- (1917 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: The Merry Wives of Windsor. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Thomas A. Wise. Park Theatre: 8 Jan 1917- Jan 1917 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Tracy Barrow, Gordon Burbe, W. Lawson Butt, Constance Collier, Robert Craig, Isabel Irving, Auriol Lee, Barry Macollum, Robert Mantell, Fuller Mellish, Vera Fuller Mellish [Broadway debut], Alexander Onslow, Marcel Rousseau, Jack Terry, J.D. Walsh, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Silvio Hein.
- (1918) Stage Play: A Little Journey. Written by Rachel Crothers. Little Theatre (moved to The Vanderbilt Theatre from 26 Dec 1918- close): 26 Dec 1918- Aug 1919 (closing date unknown/252 performances). Cast: Paul E. Burns, May Galyer, Jobyna Howland, Cyril Keightley (as "Jim West"), Victor La Salle, Edward Lester, Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Ethel Halstead"), William A. Mortimer, Douglas Patison, Richard Quilter, John Robb, Elma Royton, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Annie"), Theodore Westman, Nancy Winston, Estelle Winwood (as "Julie Rutherford"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1920) Stage Play: Genius and the Crowd. Comedy. Written by John T. McIntyre and Francis Hill. Directed by George M. Cohan. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 6 Sep 1920- Sep 1920 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Charlet Bartlett (as "Luigi Baccigalupo"), Constance Beaumar (as "Vera Cleeve"), Howard Boulden (as "Salvatore Venneto"), Ralph Brainard (as "Tenor Soloist"), Dorothy Clay (s "Miss Vanderslip"), H. Cooper Cliffe (as "Harrison Lloyd"), Marion Coakley (as "Mira Van Ness"), Marie Cummings (as "Miss Westerveldt"), Max Froelich (as "Giovanni Sataro"), Frank Hollins (as "Dickson"), Wright Kramer (as "Edouard Barna"), Viola Leach (as "Madame Trava"), Adele Leroy (as "Miss Arlingham"), Oretta Lewis (as "Miss De Puyster"), Dorothy Loraine (as "Miss Bellamy"), Helen Lovett (as "Miss Van Orden"), Kay MacCausland (as "Mrs. Brooks-Vinton"), Marion Warring Manley (as "Miss Buck"), Fuller Mellish (as "Gasparo Tagliani"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Rosamond Lanham"), Leonora Ottinger (as "Mrs. Lanham"), Frank Otto (as "Robert G. Burr"), Marie Pecheur (as "Louise Gribert"), Dorothea Quigley (as "Mrs. Mc-Duff-Powell"), Georges Renavent (as "Philippe Trava"), Rita Romilly (as "Bessie"), Frank Ross (as "Parker"), Helene Shaw (as "Miss Leffings"), Adelaide Starr (as "Mrs. Boyd-Jones"), Katherine Stewart (as "Madame Serafina Loriola"), Rubi Trelease (as "Mrs. Berners"). Produced by George M. Cohan.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Dancers.
- (1925) Stage Play: Shall We Join the Ladies? Mystery.
- (1929) Stage Play: Ladies Leave. Comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Traitor. Drama.
- (1931) Stage Play: Cynara. Drama. Written by H.M. Harwood and R.F. Gore-Brown. Adapted from the novel "An Imperfect Lover" by R.F. Gore-Brown (known in the film industry as Robert Brown (III)). Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Morosco Theatre: 2 Nov 1931- May 1932 (closing date unknown/210 performances). Cast: Adrianne Allen (as "Doris Lea"), Peter Barbier, Thomas Bate, Gladys Bell, Edna Bennett, Hannam Clark (as "Rev. Harold Dringer, Foreman of the Jury"), Jean Derayville (as "A Customer"), Linda Eder (as "Alice Boot"), Phoebe Foster (as "Clemency Warlock"), Shirley Gale (as "Miss Trix "), Paul Hanson, Miriam Jordan (as "Gorla Kentish") [Broadway debut], A.P. Kaye (as "Mr. Boot, Coroner"), Mario Majeroni (as "Mr. Small"), Alice Martin, Marguerite Martin (as "Marjorie"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Grace Boot"), Philip Merivale (as "Jim Warlock"), Mary Newham-Davis, Clement O'Loghlen, Kathryn O'Neill, Joe Romantini, Mary Scott Seton, Henry Stephenson (as "Hon. John Tring"), Mary Williamson. Produced by Lee Shubert. Note: Produced on film as Cynara (1932), directed by King Vidor.
