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Bette Davis

Shows · Bette Davis

ActorOn stage 19291961

On stage 6 productions, 32 years

1929 Before Breakfast Provincetown Playhouse · Original · directed by James Light 27 perf.
1929 Broken Dishes Ritz Theatre · Original 178 perf.
1930 Solid South Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 31 perf.
1952 Two’s Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Production supervised by John Murray Anderson (sketches directed by Jules Dassin) 90 perf.
1960 The World of Carl Sandburg Henry Millers Theatre · Original 29 perf.
1961 The Night of the Iguana Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Corsaro 316 perf.

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Two’s Company

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