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Mabel Taliaferro

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Actor 1887–1979 On stage 18991951

Mabel Taliaferro (born Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro; May 21, 1887 – January 24, 1979) was an American stage and silent-screen actress, known as "the Sweetheart of American Movies."

On stage 19 productions, 52 years

1899 Children of the Ghetto Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by James A. Herne 49 perf.
1900 Lost River Haverlys 14th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Herbert Gresham 95 perf.
1901 The Price of Peace Broadway Theatre · Original 60 perf.
1902 An American Invasion Bijou Theatre · Original 24 perf.
1903 The Consul Princess Theatre · Original 24 perf.
1903 The Little Princess Criterion Theatre · Original · directed by Francis Neilson 34 perf.
1904 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Savoy Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 150 perf.
1905 You Never Can Tell Garrick Theatre · Original 129 perf.
1906 Pippa Passes Majestic Theatre · Original 9 perf.
1907 Polly of the Circus Liberty Theatre · Original 160 perf.
1914 Young Wisdom Criterion Theatre · Original 56 perf.
1919 Luck in Pawn 48th Street Theatre · Original 8 perf.
1920 The Piper Fulton Theatre · Revival 8 perf.
1932 Back Fire Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by Maurice McRae 8 perf.
1940 George Washington Slept Here Lyceum Theatre · Original 173 perf.
1943 Victory Belles Mansfield Theatre · Original 32 perf.
1944 Bloomer Girl Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by E. Y. Harburg, William Schorr 654 perf.
1947 Bloomer Girl City Center · Revival · directed by William Schorr 48 perf.
1951 Springtime Folly John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Michel 2 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Wilton Lackaye 2 productions
Robert Ober 2 productions
Olive Reeves Smith 2 productions
Nanette Fabray 2 productions
Matt Briggs 2 productions
John Findlay 2 productions
John Call 2 productions
John Byrd 2 productions
Joe E. Marks 2 productions
Hubert Dilworth 2 productions
Holly Harris 2 productions
Harrison Hunter 2 productions

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Celeste Holm, David Brooks, Dooley Wilson, Joan McCracken, Richard Huey, Margaret Douglass, Mabel Taliaferro, Matt Briggs, Herbert Rossebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Mabel Taliaferro was having her greatest success with “Polly of the Circus.” Her sister, Edith Taliaferro, played the role in one of the road companies, and so did Ida St. Leon who was in the original cast. Billie Burke, who had made her music hall debut at the agetheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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