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Mary Lewis

Shows · Mary Lewis

ComposerOn stage 19201946

On stage 10 productions, 26 years

1920 The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 Greenwich Village Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Manning 217 perf.
1921 Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 Globe Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 119 perf.
1922 Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 424 perf.
1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition] New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 96 perf.
1927 Rufus LeMaire's Affairs Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by William Halligan 56 perf.
1933 The Best People Waldorf Theatre · Revival · directed by Lionel Bevans 67 perf.
1934 Africana Venice Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Morell 3 perf.
1945 Carib Song Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by Katherine Dunham 36 perf.
1945 Memphis Bound! Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Ross 36 perf.
1946 Bal Negre Belasco Theatre · Original 52 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Helen Lee Worthing 4 productions
Mary Eaton 3 productions
Jessie Reed 3 productions
Irene Marcellus 3 productions
Frances Reveaux 3 productions
Edna Wheaton 3 productions
Anastasia Reilly 3 productions
William C Smith 2 productions
Virginia King 2 productions
Victoria Gale 2 productions
Velma Connor 2 productions
Vanoye Aikens 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. 11 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

Ziegfeld Follies

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Will Rogers, Gilda Gray, Gallagher & Shean, Evelyn Law, Andrew Tombes, Florence O’Denishawn, Lulu McConnell, Mary Eaton, Nervo & Knox, Mary Lewis, Alexander Gray, Jack Whitingebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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