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Anna Wheaton

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Actor 1894–1961 On stage 19051921

Anna Meeker Wheaton (November 26, 1894 – December 25, 1961) was an American musical theatre actress and singer of the early 20th century.

On stage 13 productions, 16 years

1905 Peter Pan Empire Theatre · Original 223 perf.
1909 The Rose of Algeria Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 48 perf.
1910 Madame Troubadour Lyric Theatre · Original 80 perf.
1910 Up and Down Broadway Casino Theatre · Original · directed by William J. Wilson 72 perf.
1912 The Ballet of 1830 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 136 perf.
1913 Iolanthe Casino Theatre · Revival · directed by William J. Wilson 40 perf.
1913 The Beggar Student Casino Theatre · Revival · directed by William J. Wilson 33 perf.
1913 The Mikado Casino Theatre · Revival · directed by William G. Stewart 16 perf.
1913 When Dreams Come True Lyric Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Smithson 64 perf.
1914 Miss Daisy Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 29 perf.
1917 Oh, Boy! Princess Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce, Robert Milton 463 perf.
1920 Three Showers Harris Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 48 perf.
1921 Ziegfeld 9 O'clock Frolic Danse De Follies · Original · directed by Edward Royce 35 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

Violet Lawson 3 productions
Teddy Stein 3 productions
Nemo Ormsden 3 productions
Nellie Degrossart 3 productions
Mildred Jackson 3 productions
Marion Earle 3 productions
Louise Barthel 3 productions
Louis Derman 3 productions
Kate Condon 3 productions
Harry Rose 3 productions
Elisabeth Warde 3 productions
Dorothy Duncan 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. 12 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.

In the literature4 passages

  • Cast: Marie Carroll, Tom Powers, Anna Wheaton, Hal Forde, Edna May Oliver, Marion Davies, Justine Johnstone, Dorothy Dickson & Carl Hysonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Little Brides;”’“The Passing Show of 1912” with Willie and Eugene Howard, Trixie Friganza, Charlotte Greenwood, Adelaide and Hughes, Anna Wheaton, Harry Fox and Jobyna Howland; “Hanky Panky” with Florence Moore, William Montgomery and Max Rogers: Richard Carle in “The Girl from Montmarte;” “The Merry Countess” with the Dolly Sisters, Jose…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • a Princess Theatre musical with Anna Wheaton, Tom Powers, Edna May Oliver, Hal Forde, Marion Davies, Justine Johnstone ’ ‘ . . Carroll. sicals F runs werre longy runs which; had Other— musicals and Marie » Carroll.theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • also known for a time as Here and There), the stage director was Ned Wayburn, and the cast featured Johnny Dooley, Anna Wheaton, William Kent, Clifton Webb, Helen Broderick, Robert Emmet Keane, Lester Crawford, Maurice Diamond, Evelyn Law, and Ediththeatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.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.

What this page does not know

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  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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