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Eva Puck

Shows · Eva Puck

Actor 1892–1979 On stage 19191932

Eva Puck (November 25, 1892 – October 25, 1979) was an American entertainer, a vaudeville headliner who later found success performing in Broadway musical comedies and film.

On stage 6 productions, 13 years

1919 Irene Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 670 perf.
1923 The Greenwich Village Follies [1923] Winter Garden Theatre · Original 140 perf.
1924 The Melody Man Central Theatre · Original 80 perf.
1926 The Girl Friend Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by John Harwood 301 perf.
1927 Show Boat Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Zeke Colvan 572 perf.
1932 Show Boat Casino Theatre · Revival 180 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Sammy White 3 productions
Thomas Gunn 2 productions
Tess Gardella 2 productions
Tana Kamp 2 productions
Sam White 2 productions
Rose Mariella 2 productions
Phil Sheridan 2 productions
Norma Terris 2 productions
Laura Clairon 2 productions
Jack Daley 2 productions
J Louis Johnson 2 productions
Helen Morgan 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. 7 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.

Also credited on1 work

Guys and Dolls

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In the literature2 passages

  • Frank Schultz and Ellie May Chipley (Sammy White and Eva Puck, married vaudevillians).ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt
  • The Girl Friend played all over the world, and eventually it was the most profitable of all Larry's twenties shows. The great dance team of Eva Puck and Sammy White—they had also appeared in The Melody Marr—played a bicycle racer and his trainer. (Unlike the heroines of the popular operettas of the period, Rodgers and Hart heroines always…theatre-pdfs/Thou Swell Thou Witty-The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart - Hart, Dorothy.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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