") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Neighborhood Players.
- (1923) Stage Play: This Fine-Pretty World. Drama. Written by Percy MacKaye. Neighborhood Playhouse: 26 Dec 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/33 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Beem Spaulding"), George Brett, Reginald Carrington, Albert Carroll, John Crawford, Reba Garden, Rhody Melindy, Pamela Gaythorne, Grace Hooper, Perry Ivins, Remon La Joie, Robert Le Sueur, Lily Lubell, Aline MacMahon (as "Mag Maggot"), T. Lewis McMichael, Esther Mitchell, Marion Morehouse, John Francis Roche, Joanna Roos (as "Goldie Shoop"), William Stahl, Charles Wagner, Dan Walker, Polaire Weissmann, A.T. Wenning.
- (1924) Stage Play: Grand Street Follies. Musical revue/burlesque. Music by Lily Hyland. Book by Agnes Morgan. Lyrics by Agnes Morgan. Additional lyrics by Dan Walker and Ann MacDonald. Costume Design by Aline Bernstein. Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein. Mask Design by Jo Davidson and Marjorie Content. Choreographed by Albert Carroll. Neighborhood Playhouse: 20 May 1924- 30 Nov 1924 (172 performances). Cast: Helen Arthur, Sophie Bernsohn, George Bratt, Albert Carroll, Edla Frankau, Sol Friedman, George Heller, Grace Hooper, Sophie Hurwitz, Edgar Kent, Edmond Kent, Florence Levine, Lily Lubell, Aline MacMahon, Philip Mann, Ella Markowitz, Junius Matthews, Esther Mitchell, Agnes Morgan, Adrienne Morrison, Evan Mosher, Betty Prescott, Edmond Rickett, John Francis Roche, Joanna Roos, Ann Schmidt, John Scott, Hadra Spelvin, William Stahl, Paula Trueman, Bertha Tuite, Dan Walker, Polaire Weissmann, Martin Wolfson. Produced by The Neighborhood Playhouse.
- (1925) Stage Play: Loggerheads. Comedy. Written by Ralph Cullinan. Cherry Lane Theatre: 9 Feb 1925- Apr 1925 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Earle House (as "Christie Barrett"), Gail Kane (as "Ellen Halpin"), Whitford Kane (as "Corny Halpin"), Barry Macollum (as "Padna Collins"), Joanna Roos (as "Norah Halpin"). Produced by Whitford Kane and Barry Macollum.
- (1926) Stage Play: Makropoulos Secret. Written by Randal C. Burrett. Based on "Komedie" by Karel Capek. Directed by Charles Hopkins. Charles Hopkins Theatre: 2 Jan 1926- Mar 1926 (unknown closing date/88 performances). Cast: Harry Davenport (as "Dr. Kolenaty"), Donald Duff, Ullrich Haupt, Eric Johns, William B. Mack, Helen Menken, Grace Halsey Mills, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Joanna Roos, Arthur Steele, Lester Vail, Fritz Williams. Produced by Charles Hopkins. Produced in association with Herman Gantvoort.
- (1927) Stage Play: Lovers and Enemies. Comedy/tragedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: Grand Street Follies. Musical revue. Book by Agnes Morgan. Lyrics by Agnes Morgan. Music by Max Ewing, Lily Hyland and Serge Walter. Directed by Agnes Morgan. Booth Theatre: 28 May 1928- Oct 1928 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Vera Allen, George Bratt, Hal Brogan, James Cagney, Albert Carroll, Frances Cowles, Jean Crittenden, Laura Emond, Richard Ford, Edla Frankau, Harold Hecht, George Heller, George Hoag, Otto Hulett, Milton Le Roy, Marc Loebell, Lily Lubell, Ruth McConkie, Michael McCormick, Harold Minjir, Mae Noble, Joanna Roos, John Rynee, Dorothy Sands, Blake Scott, Paula Trueman, Mary Williams. Produced by Actors-Managers, Inc.
- (1929) Stage Play: Veneer. Drama.
