- (1945 - 1964) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1945) Stage Play: Billion Dollar Baby. Musical comedy. Music by Morton Gould. Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Additional orchestrations: Philip J. Lang [earliest Broadway credit] and Allan Small. Music orchestrated by Morton Gould. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by George Schaff. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Alvin Theatre: 21 Dec 1945- 29 Jun 1946 (22 performances). Cast: Lucas Aco (as "Dancer"), Jeri Archer (as "Cigarette Girl/Singer") [Broadway debut], David Burns (as "Dapper Welch"), Tony Caffaro (as "Singer"), Robert Chisholm (as "M.M. Montague"), Horace Cooper (as "J.C. Creasy"), Danny Daniels (as "Champ Watson"), William David (as "Pa Jones"), Don De Leo (as "Jerry Bonanza"), Douglas Deane (as "Neighbor/Comic/Dancer"), Jacqueline Dodge (as "Dancer"), Robert Edwin (as "Watchman"), Althea Elder (as "Miss Texas"), Peggy Anne Ellis (as "Singer"), Future Fulton (as "Singer"), Helen Gallagher (as "Neighbor/Chorine/Dancer"), Lynne Gammon (as "Singer"), Anthony Gardell [credited as Tony Gardell] (as "Violin Player/Danny/Singer"), Alan Gilbert (as "Reporter/Marathon M.C."), Virginia Gorski (as "Chorine/Dancer"), Mitzi Green (as "Georgia Motley"), Maria Harriton (as "Neighbor/Chorine/Dancer"), Fred Hearne (as "Dancer"), Eddie Hodge (as "Neighbor/Art Leffenbush"), Doris Hollingsworth (as "Singer"), Beverly Hosier (as "Neighbor/Singer"), Ann Hutchinson (as "Dancer"), Douglas Jones (as "Newsboy"), Philip La Torre (as "Singer"), Joe Landis (as "Dancer"), Howard Lenters (as "Neighbor/Policeman"), Cecille Mann (as "Dancer"), Joan Mann (as "Chorine/Dancer"), Joan McCracken (as "Maribelle Jones"), James Mitchell (as "Rocky, who dances"), Ray Morrissey (as "Singer"), Arthur Partington (as "Dancer"), Virginia Poe (as "Chorine/Dancer"), Franklin Powell (as "Singer"), Anthony Reed (as "Photographer/Singer"), Emily Ross (as "Ma Jones"), Richard Sanford (as "Master of Ceremonies/Rodney Gender"), Betty Saunders (as "Singer"), Beth Shea (as "Singer"), Thelma Stevens (as "Singer"), Bill Summer (as "Dancer"), William Tabbert (as "Rocky Barton"), David Thomas (as "Waiter/Singer"), Richard Thomas (as "Newsboy"), Lorraine Todd (as "Chorine/Dancer"), Shirley Van (as "Esme"), Allen Waine (as "Dancer"), Sydney Wylie (as "Singer"). Replacement actors: Jacqueline Dodge Miss Texas"), Tony Gardell (as "Jerry Bonanza"), Stefan Gierasch (as "Newsboy"), Thomas Hume (as "Master of Ceremonies/Rodney Gender"), Philip La Torre (as "Violin Player"), Joan Mann (as "Neighbor"), Rosemary Schaefer (as "Singer"), David Thomas (as "Master of Ceremonies"), Richard Thomas (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Ward (as "Dancer"). Produced by Paul Feigay and Oliver Smith.
- (1946) Stage Play: Burlesque. Comedy.
- (1958) Stage Play: The Entertainer. Drama.
- (1963) Stage Play: Enter Laughing. Comedy. Written by Joseph Stein. Based on the novel by Carl Reiner. Production Design by Ed Wittstein. Directed by Gene Saks. Henry Miller's Theatre: 13 Mar 1963- 14 Mar 1964 (419 performances + 2 previews that began on 11 Mar 1963). Cast: Alan Arkin (as "David Kolowitz"), Vivian Blaine (as "Angela"), Irving Jacobson (as "Mr. Foreman"), Alan Mowbray (as "Marlowe"), Meg Myles (as "Miss B"), Sylvia Sidney (as "Mrs. Kolowitz") [from 11 Mar 1963- 13 Oct 1963], Monroe Arnold (as "Roger"), Barbara Dana (as "Wanda") [Broadway debut], Pierre Epstein (as "Don Baxter"), Tom Gorman (as "Lawyer"), Marty Greene (as "Mr. Kolowitz"), Michael J. Pollard (as "Marvin"), Charles Randall (as "Pike"), Shimen Ruskin (as "Waiter"), Walt Wanderman (as "Don Darwin"). Understudies: Tom Gorman (as "Marlowe/Pike"), Iris O'Connor (as "Angela/Mrs. Kolowitz"), Charles Randall (as "Roger"), Shimen Ruskin (as "Mr. Foreman/Mr. Kolowitz") and Walt Wanderman (as "David Kolowitz/Marvin"). Replacement actors: Arthur Abelson (as "Don Darwin"), Freda Holloway (as "Wanda"), Mae Questel (as "Mrs. Kolowitz"), Diane Sandre (as "Wanda"), Bob Spencer (as "Don Baxter/Marvin"), Marc Yohanna (as "Marvin"). Standbys: Bonnie Bedelia (as "Wanda"), Mae Schoenfeld (as "Mrs. Kolowitz"). Understudies: Arthur Abelson (as "Don Baxter/Don Darwin/Waiter), Jeri Archer (as "Angela/Miss B") [final Broadway role], Bob Spencer (as "Lawyer/Marvin"), Marc Yohanna (as "David Kolowitz"). Produced by Morton Gottlieb. Note: Filmed by Acre Enterprises and Sajo [distributed by Columbia Pictures] as Enter Laughing (1967).
- (1961) Jeri Archer posed for photos as "Belle Poitrine" (in authentic 1900 through 1950s clothing from her own collection), to illustrate Patrick Dennis' parody autobiography of Belle Poitrine, called "Little Me", which was first published in 1961 and was reissued in 2002. The book was later turned into a popular musical, also called "Little Me", with book by Neil Simon.
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