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Helen Wood

Shows · Helen Wood

Actor 1917–1988 On stage 19491957

Helen Wood (June 4, 1917 – February 8, 1988) was an American actress active in film and radio primarily during the 1930s. She is not to be confused with the actress and performer Helen [Ann] Wood (1935–1998), who later appeared in Deep Throat.

On stage 4 productions, 8 years

1949 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Ziegfeld Theatre · Revival · directed by John C. Wilson 740 perf.
1951 Seventeen Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by Staging by Hassard Short and book direction by Richard Whorf 182 perf.
1952 Pal Joey Broadhurst Theatre · Revival · directed by Robert Alton 540 perf.
1957 Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by John Kennedy 123 perf.

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Worked with more than once11 names

Sherry Mccutcheon 2 productions
Peter Holmes 2 productions
Patty Ann Jackson 2 productions
Pat Gaston 2 productions
Norma Thornton 2 productions
Mary Martinet 2 productions
Harold Lang 2 productions
Ellen McCown 2 productions
Carol Cole 2 productions
Bonnie Brae 2 productions
Betty O Neil 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. 6 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

  • Act One: “Weatherbee’s Drug Store” (Dick Kallman, Richard France, Jim Moore, Darrell Notara, Bill Reilly, John Sharpe); “This Was Just Another Day” (Ann Crowley, Kenneth Nelson); “Things Are Gonna Hum This Summer” (Ann Crowley, Ellen McCown, Helen Wood, Dick Kallman, John Sharpe, Jim Moore, Bonnie Brae, Richard France, Friends); “How Do Y…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “The Hoosier Way” (Harrison Muller, Helen Wood, Richard France, Jim Moore, Carol Cole, Friends); “I Could Get Married Today” (Kenneth Nelson, Maurice Ellis, Alonzo Bosan); “After All, It’s Spring”(Ellen McCown, Dick Kallman, Friends); “If We Only Could Stop the Old Town Clock” (Ann Crowley, Kenneth Nelson, Harrison Muller, Dick K…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Jack Waldron (Mike), Harold Lang (Joey), Helen Wood (Kid), Helen Gallagher (Gladys), Janyce Ann Wagner (Agnes), Phyllis Dorne (Mickey), Frances Krell (Diane), Lynn Joelson (Dottie), Eleanor Boleyn (Sandra), Rita Tanno (Adele), Gloria O’Malley (Francine), Pat Northrop (Linda), Vivienne Segal (Vera), Barbara Nichols (Valerie), George…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • In fact, virtually all the critics lavished praise on Segal, Lang, Gallagher, Elaine Stritch, and dancer Helen Wood. But Walter Kerr in the New York Herald-Tribune was the lone naysayer in assessing Lang’s performance and said he was “a lightweight in heavyweight company. . . . He would be just a shade under-age for the part of Willie Bax…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Beatrice Lillie , Billy De Wolfe, Harold Lang, Jane Morgan, Helen Wood, Micki Marlo, John Philip, Bob and Larry Leslie, Carol Lawrence, Jay Marshall, Tony Franco, Bruce Laffey; Ziegfeldians: Billie Bensing, Bette Graham, Faith Hilton, Frances Koll, Susan Shaute, Paula Wayne, Chuck Green, Robert Feyti, Ed Powell, James Stevenson, Ge…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Vivienne Segal, Harold Lang, Helen Gallagher, Lionel Stander, Patricia Northrop, Elaine Stritch, Helen Wood, Barbara Nichols, Jack Waldron, Robert Fortierebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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