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Ruth Tester

Shows · Ruth Tester

ActorOn stage 19241931

On stage 4 productions, 7 years

1924 Lollipop Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Ira Hards 152 perf.
1925 A Lucky Break Cort Theatre · Original 23 perf.
1930 Second Little Show Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Dwight Deere Wiman 63 perf.
1931 The Gang’s All Here Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 23 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Gus Hyland 2 productions
Dorothy Waller 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. 2 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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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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