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Ruthanna Boris

Shows · Ruthanna Boris

ActorOn stage 19351944

On stage 4 productions, 9 years

1935 Alma Mater Adelphi Theatre · Original
1937 Hooray For What! Winter Garden · Original · directed by Vincente Minnelli, Howard Lindsay 200 perf.
1939 The Straw Hat Revue Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Andrews 75 perf.
1944 Song of Norway Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Lester, Charles K. Freeman 860 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Robert Shafer 2 productions
Richard Reed 2 productions
Paul Haakon 2 productions
Dorothy Bird 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.

In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Irra Petina, Lawrence Brooks, Robert Shafer, Helena Bliss, Sig Arno, Alexandra Danilova, Maria Tallchief, Ruthanna Borisebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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