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Anne Francine

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Actor 1917–1999 On stage 19451987

Anne Hollingshead Francine (August 8, 1917 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress and cabaret singer.

On stage 10 productions, 42 years

1945 Marriage Is for Single People Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Logan 6 perf.
1954 By the Beautiful Sea Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Marshall Jamison 268 perf.
1954 By the Beautiful Sea “The New Musical” Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Marshall Jamison 270 perf.
1956 The Great Sebastians Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Bretaigne Windust 174 perf.
1960 Tenderloin 46th Street · Original · directed by George Abbott 216 perf.
1965 You Can't Take It With You Lyceum Theatre · Revival · directed by Ellis Rabb 239 perf.
1966 Mame Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 1,508 perf.
1978 A Broadway Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 1 perf.
1983 Mame Gershwin Theatre · Revival · directed by John Bowab 41 perf.
1987 Anything Goes Theatre not recorded · Revival 784 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Willard Waterman 2 productions
Wilbur Evans 2 productions
Warde Donovan 2 productions
Victor Reilley 2 productions
Thomas Gleason 2 productions
Suzanne Easter 2 productions
Stuart Hodes 2 productions
Stan Page 2 productions
Skeet Guenther 2 productions
Sigyn 2 productions
Shirley Booth 2 productions
Sab Shimono 2 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. 6 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 literature7 passages

  • Not everyone was pleased with the changes, especially Anne Francine, who played a theatre party lady and had the showstopper. “It was fabulous, me and the ladies that helped me in the theatre parties, called ‘Yenta Power’—this great Yenta and her little Yenta-ettes. He insisted on putting the men in it, and it just ruined the number. I wa…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • 58 Anne Francine in Dennis McGovern and Deborah Grace Winer, Sing Out, Louise! 150 Stars of the Musical Theatre Remember 50 Years on Broadway (New York: Schmirer Books, 1993), 101.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Cast: Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, Bill McCutcheon, Rex Everhart, Anne Francine, Linda Hart, Anthony Heald, Kathleen Mahony-Bennettebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • CAST Clarence Felder Anne Francine Albert Hall James Hilbrandt Joseph Leon Allan Miller Michael Nadertheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • BSTC LEVRVVONG serciet peraterstofanoy clcisys:a4) cranes sueresavereirest Anne Francine Theatre Party Associates................-. Sydney Anderson, Maris Clement, Loretta Devinetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • Jack Wrangler, Anne Francine, Dan Desmond, Gerry Bamman in “Gossip” Top: Alan Feinstein, Sabra Jones, John Strasberg in “Slugger”theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

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