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Juanita Hall

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Actor 1901–1968 On stage 19271958

Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.

On stage 13 productions, 31 years

1927 Show Boat Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Zeke Colvan 572 perf.
1930 The Green Pastures Mansfield Theatre · Original 640 perf.
1935 Sailor, Beware! Lafayette Theatre · Revival · directed by Shepard Traube 16 perf.
1942 The Pirate Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Alfred Lunt 177 perf.
1944 Sing Out, Sweet Land International Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Leonidoff 102 perf.
1945 The Secret Room Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Moss Hart 21 perf.
1946 Mr. Peebles and Mr. Hooker Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Ritt 4 perf.
1946 St. Louis Woman Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 113 perf.
1947 Street Scene Adelphi Theatre · Revival · directed by Charles Friedman 148 perf.
1949 South Pacific Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Joshua Logan 1,925 perf.
1954 House of Flowers Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 165 perf.
1956 The Ponder Heart Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Douglas 149 perf.
1958 Flower Drum Song St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Kelly 600 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

Albert Popwell 3 productions
Rhoda Boggs 2 productions
Reginald Fenderson 2 productions
Pearl Bailey 2 productions
Miriam Burton 2 productions
Milton J Williams 2 productions
Ken Renard 2 productions
Creighton Thompson 2 productions
Carrington Lewis 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: “Waitin’” (Enid Moser, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore); “One Man Ain’t Quite Enough” (Pearl Bailey); “Madame Tango’s Tango” (Juanita Hall, Tango Belles); “A Sleepin’ Bee” (Diahann Carroll, Enid Moser, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore); “Bamboo Cage” (“Smellin’ of Vanilla”) (Geoffrey Holder, Michel Alexander, Roderick Clavery, Alphonso Marsha…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Soft Shoe Dance” (Nurses, Seabees); “Happy Talk” (Juanita Hall, Imelda De Martin, Allen Case); “Honey Bun” (Mindy Carson, Harvey Lembeck); “You’ve Got to Be Taught” (Allen Case); “This Nearly Was Mine” (Robert Wright); “Some Enchanted Evening” (reprise); Finaleebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The 1957 revival was notable for the return of Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the role she had memorably created for the original 1949 Broadway production; in 1958 she reprised the character for the film version (but her singing voice was dubbed by Muriel Smith, who had played Bloody Mary in the original 1951 London production).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Juanita Hall (Madam Liang), Rose Quong (Liu Ma), Patrick Adiarte (Wang San), Ed Kenney (Wang Ta), Keye Luke (Wang Chi Yang), Larry Blyden (Sammy Fong), Conrad Yama (Dr. Li), Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki), Pat Suzuki (Linda Low), Harry Shaw Lowe (Mr. Lung), Jon Lee (Mr. Huan), Arabella Hong (Helen Chao), Peter Chan (Professor Cheng), Jack…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “You Are Beautiful” (Ed Kenney, Juanita Hall); “A Hundred Million Miracles” (Miyoshi Umeki, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Juanita Hall, Rose Quong); “I Enjoy Being a Girl” (Pat Suzuki, Dancers); “I Am Going to Like It Here” (Miyoshi Umeki); “Like a God” (Ed Kenney); “Chop Suey” (Juanita Hall, Patrick Adiarte, Ensemble); “You Be the Roc…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Ballet” (Ed, Kenney, Yuriko, Jo Anne Miya, Dancers); “Love, Look Away” (reprise) (Arabella Hong); “The Other Generation” (Juanita Hall, Keye Luke); “Sunday” (Pat Suzuki, Larry Blyden); “The Other Generation” (reprise) (Patrick Adiarte, Linda Ribuca, Yvonne Ribuca, Susan Lynn Kikuchi, Luis Robert Hernandez); “Wedding Parade” (Miy…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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