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Ruth Altman

Shows · Ruth Altman

ActorOn stage 19281954

On stage 13 productions, 26 years

1928 Say When Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Bertram Harrison 15 perf.
1930 Luana Hammersteins Theatre · Original · directed by Earl Lindsey 21 perf.
1931 H.M.S. Pinafore Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 17 perf.
1931 The Gondoliers Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 16 perf.
1931 The Merry Widow Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 32 perf.
1932 The Gondoliers Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 8 perf.
1933 The Bohemian Girl Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Albertina Rasch 11 perf.
1933 The Pirates Of Penzance Majestic Theatre · Revival 8 perf.
1933 The Yeomen of the Guard Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 8 perf.
1933 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore St James Theatre · Revival 16 perf.
1934 The Sky's the Limit Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Sidney Salkow 24 perf.
1934 The Wooden Slipper Ritz Theatre · Original 5 perf.
1954 The Boy Friend Royale Theatre · Revival · directed by Vida Hope 485 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Frances Moore 7 productions
Frances Baviello 7 productions
William Danforth 6 productions
Olga Schumacher 6 productions
Hobson Young 6 productions
Frank Moulan 6 productions
Vera Ross 5 productions
Roy Cropper 5 productions
Mabel Thompson 5 productions
Harrison Fuller 5 productions
Gertrude Waldon 5 productions
Bert Melrose 5 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.

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