Cathleen Nesbitt

On stage 14 productions, 70 years

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Worked with more than once7 names

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In the literature8 passages

• ‘It’s too small a role for Cathleen Nesbitt,’ I said to Moss. ‘I know it is,’ said he, ‘but I’m going to try.’ He personally called her and invited her to come to the office to discuss it. The manner in which he did left me weak with awe. He said to her: ‘Cathleen, the role of Mrs Higgins was never a great role and it is even smaller in t…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
• Cast: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Coote, John Michael King, Christopher Hewett, Reid Sheltonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Developments continued in October. The veteran actress Cathleen Nesbitt (whose Broadway appearances in the early 1950s included the plays Gigi, Sabrina Fair , and Anastasia ) agreed to play the role of Mrs. Higgins, signing her contract on October 4. Christopher Hewett was hired as a lead understudy on October 10 but resigned from the sho…ebooks/McHugh, Dominic/Loverly_The Life and Times of My Fair Lady (Broadway Legacies) - Dominic McHugh.txt
• Cathleen Nesbitt recreated the role of Mrs. Higgins, which she’d played in the original production of My Fair Lady , in the 1981 revival at the Uris. Also at this theater, Lonette McKee had the distinction of playing Julie in both the 1983 and 1994 revivals of Show Boat . In 1983, when Angela Lansbury recreated Mame at the Uris, alongside…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
• Cathleen Nesbitt, the original Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady , who I knew well, was in that production, too. Although seriously arthritic, she was the opposite of Lillian. I had found these beautiful antique bootlets for her, and they turned out to be tight and uncomfortable. “Don’t worry,” I said, “We’ll find something else.” “No, no. I l…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
• Julie Christie, Lillian Gish, Cathleen Nesbitt, George C. Scott… and that wasn’t all. The production also starred the remarkable Nicol Williamson, Elizabeth Wilson, and Barnard Hughes, under the inspired direction of Mike Nichols... Quite a group!ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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