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Blanche Ring

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Actor 1871–1961 On stage 19021938

Blanche Ring (April 24, 1871 – January 13, 1961) was an American singer and actress in Broadway theatre productions, musicals, and Hollywood motion pictures. She was best known for her rendition of "In the Good Old Summer Time."

On stage 27 productions, 36 years

1902 Fad and Folly Mrs Osborns Playhouse · Original · directed by Lewis Hooper 34 perf.
1902 The Defender Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Smithson 60 perf.
1902 Tommy Rot Mrs Osborns Playhouse · Original · directed by Lewis Hooper 39 perf.
1903 The Blonde in Black Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Max Freeman 35 perf.
1903 The Jersey Lily Victoria Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph C. Smith 24 perf.
1903 The Jewel of Asia Criterion Theatre · Original 64 perf.
1905 Sergeant Brue Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Herbert Gresham 101 perf.
1906 His Honor the Mayor New York Theatre · Revival · directed by J. S. Murray 104 perf.
1906 His Majesty Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Richard F. Carroll 24 perf.
1906 The Great Decide Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 53 perf.
1907 The Gay White Way Casino Theatre · Original · directed by R.H. Burnside 105 perf.
1908 The Merry Widow and The Devil West End Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 24 perf.
1910 The Yankee Girl Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 92 perf.
1912 The Wall Street Girl George M Cohans Theatre · Original · directed by Charles Winninger 56 perf.
1914 When Claudia Smiles 39th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Charles J. Winninger 56 perf.
1916 Broadway and Buttermilk Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Teal 23 perf.
1919 The Passing Show of 1919 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 280 perf.
1921 The Broadway Whirl Times Square Theatre · Original · directed by Bert French 85 perf.
1923 The Alarm Clock 39th Street Theatre · Original 32 perf.
1926 King Henry IV, Part I Knickerbocker Theatre · Revival · directed by Henry Herbert 8 perf.
1928 Houseboat on the Styx Liberty Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 103 perf.
1928 The Great Necker Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by J. Fred Butler 39 perf.
1930 Strike Up the Band Times Square Theatre · Original · directed by Alexander Leftwich 191 perf.
1932 Intimate Relations Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Hartford 32 perf.
1935 De Luxe Booth Theatre · Original 15 perf.
1938 Madame Capet Cort Theatre · Original · directed by José Ruben 7 perf.
1938 Right This Way 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Bertrand Robinson 15 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

William Probert Carleton 3 productions
Reine Davies 3 productions
Harry Conor 3 productions
William Cameron 2 productions
William B Daly 2 productions
Wheeler Earl 2 productions
Vida Whitmore 2 productions
Theresa Bryant 2 productions
Rose Beaumont 2 productions
Richard Lee 2 productions
Richard Lambart 2 productions
Paul Porter 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. 11 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 literature8 passages

  • Cast: Bobby Clark & Paul McCullough, Blanche Ring, Jerry Goff, Doris Carson, Dudley Clements, Red Nichols Orchestraebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Frank Daniels in “Sergeant Brue” with Blanche Ring and Sallie Fisher; Sam Bernard in “That Rollicking Girl” with Hattie Williams, Edna Goodrich and Eugene O’Brien; Raymond Hitchcock in “Easy Dawson” with Flora Zabelle and John Bunny whotheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • “The Gay White Way” with Jefferson De Angelis, Blanche Ring and Alexander Carr; Elsie Janis, still the youngest star on Broadway, was in “The Hoyden;” and “Miss Hook of Holland” with : ee cae Christie MacDonald, Tom Wise and Bertram Wallis.theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Bernard Granville; “Queen of the Movies” with Valli Valli, Alice Dovey and Frank Moulan; Blanche Ring in “When Claudia Smiles;” “The Midnight Girl” with Margaret Romaine who was Hazel Dawn’s sister; Gaby Deslys and Samtheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Comas and Helen MacKellar. The Dolly Sisters were in “His Bridal Night,” Blanche Ring in “Broadway and Buttermilk,” Marjorie Patterson in “Pierrot the Prodigal,” Otis Skinner in “Mis-theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • GREY, HELEN MacKELLAR, FRANCINE LARRIMORE, HERNE, MARGALO GILLMORE, BLANCHE RING.theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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