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Mitzi Green

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Actor 1920–1969 On stage 19371945

Mitzi Green (born Elizabeth Keno; October 22, 1920 – May 24, 1969) was an American actress and singer known for her work as a child actress for Paramount and RKO, in the early "talkies" era. She then acted on Broadway and in other stage works, as well as in films and on television.

On stage 4 productions, 8 years

1937 Babes in Arms Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Sinclair 289 perf.
1940 Walk With Music Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by R.H. Burnside 55 perf.
1942 Let Freedom Sing Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph C. Pevney 8 perf.
1945 Billion Dollar Baby Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 220 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

Ted Gary 2 productions
Lorraine Todd 2 productions
Lee Sullivan 2 productions

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In the literature7 passages

  • Cast: Mitzi Green, Wynn Murray, Ray Heatherton, Duke McHale, Alfred Drake, Ray McDonald, Grace McDonald, Nicholas Brothers, Dan Daileyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • There were several revues whose casts now seem astonishing. Walk With Music, for example, had Kitty Carlisle, Mitzi Green, Frances Williams and Stepin Fetchit. Keep Off the Grass had Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Jane Frohman, Ilka Chase, Larry Adler, Jack (sic) Gleason, Emmett Kelly and Jose Limon. The choreography was by Balanchine and one…ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
  • "Mitzi Green? MITZI GREEN?? You are having dinner with Mitzi Green rather than with me?!!"ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • Mitzi Green was a child star in the movies who became a musical star on Broadway overnight by stopping the show with "The Lady Is a Tramp" in Babes in Arms. She was on the Coast to visit her husband, Joe Pevney, who had played the lead in Home of the Brave. Joe was now a movie director; he and Mitzi were good friends from New York and I a…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • "Yes," I snapped. "I would rather have dinner with my friend Mitzi Green and her husband than with you and one of your piss-elegant old queens and a dumb, fucking hustler."ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • Babes in Arms Cast included Mitzi Green, Ray Heatherton, Wynn Murray, Alfred Drake, Roily Pickert, Grace McDonald, Dana Hardwick, Harold and Fayard Nicholas, and Aljan de Loville Where or When Babes in Arms I Wish I Were in Love Again All Dark People Way Out West My Funny Valentine Johnny One-Note Imagine All at Once The Lady Is a Tramp Y…theatre-pdfs/Thou Swell Thou Witty-The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart - Hart, Dorothy.txt

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