Madge Kennedy

On stage 14 productions, 53 years

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Worked with more than once8 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Poppy was a tour-de-force for W. C. Fields, though initially he received featured billing while Madge Kennedy, who played the eponymous heroine, was solo starred. Fields, however, won stardom when Miss Kennedy’s understudy took over her role, and he was co-starred with Miss Kennedy for the tour. In the part of Professor Eustace McGargle,…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• MADGE KENNEDY, JOHN WESTLEY, GEORGIE LAWRENCE, CHARLES JUDELS, MABEL ACKER, RAY COX, JOHN CUMBERLAND intheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• “Twin Beds,” a farce that brought Madge Kennedy into the public eye; “It Pays To Advertise,” a Cohan and Harris comedy with Ruth Shepley, Will Deming, Grant Mitchell and Louise Drew, John Drew’s daughter, prominent in the cast; “Under Cover” with William Courtenay, Lola Fisher, Ralph Morgan,theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• Ferguson in “Sacred and Profane Love,” Florence Moore in “Breakfast in Bed,” Madge Kennedy in “Cornered,” Harry Beresford in “Shavings,” Alice Brady with Rod La Roque in “Anna Ascends,” Mary Young in “The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer,” Emily Stevens in “Footloose,” Minnie Dupree in “The Charm School” and Patricia Collinge in “Just Suppose” with…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• Walker Whiteside in “The Hindu,” Fay Bainter in “The Lady Christilinda,’”” Madge Kennedy in “Spite Corner,” Grace George in “To Love,” Arnold Daly in “Voltaire” and Jobyna Howland in “The Texas Nightingale.” Channing Pollock’s “The Fool” proved one of the most popular of all his plays and James Kirkwood headed the original cast. Elliott N…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• reopened, played the rest of their promised twelve weeks, and handed over their roles to Otto Kruger and Madge Kennedy before sailing smartlytheatre-pdfs/Gertrude Lawrence - Sheridan Morley.txt

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