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Lidija Franklin

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Actor 1917–2019 On stage 19441957

Lidija Franklin (née Kocers; May 17, 1917 – December 5, 2019) was an American dancer and teacher of Latvian descent, originally from the Moscow area. In the United States, she was known primarily for her association with Agnes de Mille.

On stage 5 productions, 13 years

1944 Bloomer Girl Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by E. Y. Harburg, William Schorr 654 perf.
1947 Brigadoon Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 581 perf.
1948 The Rape of Lucretia Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Agnes de Mille 23 perf.
1954 Die Fledermaus City Center · Revival · directed by Robert Pagent 15 perf.
1957 Brigadoon Theatre not recorded · Revival 47 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Virginia Oswald 2 productions
Virginia Bosler 2 productions
Stanley Simmons 2 productions
Sheila Mathews 2 productions
Phyllis Gehrig 2 productions
Lucas Hoving 2 productions
James Mitchell 2 productions
Helen Gallagher 2 productions
Elliot Sullivan 2 productions
Dorothy Hill 2 productions
David Brooks 2 productions
Charles Mccraw 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. 7 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 literature5 passages

  • Cast : David Atkinson (Tommy Albright), Scott McKay (Jeff Douglas), Elliott Sullivan (Archie Beaton), Harry Beaton (Matt Mattox), Guy Gordon (Angus MacGuffie), John Dorrin (Sandy Dean), Russell Gaige (Andrew MacLaren), Virginia Oswald (Fiona MacLaren), Virginia Bosler (Jean MacLaren), Helen Gallagher (Meg Brockie), Robert Rounseville (Cha…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Once in the Highlands” (Chorus); “Brigadoon” (Chorus); “Down on MacConnachy Square” (John Dorrin, Helen Gallagher, Townsfolk); “Waitin’ for My Dearie” (Virginia Oswald, Girls); “I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean” (Robert Rounseville, Townsfolk; danced by Lidija Franklin, Matt Mattox, Fishmongers, Dancers); “The Heather on the Hill”…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “The Chase” (Men of Brigadoon); “There But for You Go I” (David Atkinson); “My Mother’s Weddin’ Day” (Helen Gallagher, Townsfolk); “Funeral Dance” (Lidija Franklin); “From This Day On” (David Atkinson, Virginia Oswald); “Come to Me, Bend to Me” (reprise) (Virginia Oswald); “The Heather on the Hill” (reprise) (Virginia Oswald); “I…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: David Brooks, Marion Bell, Pamela Britton, Lee Sullivan, George Keane, James Mitchell, William Hansen, Elliott Sullivan, Helen Gallagher, Hayes Gordon, Lidija Franklinebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The fantasy is about two American tourists, Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas (David Brooks and George Keane), who stumble upon a mist-clouded Scottish town that, they eventually discover, reawakens only one day every hundred years. Tommy, who enjoys wandering through the heather on the hill with a local lass, Fiona MacLaren (Marion Bell),…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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