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Jane Lawrence

Shows · Jane Lawrence

Actor 1915–2005 On stage 19111948

Jane Lawrence Smith (February 3, 1915 – August 5, 2005), born Jane Brotherton, was an American actress and opera singer who was part of the New York art scene beginning in the 1950s.

On stage 6 productions, 37 years

1911 La Belle Paree Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 8 perf.
1911 La Belle Paree / Bow-Sing / Tortajada Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 96 perf.
1911 Vera Violetta Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Lewis Morton 112 perf.
1943 Oklahoma! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 2,212 perf.
1948 Inside U.S.A. New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 399 perf.
1948 Where’s Charley? St. James Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 792 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Stella Mayhew 3 productions
Marie Lachere 3 productions
Lew Quinn 3 productions
Jennie Cannar 3 productions
Jennie Callan 3 productions
Harry Fisher 3 productions
Doris Cameron 3 productions
Barney Bernard 3 productions
Al Jolson 3 productions
Yvette 2 productions
Vlasta Novotna 2 productions
Virginia Carewe Carvel 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. 10 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

Where’s Charley?

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Byron Palmer, Doretta Morrow, Horace Cooper, Jane Lawrence, Paul England, Cornell MacNeilebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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