- (1952 - 1971) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1952) Stage Play: The Chase.
- (1953) Stage Play: The Crucible. Drama.
- (1955) Stage Play: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Drama. Written by Tennessee Williams. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Assistant Designer to Jo Mielziner: John Harvey. Assistant to Lucinda Ballard: Florence Klotz. Production Stage Manager: Robert Downing. Directed by Elia Kazan. Morosco Theatre: 24 Nov 1955- 17 Nov 1956 (695 performances). Cast: Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Maggie"), Burl Ives (as "Big Daddy"), Mildred Dunnock (as "Big Mama"), Ben Gazzara (as "Brick"), R.G. Armstrong (as "Dr. Baugh"), Janice Dunn, Seth Edwards (as "Sonny"), Maxwell Glanville (as "Lacey"), Pauline Hahn (as "Dixie"), Pat Hingle (as "Gooper/Brother Man"), Brownie McGhee, Darryl Richard (as "Buster"), Madeleine Sherwood (as "Mae, Sister Woman"), Eva Vaughn Smith (as "Daisy"), Fred Stewart (as "Rev. Tooker"), Sonny Terry (as "Small"), Musa Williams (as "Sookey") [final Broadway role]. Replacement actors: Jimmy Bayer (as "Buster"), Nancy Clark (as "Trixie"), Claiborne Foster (as "Big Mama"), Thomas Gomez (as "Big Daddy"), Jack Lord (as "Brick"), Michele Mordana (as "Trixie/Dixie"), Patricia Neal (as "Maggie") [12 Mar 1956- 31 Mar 1956], Alex Nicol (as "Brick"), Nicholas Paul (as "Sonny"), Marjorie Steele (as "Maggie") [from 25 Jun 1956- ?], Rip Torn [credited as Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.] (as "Brick") [Broadway debut]. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Robert Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Roger L. Stevens, John F. Wharton). Note: Filmed by MGM as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor.
- (1959) Stage Play: Sweet Bird of Youth. Drama.
- (1960) Stage Play: Invitation to a March. Comedy.
- (1960) Stage Play: Camelot. Musical.
- (1961) Stage Play: The Garden of Sweets.
- (1961) Stage Play: The Night of the Iguana.
- (1963) Stage Play: Arturo Ui. Written by Bertolt Brecht (from "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"). Book adapted by George Tabori. Incidental music by Jule Styne. Music orchestrated by Ray Ellis. Production Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. Make-up Supervisor: Mitchell Erickson. Lighting Assistant: Martin Aronstein. Directed by Tony Richardson. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: 11 Nov 1963- 16 Nov 1963 (8 performances + 5 previews that began on 6 Nov 1963). Cast: Christopher Plummer (as "Arturo Ui"), Michael Constantine (as "Dogsborough"), Elisha Cook (as "Giuseppe Givola"), Roger De Koven (as "The Actor"), Hugh Franklin (as "Clark"), Henry Lascoe (as "Butcher"), Lionel Stander (as "Manuele Giri"), Murvyn Vye (as "Ernesto Roma"), Sandy Baron (as "Bowl/Priest/Ensemble"), Leonardo Cimino (as "Fish/Ensemble"), Oliver Clark (as "Young Dogsborough"), James Coco (as "O'Casey/Ensemble"), George Cotton (as "Mulberry"), James Frawley (as "Flake/Ensemble"), Harold Gary (as "Arturo Ui's Bodyguard"), Louis Guss (as "Ragg/Ensemble"), Chuck Haren (as "Inna/Ensemble"), Diane Higgins (as "Ensemble"), Dossie Hollingsworth (as "Dockdaisy"), Bobby Dean Hooks (as "Ensemble"), John Karlen (as "Shorty/Ensemble"), Frank Loren (as "Ensemble"), Gubi Mann (as "Ensemble"), John Marriott (as "Jim Crocket/Ensemble"), Paul Michael (as "The Barker/Goodwill"), David O'Brien (as "Defense Counsel/Ensemble"), Tom Pedi (as "Arturo Ui's Bodyguard"), Antony Ponzini (as "Ensemble"), Beah Richards (as "The Woman"), Madeleine Sherwood (as "Betty Dullfeet"), William Shust (as "Sheet/Ensemble"), Jim Stark (as "Ensemble"), Glenn Stensel (as "Doctor/Ensemble"), Warren Wade (as "Gaffles/Judge"), Robert Weil (as "Ignatius Dullfeet"). Produced by David Merrick. Associate Producer: Neil Hartley.
- (1965) Stage Play: Do I Hear a Waltz? Musical.
- (1965) Stage Play: Inadmissible Evidence. Written by John Osborne.
- (1971) Stage Play: All Over. Drama. Written by Edward Albee. Directed by John Gielgud. Martin Beck Theatre: 28 Mar 1971- 1 May 1971 (40 performances + 14 previews that began on 15 Mar 1971). Cast: Colleen Dewhurst (as "The Mistress"), Betty Field (as "The Nurse") [final Broadway role], Neil Fitzgerald (as "The Doctor"), John Gerstad (as "Newspaperman"), Charles Kindl (as "Newspaperman"), James Ray (as "The Son"), Madeleine Sherwood (as "The Daughter") [final Broadway role], Jessica Tandy (as "The Wife"), George Voskovec (as "The Best Friend"), Allen Williams (as "Newspaperman"). Standbys: Carolyn Coates (as "The Nurse/The Wife"), John Gerstad (as "The Son"), Wyman Pendleton (as "The Best Friend/The Doctor") and Frances Sternhagen (as "The Daughter/The Mistress"). Produced by Theater 1971 (Edward Albee, Richard Barr, Clinton Wilder.
- (January 7 to 14, 1957) She acted in Tennessee Williams' play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," in a Playwrights Company production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Marjorie Steele (Maggie); Alex Nicol (Brick); Thomas Gomez (Big Daddy); Maxwell Glanville; Musa Williams; John Anderson; Mary Bell; Gerri Hollis; Jeffrey Anderson; Bonny Hollis; Murray Bennett; Will Hussung; Eva Vaughn Smith; Brownie McGhee; and Sonny Terry in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Lucinda Ballard was costume designer. Elia Kazan was director.
- (October 19 to November 5, 1978) She played Mother in Marsha Norman's play, "Getting Out," at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Pamela Reed (Arlie); Susan Kingsley (Arlene); John C. Capodice (Guard (1) Barry Corbin (Bennie); David Berman (Guard (2); William Jay (Doctor); Anna Minot (School Principal); Kevin Bacon (Ronnie); Leo Burmester (Carl); Hansford Rowe (Warden) and Joan Pape (Ruby); in the cast. Jon Jory was director.
- (February 28 to April 1, 1990) She played Muriel Washburn in Joyce Carole Oates' play, "The Eclipse," in "In Darkest America" Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Beth Dixon (Stephanie Washburn); Gail Benedict (Aileen Stanley) and Paul Rogers (Señor Rios) in the cast. Steven Albrezzi was director.
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