- (1901 - 1953) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1901) Stage Play: Nell Gwyn. Written by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus. Murray Hill Theatre: 21 Jan 1901- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Dorothy Donnelly (as "Nell Gwyn") [Broadway debut], Frances Starr (as "Frances Stuart") [Broadway debut]. Note: Filmed by Sawyer Pictures as Nell Gwynne (1911) and by British National Films (distributed in Europe by First National and in the U.S. by Paramount Pictures) as Nell Gwyn (1926) (UK production starring Dorothy Gish) and by British & Dominions Films (distributed worldwide by United Artists) as Nell Gwyn (1934) (UK production starring Anna Neagle).
- (1906) Stage Play: Gallops. Comedy. Written by David Gray. Musical Director: George Braham. Additional music by George Braham and George M. Cohan. Scenic Design by Arthur Corbault and Ernest Albert. Directed by Charles Richman. Garrick Theatre: 12 Feb 1906- Apr 1906 (closing date unknown/81 performances). Cast: William L. Abingdon (as "Randolph Gordon"), Grace Filkins (as "Mrs. Innis"), William Hawtrey (as "Jenkins"), George Holland (as "Bishop Cunningham"), Alfred Hudson (as "Williams"), Brandon Hurst (as "Captain Palgrave"), William Ingersoll (as "Charlie Galloway"), Grace Kimball (as "Mrs. Charlie Galloway"), Hall McAllister (as "Willie Colfax"), George Probert (as "Johnnie Dashwood"), Charles Richman (as "Jack Heminway"), Frances Starr (as "Nell Colfax"). Replacement actor: John S. Robertson (as "Johnnie Dashwood"). Produced by William H. Reynolds.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Rose of the Rancho. Written by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 27 Nov 1906- 29 Jun 1907 (480 performances). Cast: Wayne Arey, Virgilio Arriaza, J.H. Benrimo, C.A. Burnett, Norbert Cills, Grace Gaylor Clark, Louise Coleman, Richard S. Conover, John W. Cope (as "Kinkaid"), Maria Davis, Frank De Felice, Vincent De Pascale, William Elliott, Julio Grau, Regino Lopez, Frank Losee, Marta Melean, Atalanta Nicolaides, Leonardo Piza Lopez, Francesco Recchio, Hamilton Revelle [credited as A. Hamilton Revelle], Charles Richman (as "Kearney"), Fermin Ruiz, Gilmore Scott, Frances Starr (as "Juanita"), Catherine Tower, Regina Weil, Frank H. Westerton, Candido Yllera, Salvatore Zito. Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Rose of the Rancho (1914), and by Paramount Pictures as Rose of the Rancho (1936).
- (1912) Stage Play: The Case of Becky. Written by Edward Locke. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 1 Oct 1912- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Albert Bruning (as "Dr. Emerson"), Charles Dalton (as "Professor Balzamo"), Frances Starr (as "Dorothy AKA Becky"), John P. Brawn (as "Thomas"), Harry C. Browne (as "Dr. Peters"), Mary Lawton (as "Miss Pettingill"), Eugene O'Brien (as "John Arnold"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed as The Case of Becky (1915), The Case of Becky (1921).
- (1912) Stage Play: The Case of Becky. Written by Edward Locke. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 1 Oct 1912- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Albert Bruning (as "Dr. Emerson"), Charles Dalton (as "Professor Balzamo"), Frances Starr (as "Dorothy AKA Becky"), John P. Brawn (as "Thomas"), Harry C. Browne (as "Dr. Peters"), Mary Lawton (as "Miss Pettingill"), Eugene O'Brien (as "John Arnold"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Case of Becky (1915), and by Realart Pictures Corp. [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Case of Becky (1921).
