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Ann Pennington

Shows · Ann Pennington

Actor 1893–1971 On stage 19131943

Anna Rebecca Pennington (December 23, 1893 – November 4, 1971) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals.

On stage 18 productions, 30 years

1913 Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 108 perf.
1914 Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Errol 112 perf.
1915 Ziegfeld Follies New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell, Leon Errol 104 perf.
1915 Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 104 perf.
1916 Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 112 perf.
1917 Miss 1917 Century Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 72 perf.
1918 Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 151 perf.
1919 George White's Scandals [1919] Liberty Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 128 perf.
1920 George White's Scandals [1920] Globe Theatre · Original · directed by William Collier 134 perf.
1921 George White's Scandals [1921] Liberty Theatre · Original 97 perf.
1923 Jack and Jill Globe Theatre · Original · directed by John Harwood 92 perf.
1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition] New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 96 perf.
1924 Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 295 perf.
1926 George White's Scandals [1926] Apollo Theatre · Original 432 perf.
1928 George White's Scandals [1928] Apollo Theatre · Original · directed by Russell Markert 240 perf.
1930 The New Yorkers Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Monty Woolley 168 perf.
1931 Everybody's Welcome Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by William Mollison 139 perf.
1943 The Student Prince Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Jacob J. Shubert 153 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

James Miller 4 productions
Gladys Loftus 4 productions
Gladys Feldman 4 productions
Frances Williams 4 productions
Olive Osborne 3 productions
May Leslie 3 productions
May Carmen 3 productions
Lottie Vernon 3 productions
Lloyd Garrett 3 productions
Lester Allen 3 productions
Kay Laurell 3 productions
Justine Johnstone 3 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 9 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

George White’s Scandals

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: W.C. Fields, Ed Wynn, Ann Pennington, Mae Murray, Bernard Granville, George White, Bert Williams, Ina Claire, Justine Johnstone, Leon Errol, Carl Randall, Will West, Melville Stewartebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Marilyn Miller, Eddie Cantor, W. C. Fields, Will Rogers, Harry Kelly, Ann Pennington, Lillian Lorraine, Savoy & Brennan, Fairbanks Twinsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Willie & Eugene Howard, Frances Williams, Harry Richman, Tom Patricola, Ann Pennington, McCarthy Sisters, Fairbanks Twins, Buster West, Portland Hoffaebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Frances Williams, Charles King, Hope Williams, Ann Pennington, Richard Carle, Marie Cahill, Fred Waring Orchestra, Clayton, Jackson and Durante, Kathryn Crawford, Oscar Raglandebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • cast included Bert Williams, Ed Wynn, Ann Pennington, Vera Michelena, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Leon Errol, Kay Laurelltheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Charles Winninger. “Scandals of 1919” was the first of this series produced by George White. The cast included Ann Pennington, Lester Allen and Mr. White himself.theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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