- (1938 - 1966) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1938) Stage Play: The Two Bouquets. Musical/operetta. Book by Eleanor Farjeon and Herbert Farjeon. Lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon and Herbert Farjeon. Musical Director: Macklin Morrow. Dances Staged by Leslie French. Directed by Marc Connelly. Windsor Theatre: 31 May 1938- 16 Jul 1938 (55 performances). Cast: Jane Archer (as "Flora Grantley/Ensemble"), Robert Arnold (as "Ensemble"), Gabrielle Brune (as "Patty Moss"), James F. Burrell (as "Ensemble"), Helen Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Leo G. Carroll (as "Mr. Gill"), Robert Chisholm (as "George"), Burr Crandall (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Drake (as "Albert Porter"), Sanders Draper (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Eyre (as "Ensemble"), Leslie French (as "Edward Gill"), Harriette Henning (as "Ensemble"), Tony Kraber (as "Ensemble"), Enid Markey (as "Amelia"), Doris Moore (as "Ensemble"), Patricia Morison (as "Laura Rivers"), Winston O'Keefe (as "Julian Bromley"), Ronnie Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Viola Roache (as "Mrs. Gill"), Robert Rounseville (as "Ensemble"), Tom Scott (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Stewart (as "Ensemble"), John Tyers (as "Ensemble"), Marcy Wescott (as "Kate Gill"), Joan Wetmore (as "Bella Manchester") [Broadway debut], Erika Zaranova (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Marc Connelly. Produced in association with Bela Blau.
- (1938) Stage Play: Everywhere I Roam.
- (1940) Stage Play: Two On An Island. Comedy. Written and directed by Elmer Rice. Incidental music by Kurt Weill. Scenic / Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Broadhurst Theatre: 22 Jan 1940- 13 Apr 1940 (22 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Lawrence Ormont"), Roberta Bellinger, Herschel Bentley, Whit Bissell (as "Frederic Winthorp"), Alvin Childress, John Craven, Howard Da Silva (as "The Sightseeing Guide"), Dorothy Darling, Evelyn Davis, Edward Downes, Betty Field (as "Mary Ward"), Virginia Girvin, Frederica Going, Norma Green, Terry Harris, Martha Hodge, Charles La Torre, Eva Langbord, Larri Lauria, Adele Longmire, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Helen Ormont"), Assotta Marshall, Roderick Maybee, Earl McDonald, Mary Michael, Sellwyn Myers, Robert O'Brien, Sara Peyton, John Philliber, Hilary Phillips, Charles Polacheck, Helen Renee, Martin Ritt (as "Samuel Brodsky"), Arthur L. Sachs, Lucille Sears, Don Shelton, Aage Steenshorne, Earl Sydnor (as "A Red-Cap"), Ann Thomas, John Triggs, Rudolph Weiss, Dora Weissman, Joan Wetmore, Robert Williams. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1940) Stage Play: Kind Lady. Drama (revival). Written by Edward Chodorov, from a story by Hugh Walpole. Directed by Felix Jacoves. Playhouse Theatre: 3 Sep 1940- 30 Nov 1940 (107 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Doctor"), Stiano Broggiotti (as "Henry Abbott"), Clarence Derwent (as "Gustav Rosenberg"), Elfrida Derwent (as "Mrs. Edwards"), Grace Dougherty (as "Aggie Edwards"), Mel Ferrer [credited as Melchor Ferrer] (as "Peter Santard"), Grace George, Dorothy McGuire, Marie Paxton (as "Rose"), John Robb (as "Mr. Foster"), Oscar Stirling (as "Mr. Edwards") [final Broadway role], Ivy Troutman (as "Lady Weston"), Joan Wetmore (as "Phyllis Glenning"). Produced by William A. Brady. Notes: (1) Filmed by MGM twice, previously as Kind Lady (1935) and later as Kind Lady (1951). (2) Mr. Brady retired after production run. He would continue to own The Playhouse Theatre until his death.