- (1915) Stage Play: Marie-Odile. Written by Edward Knoblock [credited as Edward Knoblauch]. Belasco Theatre: 26 Jan 1915- May 1915 (closing date unknown/119 performances). Cast: Alice Carroll, Mildred Dean, Edward Donnelly, Alphonse Ethier, Amy Fitzpatrick, Mary Green, Charles W. Kaufman, Alice Matin, Nona Murray, Ada C. Neville. Frank Reicher, Robert Robson, Paul Stanley, Frances Starr, Edward Waldmann, Sally Williams. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1916) Stage Play: Little Lady in Blue. Written by Horace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval. Belasco Theatre: 21 Dec 1916- Mar 1917 (closing date unknown/100 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews, Lucy Beaumont, Horace Braham, Charles Garry, George Giddens, Frederick Graham, Harry Holiday, Jerome Patrick, Eleanor Pendleton, Adrian H. Rosely, Roland Rushton, Carl Sauerman, Frances Starr. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1918) Stage Play: Tiger! Tiger! Written by Edward Knoblock. Belasco Theatre: 12 Nov 1918- Apr 1919 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill (as "Clive Cooper, MP"), Daisy Belmore (as "Mrs. Wix"), Dorothy Cumming, Wallace Erskine (as "Stephen Greer"), O.P. Heggie (as "Freddie Staunton"), Whitford Kane (as "Sam Tullidge"), 'Auriol Lee' (as "Lizzie"), Thomas Louden, Frances Starr (as "Sally"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1918) Stage Play: Tiger! Tiger! Written by Edward Knoblock [credited as Edward Knoblauch]. Belasco Theatre: 12 Nov 1918- Apr 1919 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill (as "Clive Cooper, MP"), Daisy Belmore (as "Mrs. Wix"), Dorothy Cumming, Wallace Erskine (as "Stephen Greer"), O.P. Heggie (as "Freddie Staunton"), Whitford Kane (as "Sam Tullidge"), 'Auriol Lee' (as "Lizzie"), Thomas Louden, Frances Starr (as "Sally"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1920) Stage Play: One. Drama. Written by Edward Knoblock [credited as Edward Knoblauch]. Belasco Theatre: 14 Sep 1920- Dec 1920 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Lulu Ayrton (as "An Elevator Girl"), Randle Ayrton (as "Dr. Noah Petch"), Theodore Babcock (as "Bert Mason"), Daisy Belmore (as "Katie"), Marie R. Burke (as "Mrs. Henry P. Howland"), Philip Desborough (as "Theodore Beverley"), Martin Lewis (as "Machael Jaffray"), Clara Sidney (as "Mrs. Delgado"), Frances Starr (as "Pearl Delgado/Ruby Delgado"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1922) Stage Play: Shore Leave. Comedy. Written by Hubert Osborne. Directed by David Belasco. Lyceum Theatre: 8 Aug 1922- Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/151 performances). Cast: Betty Alden, Audrey Baird, Reginald Barlow (as "Cap'n Martin"), Marjorie Booth, Evelyn Carter Carrington, Kenneth Diven, John F. Hamilton, Samuel S. Hinds (as "Smith"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Bat Smith"), Stanley Jessup (as "Rear Admiral Smith"), Schuyler Ladd, Nick Long, Teris Loring, Mrs. Jacques Martin, James Rennie (as "Bilge Smith, U.S.N."), Ellen Southbrook, Frances Starr, Bernard Sussman, Jose Torres, Paul E. Wilson, H. Percy Woodley, Devah Worrell, Jose Yovin. Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Inspiration Pictures (distributed by First National Pictures) as Shore Leave (1925).
- (1926) Stage Play: The Shelf. Comedy/drama. Written by Dorrance Davis. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Morosco Theatre: 27 Sep 1926- Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "U.S. Senator Risdale"), Louis Kimball (as "Stanley Risdale"), Lawrence Leslie (as "Baldwin Custard"), Lottie Linthicum (as "Mrs. Plummer"), Donald Meek (as "The Rev. Herbert Chetswold"), Lee Patrick (as "Caroline Wendham"), Jessie Ralph (as "Emma Smith"), Thelma Ritter (as "Miss Batterson") [Broadway debut], Frances Starr (as "Stella Amaranth"), Frederick Truesdell (as John Wendham"), Leah Winslow (as "Mrs. Chetswold"). Produced by William B. Friedlander.
