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Marion Sunshine

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Actor 1894–1963 On stage 19071925

Marion Sunshine (born Mary Tunstall Ijames; May 15, 1894 – January 25, 1963) was an American actress and songwriter. During her youth she worked in many films and Broadway musicals, as well as vaudeville and variety shows. In the 1930s she was involved in the so-called "rhumba craze" and translated the lyrics of many Latin music songs.

On stage 14 productions, 18 years

1907 Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 Jardin De Paris · Original · directed by Herbert Gresham 79 perf.
1911 La Belle Paree Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 8 perf.
1911 La Belle Paree / Bow-Sing / Tortajada Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 96 perf.
1912 (From) Broadway to Paris Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 77 perf.
1914 The Beauty Shop Astor Theatre · Original · directed by R.H. Burnside 88 perf.
1915 Stop! Look! Listen! Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by R. H. Burnside 105 perf.
1917 Going Up Liberty Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 351 perf.
1919 Nothing But Love Lyric Theatre · Original · directed by Frank M. Stammers 64 perf.
1920 The Girl from Home Globe Theatre · Original · directed by R.H. Burnside 24 perf.
1921 The Rose Girl Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 100 perf.
1922 Daffy Dill Apollo Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Alfred 71 perf.
1922 The Blue Kitten Selwyn Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar Selwyn 140 perf.
1924 Peg-O’-My-Dreams Jolson Theatre · Original · directed by J. Hartley Manners 79 perf.
1925 Captain Jinks Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 167 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Grace la Rue 4 productions
Florence Tempest 4 productions
Mlle. Dazie 3 productions
Leo Howe 3 productions
Julie Newell 3 productions
Barney Bernard 3 productions
Yvette 2 productions
Vlasta Novotna 2 productions
Virginia Carewe Carvel 2 productions
Violet Lobell 2 productions
Violet Bowers 2 productions
Viola Ford 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. 10 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.

Also credited on1 work

Follies Of 1907

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In the literature4 passages

  • Cast : Grace LaRue, Mile. Dazie, Prince Tokio, Emma Carus, Harry Watson Jr., Marion Sunshine & Florence Tempest, George Bickel, Helen Broderick, Nora Bayes (added)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • VICTOR MORLEY, JOSEPH CAWTHORN, MARION SUNSHINE, LILLIAN LORRAINE, ROBERT WOOLSEY, DOUGLAS STEVENSON in “THE BLUE KITTEN”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • tain Jinks (opened in New York on September 8, 1925—107 performances), in which it was introduced by Arthur West and Marion Sunshine. In the published version, only one verse and one refrain of the lyric were included, and they were incorrectly credited to B. G.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
  • Closed Oct. 30, 1976 after 49 performances and 4 previews. Original production with Frank Craven, Edith Day, Marion Sunshine and Frank Otto opened Dec. 25, 1917 and played 351 performances.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt

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