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Kitty Doner

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Actor 1895–1988 On stage 19141923

Kitty Doner (born Catherine Donohoe, September 6, 1895 – August 26, 1988) was an American vaudeville performer. She was a male impersonator, actress, and dancer, specializing in boy roles, and later in life worked as a choreographer and television producer.

On stage 4 productions, 9 years

1914 Dancing Around Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Mason 145 perf.
1916 Robinson Crusoe, Jr. Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 139 perf.
1918 Sinbad Winter Garden · Revival · directed by J. C. Huffman 388 perf.
1923 The Dancing Girl Winter Garden Theatre · Revival · directed by J. C. Huffman 142 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Marion Mooney 3 productions
Al Jolson 3 productions
Viola Watson 2 productions
Ted Doner 2 productions
Ruth Maybee 2 productions
Rae Hartley 2 productions
Poppy Morton 2 productions
Peter O Neill 2 productions
Ona Hamilton 2 productions
Mabel Hill 2 productions
Mabel Grete 2 productions
Lee Phelps 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. 11 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 literature2 passages

  • Cast: Al Jolson, Kitty Doner, Mabel Withee, Forrest Huff, Grace Washburn, Alexis Kosloffebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • - and Joseph Cawthorn in “The Girl from Utah;” “Dancing Around” with Al Jolson, Doyle and Dixon, Kitty Doner, Earletheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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