- (1934) Stage Play: Within the Gates. Drama. Incidental music by Milton Lusk and Lehman Engel [earliest Broadway credit]. Written by Sean O'Casey. Choreographed by Elsa Findlay. Directed by Melvyn Douglas. National Theatre: 22 Oct 1934- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/141 performances). Cast: Mildred Albert, Charles Angelo (as "The Man in the Trilbey Hat"), Morris Ankrum (as "The Atheist"), George Augustin, Tony Barone, Mordecai Bauman, Phil Bishop, Suzanne Black, Kenneth Bostock, Mary Brandt, Edward Broadley (as "1st Evangelist"), Victor Bryant, Tomes Chapman, Kathryn Collier (as "The Bishop's Sister"), Ralph Cullinan (as "The Foreman"), Kathryn Curl, Martha Eaton, Bramwell Fletcher (as "The Dreamer"), Frank Gabrielson, Lillian Gish (as "The Young Whore"), Betty Gladstone, Anne Goddard, Miriam Goldina, Gordon Gould (as "1st Platform Speaker"), Serge Gradoff, Dorothy Higgins, Marjorie Hyder, Serge Inga, Moffat Johnston (as "The Bishop"), James Jolley, Charles Keane (as "The Man in the Burberry "), Barry Kelley (as "The Gardener"), Robert Kerr, Stanley Klein, Karl Kohrs, Ellen Larned (as "The Woman Who Feeds the Birds"), Alexander Lewis, Ellen Love, Byron McGrath (as "A Young Salvation Army Officer"), Barry Macollum (as "1st Chair Attendant"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "1st Nursemaid"), Ram Meyer, Dodson Mitchell (as "2nd Platform Speaker"), Esther Mitchell (as "2nd Nursemaid"), Elizabeth Morgan, Mary Morris, Margaret Mower (as "Symbol of the Seasons"), 'John Daly Murphy (as "2nd Chair Attendant"), Gifford Nash, Jessamine Newcombe, Arthur Porter, Evangeline Raleigh, Ursula Seiler, Edith Shayne, Virginia Spottswood, Pauline Stokes, Peggy Strickland, Ralph Sumpter (as "The Young Man in Plus-Fours"), William Triest, Arthur Villars, Clyde Walters, Teddy Williams, William Williams, Rodifer Wilson, Stanley G. Wood (as "The Man in the Bowler Hat"). Produced by George Bushar and John Tuerk.
- Grey Farm (1940). Melodram.
- Town House (1948).
- Fancy Meeting You Again (1952). Comedy.
- Men of Distinction (1953). Comedy.
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953). Comedy. Written by Howard Teichmann) and George S. Kaufman. Thanks to the narrator, Fred Allen. Special thanks for his contribution of "Spartacus to the Gladiators" to Marc Connelly. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Belasco Theatre (moved to the Music Box Theatre on 10 May 1954 to close): 5 Nov 1953- 12 Feb 1955 (526 performances). Cast: Josephine Hull, Loring Smith (as "Edward L. McKeever"), Howard Adelman (as "I.N.S."), Fred Allen [narration; recorded voice only], Mark Allen (as "Dwight Brookfield, News Broadcaster"), Reynolds Evans (as "Warren Gillie"), Henry Jones, Carl Judd (as "The A.P."), Geoffrey Lumb (as "T. John Blessington"), Lorraine MacMartin (as "Estelle Evans, News Broadcaster"), Gloria Maitland, Al McGranary (as "The U.P."), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Miss Logan"), Henry Norell (as "Bill Parker, News Broadcaster"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Alfred Metcalfe"), Jack Ruth (as "Mark Jenkins"), Charlotte Van Lein (as "Miss L'Arriere"), Mary Welch (as "Miss Amelia Shotgraven"). Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed as The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956). Music Box Theatre owned and operated by Irving Berlin who had no direct involvement in production.
- The Fabulous Invalid (1938). Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Broadhurst Theatre: 8 Oct 1938- 3 Dec 1938 (65 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian (as "Daisy LaHiff"), Albert Amato, Jack Arnold, Bobbe Arnst, Donald Baker, Walter Beck (as "The Valet"), Douglas Beddingfield, Louise Blackburn, William E. Blake, Virginia Burke, Eileen Burns, Ruth Clayton, Ethel Colby, Gladys Conrad, Clancy Cooper (as "A Comedian"), Stephen Courtleigh, Alec Courtney, Doris Dalton, William Dorbin, Katherine Duncan, Marian Edwards, Edward Elliott, Elsa Ersi, Edward Fisher, Richard Gordon, Brant Gorman, Sydney Grant, Alan Handley, Joy Hathaway, Percy Helton (as "Saunders"), Ferdi Hoffman, Louis Howard, Doris Jenkins, Roy Johnson, Gerry Jones, Janice Joyce, Curtis Karpe (as "Solinsky"), Charles King (as "Sheridan"), Ernest Lawford, David Leonard, George Lloyd, Richard Lloyd, John Lorenz, James MacDonald, Norman MacKay, Vera Fuller Mellish (as "The Maid"), John Moore, Mona Moray, Meg Mundy, Eddie Nelson, Jack Norworth, Barna Ostertag, Melvin Parks, Paul Payne, Robert Regent, Amy Revere, Robert Rhodes, Bonnie Roberts, Dora Sayers (as "Ethel Barrymore" and "Eva Le Galilienne"), Sydna Scott, Ada Sinclair, Sid Stone, Peggy Strickland, Ruth Strome, Jerome Thor (as "Newsboy"), Milano Tilden, Philip Truex (as "A Boy"), Grace Valentine (as "Annie"), Jay Velie, Beth Waller, Dorothy Waller, Solly Ward (as "The Auctioneer"), Jeanne Wardley. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (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, Blanche Bates [final Broadway role], Roberta Beatty, Lucy Beaumont, Florence Britton, Edward Broadley, Reginald Carrington (as "Sir Philip Stanway"), Colin Clive (as "John Clayne"), Douglas Garden, James Grainger, Mary Heberden, Katharine Hepburn (as "Stella Surrege"), Rosalind Ivan, Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Mrs. Hemingway"), Elliott Mason, Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Anna George"), Esther Mitchell, Lionel Pape (as "Henry Surrege"), Constance Pelissier, Audrey Ridgwell, