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Lea Penman

Shows · Lea Penman

Actor 1895–1962 On stage 19181946

On stage 22 productions, 28 years

1918 Under Pressure Norworth Theatre · Original 28 perf.
1926 Just Life Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 79 perf.
1928 Her Unborn Child Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre · Original · directed by Melville Burke 47 perf.
1928 Mirrors Forrest Theatre · Original 13 perf.
1929 Headquarters Forrest Theatre · Original · directed by Jo Graham 15 perf.
1929 The House of Fear Theatre Republic · Original · directed by Elmer H. Brown 48 perf.
1931 The Venetian Theatre Masque · Original · directed by Ellen Van Volkenburg 9 perf.
1932 Absent Father Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by Lionel Bevans 88 perf.
1933 The Comic Artist Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur J. Beckhard 21 perf.
1934 After Such Pleasures Bijou Theatre · Original 23 perf.
1934 So Many Paths Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by Priestly Morrison 28 perf.
1935 Boy Meets Girl Cort Theatre · Original 669 perf.
1935 Life's Too Short Broadhurst Theatre · Original 10 perf.
1937 Angel Island National Theatre · Original 21 perf.
1938 What a Life Biltmore Theatre · Original 538 perf.
1940 An International Incident Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original 15 perf.
1940 Beverly Hills Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Otto Preminger 28 perf.
1940 The Unconquered Biltmore Theatre · Original 6 perf.
1941 Ring Around Elizabeth Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by William W. Schorr 10 perf.
1942 The Cat Screams Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Pierson 7 perf.
1942 The Pirate Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Alfred Lunt 177 perf.
1946 Annie Get Your Gun Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Joshua Logan 1,147 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Joyce Arling 3 productions
Clyde Fillmore 3 productions
Patricia Barclay 2 productions
Maidel Turner 2 productions
Herbert Yost 2 productions
Ethel Wilson 2 productions
Enid Markey 2 productions
Ellen Hall 2 productions
Elaine Ivans 2 productions
Effie Shannon 2 productions
Doro Merande 2 productions
Cliff Dunstan 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 literature1 passages

  • C AST : Ethel Merman (as Annie Oakley), Ray Middleton, William O’Neal, Marty May, Harry Bellaver, Lea Penman, George Lipton, Betty Anne Nymanebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt

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