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Claire Luce

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Actor 1903–1989 On stage 19231952

Claire Luce (October 15, 1903 – August 31, 1989) was an American stage and screen actress, dancer and singer. Among her few films were Up the River (1930), directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their feature film debuts (Luce played Bogart's love interest), and Under Secret Orders, the English-language version of G. W. Pabst's French-language feature, Salonique, nid d'espions (1937).

On stage 13 productions, 29 years

1923 Little Jessie James Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Walter Brooks 385 perf.
1924 Dear Sir Times Square Theatre · Original · directed by David Burton 15 perf.
1924 Music Box Revue [1924] Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by John Murray Anderson 184 perf.
1926 No Foolin' Globe Theatre · Original · directed by John Boyle 108 perf.
1927 Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Sammy Lee 167 perf.
1929 Scarlet Pages Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Ira Hards 72 perf.
1931 Society Girl Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Logan 13 perf.
1932 Gay Divorce Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 248 perf.
1937 Of Mice and Men Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 207 perf.
1947 Portrait in Black Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Reginald Denham 61 perf.
1950 With a Silk Thread Lyceum Theatre · Original 13 perf.
1951 The Taming of the Shrew City Center · Revival 15 perf.
1952 Much Ado About Nothing Music Box Theatre · Revival · directed by Antony Eustrel 4 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Wilma Ansell 2 productions
The Brox Sisters 2 productions
Oscar Shaw 2 productions
Myrna Darby 2 productions
Marjorie Leet 2 productions
Madeline Janis 2 productions
Kathleen Krosby 2 productions
Herbert Coleman 2 productions
Grace Moore 2 productions
Frances Upton 2 productions
Clifford Daly 2 productions
Andrew Tombes 2 productions

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Fred Astaire, Claire Luce, Luella Gear, Betty Starbuck, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, G. P. Huntley Jr.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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