- (1927) Stage Play: Immoral Isabella?
- (1928) Stage Play: Diplomacy (Revival). Written by Victorien Sardou. Directed by Campbell Gullan. Erlanger's Theatre: 28 May 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Margaret Anglin (as "Lady Fairfax"), Jacob Ben-Ami (as "Count Orloff"), Charles Coburn (as "Baron Stein"), Georgette Cohan (as "Mion"), Guy Cunningham (as "Sheppard"), William Faversham (as "Henry Beauclerc"), Helen Gahagan (as "Countess Zicka"), Antony Holles (as "Algie Fairfax"), Cecilia Loftus (as "Marquise De Rio Zares"), Rollo Peters (as "Capt. Julian Beauclerc"), Tyrone Power Sr. (as "Markham"), Georges Renavent (as "Antonio"), Frances Starr (as "Dora"). Produced by George C. Tyler.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Lake. Drama. Written by Dorothy Massingham and Murray MacDonald. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Jed Harris. Martin Beck Theatre: 26 Dec 1933- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/55 performances). Cast: Wendy Atkin (as "Dolly Braite"), Blanche Bates (as "Lena Surrege") [final Broadway role], Roberta Beatty ("marjorie Hervey"), Lucy Beaumont (as "Miss White"), Florence Britton (as "Miss Kurn") [Broadway debut], Edward Broadley (as "Stoker"), Reginald Carrington (as "Sir Philip Stanway"), Colin Clive (as "John Clayne"), Douglas Garden (as "Mr. Hemingway") [final Broadway role], James Grainger (as "Captain Hamilton"), Mary Heberden (as "Maude"), Katharine Hepburn (as "Stella Surrege"), Rosalind Ivan (as "Mrs. George"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Mrs. Hemingway"), Elliott Mason (as "Lady Kerton"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Anna George"), Esther Mitchell (as "Ethel"), Lionel Pape (as "Henry Surrege"), Constance Pellissier [credited as Constance Pelissier] (as "Lady Stanway"), Audrey Ridgwell (as "Jean Templeton"), Frances Starr (as "Mildred Surrege"), Philip Tonge (as "Stephen Braite"), Elizabeth Townsend (as "Miss Marie"), Geoffrey Wardwell (as "Cecil Hervey"), O.Z. Whitehead (as "Dennis Gourlay") [Broadway debut], J.P. Wilson (as "Williams"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1934) Stage Play: Moor Born. Drama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Lady Jane. Comedy. Written by H.M. Harwood. Directed by H.M. Harwood. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Sep 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Frances Starr (as "Lady Jane Kingdom"), Frank Elliott (as "Lord Aldingham"), Lowell Gilmore (as "David Remington"), Frieda Inescort (as "Sybil Kingdom") [final Broadway role], Lila Lee (as "Liza Kingdom"), Alan Marshal (as "Steven Rains"), Reginald Mason (as "Professor Charles Kingdom"), Paul McGrath (as "Douglas Allenby"), Florence Selwyn (as "Maid"), Henry Vincent (as "Hume"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin. Produced in association with Arthur Hopkins.
- (1935) Stage Play: Field of Ermine. Written by Jacinto Benavente. Book adapted by John Garrett Underhill. Directed by Ben Ali Haggin. Mansfield Theatre: 8 Feb 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Produced by Crosby Gaige.
- (1938) Stage Play: The Good.