- (1930) Stage Play: Uncle Vanya. Drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov, as adapted by Rose Caylor. Directed by Jed Harris. Booth Theatre: 22 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Ilya Ilyich Telegin, Waffles"), Walter Connolly (as "Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky, Vanya"), Lillian Gish (as "Yelena Andreyevna"), Isabel Irving (as "Maria Vasilyevna Voinitskaya"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Servant"), Kate Mayhew (as "Maryina, Nanny"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mikhail lvovich Astrov"), Eugene Powers (as "Alexander Vladimirovich Serebryakov"), Joanna Roos (as "Sofya Alexandrovna, Sonya"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1930) Stage Play: Schoolgirl. Comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Washington Heights. Drama.
- (1931) Stage Play: Little Women. Drama (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Life Begins. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Picnic. Written by Gretchen Damrosch. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Directed by Kaye Lowe. National Theatre: 2 May 1934- 3 May 1934 (2 performances). Cast: Jean Adair, Frieda Altman (as "Mademoiselle"), Olive Corn, Esther Dale, Marvin Kline, Fred Leslie, Millard Mitchell (as "Guba"), Hugh Rennie, Joanna Roos (qs "Vera"), Jan Ullrich, Percy Waram. Produced by Arthur J. Beckhard.
- (1934) Stage Play: Tight Britches. Drama. Written by John Taintor Foote and Hubert Hays. Directed by Miriam Doyle. Avon Theatre: 11 Sep 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Doan Borrup (as "Jesse Cabe"), Frank Camp (as "Brad Palmer"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Fairdy Tabor"), Robert Harrison (as "Doctor Clem Hooper"), Arthur Hughes (as "Jarvie Tabor"), Boris Marshalov (as "Kom Kirrah"), Virginia Milne (as "Lou Cabe"), Joanna Roos (as "Sallie Tabor"), Shepperd Strudwick (as "Ulys Palmer"), Ethel Wilson (as "Vistic Edney").
- (1935) Stage Play: Panic. Tragedy. Written by Archibald Macleish. Choral movement by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by James Light. Imperial Theatre: 14 Mar 1935-15 Mar 1935 (2 performances). Cast: Wesley Addy (as "Unemployed Man"), Osceola Archer, Amelia Barleon, Elaine Basil, Robin Batcheller, Abner Biberman (as "Unemployed Man"), William Challee, Russell Collins (as "A Man"), Walter Coy (as "Banker"), Margaret Craven, Joseph Eggenton, Paul Genge, George Glass, Clifford Heckinger, Dierdre Hurst, Zita Johann as "Ione"), Harold Johnsrud, Gerrit Kraber, Eva Langbord, Albert Lewis, Yisrol Libman, Margot Loines, Edward Mann, Rose McClendon, Harold McGee, Elizabeth Morrison, Gordon Nelson, John O'Shaughnessy, LaVerne Pine, Beatrice Pons (as "Female Chorus"), Joanna Roos (as "A Girl"), 'Arthur Singer (I)', Lucille Strudwick, Karl Swenson (as "A Young Man"), Mary Tarcai, Jerome Thor, Paula Trueman, Orson Welles (as "McGafferty"), Virginia Welles, Richard Whorf (as "Griggs"), Dane Clark [credited as Bernard Zanville] (as "A Young Man"). Produced by Phoenix Theatre Inc.
- (1936) Stage Play: Black Widow. Drama. Written by Samuel John Park. Scenic Design by Louis Kennel. Directed by Miriam Doyle. Mansfield Theatre: 12 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: King Calder (as "Detective Sergeant Whaler"), Walter Davis (as "Medical Examiner Lorris"), Bruce Desmond (as "Patrolman"), Lucille La Verne (as "Dr. Emma Koloich"), Joanna Roos (as "Katherine"), Stanley Smith (as "Carl Koloich"), Michael Stone (as "Jennie Mason"), A.H. Van Buren (as "Professor"), Keenan Wynn (as "Detective Garner"). Produced by Thomas Kilpatrick.
- (1936) Stage Play: Daughters of Atreus. Tragedy.
- (1938) Stage Play: Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Historical drama.
- (1944) Stage Play: War President. Written by Nat Sherman. Directed by Wendell K. Phillips. Shubert Theatre: 24 Apr 1944- 25 Apr 1944 (2 performances). Produced by The Escholiers and The Experimental Theatre, Inc.
- (1946) Stage Play: Joan of Lorraine. Historical drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Costume Design by Lee Simonson; Lighting Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Margo Jones. Alvin Theatre: 18 Nov 1946- 10 May 1947 (199 performances). Cast: Ingrid Bergman (as "Mary Grey/Joan"), Romney Brent (as "Les Ward/The Dauphin"), Sam Wanamaker (as "Jimmy Masters, the Director/The Inquisitor"), Joanna Albus (as "Miss Sadler/St. Margaret"), Gilmore Bush (as "Al, the Stage Manager"), Ann Coray (as "Miss Reeves/St. Catherine"), Roger De Koven (as "Jeffson/Georges de Tremoille"), Charles Ellis (as "Charles Elling/Durand Laxart"), Bruce Hall (as "Jo Cordwell/Jean D'Arc"), Peter Hobbs (as "The Electrician, Bertrand de Poulengy"), Harry Irvine (as "Kipner/Regnault de Chartres, Archbishop of Rheims"), Timothy Lynn Kearse (as "Tessie, èe Assistant Stage Manager, Aurore"), Berry Kroeger (as "Sheppard, Alain Chartier"), Lewis Martin (as "Abbey/Jaques D'Arc; Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais"), Kevin McCarthy (as "Long Dunois, Bastard of Orleans"), Stephen Roberts (as "Smith, Thomas de Courcelles"), Martin Rudy (as "Noble, La Hire"), Arthur L. Sachs (as "Farwell/Jean de Metz; The Executioner"), Lotte Stavisky (as "Marie, the Costumer"), Kenneth Tobey (as "Dollner/Pierre D'Arc"), Brooks West (as "Quirke St. Michael, D'Estivet"), Joseph Wiseman (as "Champlain, Father Massieu"). Replacement actors: Terese Hayden (as "Tessie, èe Assistant Stage Manager"), Joanna Roos (as "Miss Sadler"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Kurt Weill, John F. Wharton). Note: The play was made into the 1948 Ingrid Bergman film Joan of Arc (1948). However, in the film, each actor played only one role, not two, as in the play.
- (1957) Stage Play: Orpheus Descending. Drama. Written by Tennessee Williams. Incidental music by Chuck Wayne. Incidental music arranged by John Mehegan. Music for "Heavenly Grass" by Paul Bowles. Lyrics for "Heavenly Grass" by Tennessee Williams. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting Design by A.H. Feder. Directed by Harold Clurman. Martin Beck Theatre: 21 Mar 1957- 18 May 1957 (68 performances). Cast: R.G. Armstrong (as "Sheriff Talbott"), Virgilia Chew (as "Nurse Porter"), David Clarke (as "Dog Hamma"), Crahan Denton (as "Jabe Torrance"), Elizabeth Eustis (as "Dolly Hamma"), Mary Farrell (as "Sister Temple"), Nell Harrison (as "Eva Temple"), Albert Henderson (as "1st Man"), Warren Kemmerling (as "Pee Wee Binnings"), John Marriott (as "Uncle Pleasant"), Janice Mars (as "Woman"), Cliff Robertson (as "Val Xavier"), Joanna Roos (as Vee Talbott"), Jane Rose (as "Beulah Binnings"), Lois Smith (as "Carol Cutrere"), Maureen Stapleton (as "Lady Torrance"), Beau Tilden (as "Mr. Dubinsky"), Charles Tyner (as "2nd Man"), Robert Webber (as "David Cutrere"). Produced by The Producers Theatre and Robert Whitehead.
- (1960) Stage Play: Peer Gynt. Book by Henrik Ibsen. English version by Norman Ginsbury. Incidental music by David Amram. Phoenix Theatre: 12 Jan 1960- 7 Feb 1960 (32 performances). Produced by Theatre Incorporated (T. Edward Hambleton and Norris Houghton, Managing Directors).
- (August 1936) She acted in Marian De Forest's play, "Erstwhile Susan," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Lillian Foster, Wilfred Seagram and Thomas W. Ross in the cast.
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