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Patricia Bowman

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Actor 1908–1999 On stage 19321944

Patricia Bowman (December 12, 1908 – March 18, 1999) was an American ballerina, ballroom dancer, musical theatre actress, television personality, and dance teacher. Dance critic Jack Anderson described her as "the first American ballerina to win critical acclaim and wide popularity as a classical and a musical-theater dancer ... Her sparkling stage personality won her many fans." She was the first prima ballerina of the Radio City Music Hall when it opened in 1932, and is chiefly remembered for her work as a founding member of the American Ballet Theatre with whom she was a principal dancer from 1939 to 1941. Active as a performer in Broadway musicals from 1925 to 1944, her performance credi…

On stage 5 productions, 12 years

1932 Radio City Music Hall Inaugural Program Radio City Music Hall · Original · directed by Leon Leonidoff 1 perf.
1934 Calling All Stars Hollywood Theatre · Original · directed by Thomas Mitchell 36 perf.
1934 Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Bobby Connolly 182 perf.
1937 Virginia Center Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Leonidoff 60 perf.
1944 Rhapsody New Century Theatre · Original · directed by David Lichine 14 perf.

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Worked with more than once8 names

Sara Mazo 2 productions
Mary Bolles 2 productions
Marguerite White 2 productions
Gertrude Niesen 2 productions
Everett Marshall 2 productions
Clark Leston 2 productions
Camilla Masters 2 productions
Bertha Belmore 2 productions

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Also credited on3 works

George White’s Scandals
The Wizard Of Oz
Ziegfeld Follies

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Fanny Brice, Willie & Eugene Howard, Everett Mashall, Jane Froman, Vilma & Buddy Ebsen, Patricia Bowman, Cherry & June Preisser, Eve Arden, Robert Cummings, Ina Ray Huttonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • PATRICIA BOWMAN, EVERETT MARSHALL, GERTRUDE NIESEN, JACK WHITING, MITZI MAYFAIR in “CALLING ALL STARS”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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