- (1942) Stage Play: Counsellor-at-Law. Drama (revival). Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Royale Theatre: 24 Nov 1942- 10 Jul 1942 (258 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Goldie Rindskopf"), Leslie Barrett (as "Henry Susskind"), Samuel Bonnell (as "John P. Tedesco"), Elmer H. Brown (as "Francis Clark Baird"), Buddy Buehler (as "Richard Dwight Jr."), Alexander Clark Jr. (as "Roy Darwin"), Norma Clerc (as "Dorothy Dwight"), Olive Deering (as "Regina Gordon"), Phillip Gordon (as "David Simon"), Caleb Gray (as "A Boy"), Jane Hamilton (as "A Woman"), Edwin Hugh (as "A Stout Man"), John L. Kearney (as "Peter J. Malone"), Betty Kelley (as "Zedorah Chapman"), Clara Langsner (as "Sarah Becker"), John McQuade (as "Arthur Sandler"), Jennie Moscovitz (as "Lena Simon"), Paul Muni (as "George Simon"), Joseph Pevney (as "Harry Becker"), Kurt Richards (as "Herbert Howard Weinberg"), Jack Sheehan (as "Charles McFadden"), Frances Tannehill (as "Lillian Larue"), Ann Thomas (as "Bessie Green"), William Vaughan (as "A Bootblack"), Jay Velie (as "A Tall Man"), Barrie Wanless (as "Johann Breitstein"), Joan Wetmore (as "Cora Simon"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1943) Stage Play: The Two Mrs. Carrolls. Comedy.
- (1943) Stage Play: A New Life.
- (1944) Stage Play: For Keeps. Comedy. Written by F. Hugh Herbert Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Henry Miller's Theatre: 14 Jun 1944- 8 Jul 1944 (29 performances). Cast: George Baxter (as "Terry"), Grover Burgess (as "Frank"), Norma Clerc (as "June"), Frank Conroy (as "Paul Vanda"), Joseph R. Garry (as "Charlie"), Pat Kirkland [credited as Patricia Kirkland] (as "Nancy Vanda") [Broadway debut], Geoffrey Lumb (as "Mr. Reamer"), Ellen Mahar (as "Anna"), Donald Murphy (as "Jimmy McCarey"), Zolya Talma (as "Miss Maxwell"), Julie Warren (as "Pamela Vanda"), Joan Wetmore (as "Norma"). Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1945) Stage Play: Hope for the Best. Written by William McCleery [earliest Broadway credit]. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre on 23 Apr 1945- close): 7 Feb 1945- 19 May 1945 (117 performances). Cast: Leo Bulgakov (as "Professor Wechsler") [final Broadway role], Jack Hartley (as "Howard Hilton"), Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Bassett"), Paul Potter (As "Sergeant Joe Jordan"), Franchot Tone (as "Michael Jordan"), Joan Wetmore (as "Margaret Hicks Harwood"), Jane Wyatt (as "Lucille Daly"). Produced by Jean Dalrymple and Marc Connelly.
- (1951) Stage Play: The Small Hours. Comedy.
- (1953) Stage Play: A Girl Can Tell. Comedy.
- (1960) Stage Play: Advise and Consent. Drama. Written by Loring Mandel. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Cort Theatre: 17 Nov 1960-20 Jun 1961 (212 performances). Cast included: Henry Jones (as "Seab Cooley"), Richard Kiley, Kevin McCarthy, Chester Morris. Note: Filmed as Advise & Consent (1962).
- (1964) Stage Play: Beekman Place. Comedy.
- (1965) Stage Play: A Very Rich Woman. Written by Ruth Gordon. Based on the play by Philippe Hériat. Associate Director: David Pardoll. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Stage Manager: Dick Van Patten. Directed by Garson Kanin. Belasco Theatre: 30 Sep 1965- 23 Oct 1965 (28 performances + 12 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Mrs. Lord"), Ethel Griffies (as "Mae"), Katharine Houghton (as "Pearl"), Madge Kennedy (as "Mrs. Minot"), Diana Muldaur (as "Miss Moran"), Heidi Murray (as "Dalphne Bailey"), Carrie Nye (as "Ursula Bailey"), Larry Oliver (as "Johnny"), Jon Richards (as "Dennis"), Jack Ryland (as "Alex Rovenesco"), Stefan Schnabel (as "The Supervisor"), Ernest Truex (as "Oliver Sears"), Peter Turgeon (as "Linus Bailey III"), Raymond Walburn (as "Patrick") [final Broadway role], Joan Wetmore (as "Edith Shaw"). Standby: Sylvia Field (as "Mrs. Lord"). Understudies: Katharine Houghton, Eileen Letchworth, Larry Oliver, Jon Richards and Dick Van Patten. Produced by Garson Kanin. Associate Producer: Al Goldin.
- (1955) She acted in Arthur Kober and George Oppenheimer's play, "A Mighty Man Is He," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Claudette Colbert in the cast.
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