- (1952) Stage Play: The Sacred Flame (Revival). Written by W. Somerset Maugham [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Directed by John Reich. President Theatre: 6 Oct 1952- 25 Oct 1952 (24 performances). Cast: Nancy Coleman (as"Nurse Wayland"), Noel Leslie (as "Major Liconda"), Charles H. McCawley (as "Maurice Tabret"), Mark Roberts (as "Colin Tabret"), John D. Seymour (as "Dr. Harvester"), Frances Starr (as "Mrs. Tabret"), Joanna Vischer (as "Alice"), Patricia Wheel (as "Stella Tabret"). Produced by Anthony Parella.
- (1941) Stage Play: Claudia. Comedy. Written by Rose Franken.
- (1953) Stage Play: The Ladies of the Corridor. Written by Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d'Usseau. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang. Directed by Harold Clurman. Longacre Theatre: 21 Oct 1953- 28 Nov 1953 (45 performances). Cast: Vera Allen (as "Mrs. Lauterbach"), Margaret Barker (as "Constance Mercer"), Edna Best (as "Lulu Ames"), Clement Brace (as "Robert Ames"), Lonny Chapman (as "Harry"), Louis Criss (as "Casey"), Betty Field (as "Mildred Tynan"), Kate Harkin (as "Irma"), Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Mary Linscott"), Walter Matthau (as "Paul Osgood"), Donald McKee (as "Tom Linscott"), Frances Starr (as "Mrs. Nichols") [final Broadway role], Shepperd Strudwick (as "Charles Nichols"), Tassle (as "Sassy"), Robert Van Hooton (as "Mr. Humphries"), June Walker (as "Mrs. Gordon"), Carol Wheeler (as "Betsy Ames"). Produced by Walter Fried.
- (1951) Stage Play: The Long Days. Written by Davis Snow. Empire Theatre: 20 Apr 1951- 21 Apr 1951 (3 performances). Produced by Tait Buell.
- (1948) Stage Play: The Young and Fair. Written by N. Richard Nash. Directed by Harold Clurman. Fulton Theatre (moved to The International Theatre from 26 Dec 1948- close): 22 Nov 1948- 8 Jan 1949 (64 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Emmy Foster"), Doe Avedon (as "Drucilla Eldridge"), Patricia Bouchard (as "Mary Louise"), Elaine Bradford (as "Mathilda"), Vicki Carlson (as "Helen"), Frances Freeman (as "Mil Cheaver"), Rita Gam (as "Gloria"), Julie Harris (as "Nancy Gear"), Patricia Kirkland (as "Patty Morritt"), Mercedes McCambridge (as "Frances Morritt"), Sally Moffet (as "Boots McGregor"), Betty Morrissey (as "Laura Cantry"), Ann Murphy (as "Sue"), Peggy O'Connor (as "Sylvia"), Lenka Peterson (as "Selma Keeney"), Mary Lou Phelan (as "Georgetta"), Ann Sorg (as "Sally"), Bette Stanley (as "Carol"), Frances Starr (as "Sara Cantry"), Lee Truhill (as "Pauline"), Lois Wheeler (as "Lee Barron"). Replacement actor: Audra Lindley (as "Frances Morritt"). Produced by Vinton Freedley. Produced in association with Richard W. Krakauer.
- (1954) She acted in Samuel A. Taylor's play, "Sabrina Fair," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with June Lockhart and Paul McGrath in the cast.
- (1956) She acted in George S. Kaufman and Howard Teichmann's play, "The Solid Gold Cadillac," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with John Boyd in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (1959) She acted in Jean Anouilh's play, "Time Remembered," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Donald Buka in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (July 1936) She acted in Edward Chodorov's play, "Kind Lady," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (August 1938) She acted in Rachel Crothers' play, "Susan and God," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (July 10, 1939) She acted in S.N. Behrman's play, "End of Summer," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (July 29, 1940) She acted in S.N. Behrman's play, "No Time for Comedy," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (July 1948) She acted in Emlyn Williams' play, "The Corn is Green," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
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