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Margaret Dale

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Actor 1876–1972 On stage 18991948

Margaret Dale (born Margaret Rosendale; March 6, 1876 – March 23, 1972) was an American stage and film actress. She performed on Broadway for over fifty years and occasionally did films in the 1920s. She appeared in a large number of Broadway hits over the course of her years as an actress.

On stage 33 productions, 49 years

1899 The Only Way Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by William Seymour 74 perf.
1900 Mrs. Dane's Defense Empire Theatre · Original 107 perf.
1901 Brother Officers Empire Theatre · Revival · directed by Joseph Humphreys 8 perf.
1901 The Wilderness Empire Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 80 perf.
1902 The Importance of Being Earnest Empire Theatre · Revival 49 perf.
1902 The Mummy and the Humming Bird Empire Theatre · Original 85 perf.
1903 The Mummy and the Humming Bird Empire Theatre · Return-Engagement
1904 The Duke of Killicrankie Empire Theatre · Original · directed by William Seymour 128 perf.
1905 De Lancey Empire Theatre · Original 68 perf.
1906 The Price of Money Garrick Theatre · Original 42 perf.
1908 Father and the Boys Empire Theatre · Original 88 perf.
1918 Oh, Lady! Lady! Princess Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce, Robert Milton 219 perf.
1919 An Exchange of Wives Bijou Theatre · Original 19 perf.
1919 Caesar's Wife Liberty Theatre · Original 81 perf.
1919 Good Morning, Judge Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Wybert Stamford 140 perf.
1920 The Charm School Bijou Theatre · Original 88 perf.
1921 In the Night Watch Century Theatre · Original · directed by Frederick Stanhope 113 perf.
1921 The Married Woman Princess Theatre · Revival · directed by C.A. DeLima 51 perf.
1922 On the Stairs Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar J. MacGregor 80 perf.
1922 The Charlatan Times Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Ira Hards 61 perf.
1923 Cinders Dresden Theatre · Original 31 perf.
1924 The Best People Lyceum Theatre · Original 143 perf.
1925 Cradle Snatchers Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Forrest 478 perf.
1928 Rosalie New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by William Anthony McGuire 335 perf.
1930 Who Cares Chanins 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Vivian 32 perf.
1931 The Sex Fable Henry Millers Theatre · Original 33 perf.
1932 Dinner at Eight Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Robert B. Sinclair 232 perf.
1933 The Dark Tower Morosco Theatre · Original 57 perf.
1935 The Old Maid Empire Theatre · Original · directed by Guthrie McClintic 305 perf.
1941 Lady in the Dark Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short, Moss Hart 467 perf.
1943 Lady in the Dark Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Albertina Rasch 83 perf.
1944 The Late George Apley Lyceum Theatre · Original 384 perf.
1948 Town House National Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 12 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Margaret Anglin 5 productions
W H Crompton 4 productions
Robert Schable 4 productions
John Drew 4 productions
Guy Standing 4 productions
George Osbourne 4 productions
Frank Brownlee 4 productions
Ethel Hornick 4 productions
Charles Richman 4 productions
Mrs Thomas Whiffen 3 productions
Lewis Baker 3 productions
E y Backus 3 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. 12 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 literature6 passages

  • Cast: Vivienne Segal, Carl Randall, Harry C. Browne, Carroll McComas, Edward Abeles, Florence Shirley, Margaret Dale, Constance Binneyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Gertrude Lawrence, Victor Mature, Danny Kaye, Macdonald Carey, Bert Lytell, Evelyn Wyckoff, Margaret Dale, Ron Fieldebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • and Margaret Dale in “Good Morning, Judge.” “Happy Days” was the Hippodrome show with Clyde Cook and the Hanneford Family; “Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic” featured Francestheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Margaret Dale, Conway Tearle, Sam Levene, Olive Wyndham | and Constance Collier. Also well patronized was Rachel Crothers’ “When Ladies Meet” with Frieda Inescort, Walter Abel, Selenatheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • “Jacobowsky and the Colonel” with Louis Calhern, Oscar Karlweis and Annabella; “The Late George Apley” with Leo G. Carroll, Janet Beecher, Margaret Dale and Margaret Phillips; “Over 21,” a comedy by and with Ruth Gordon; and “Wallflower,” a comedy by Reginald Denham and actress Mary Orr who also appeared in it. Ethel Barrymore played in “…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • MARGARET DALE, 96, retired Bdwy leading lady, died in a NYC hospital on Mar. 23, 1972. She co-starred with George and John Drew, and played character Her most memorable roles were in "Disraeli," "The Master," "The Importance of Being Earnest," "The Mummy and the Humming Bird." "Thetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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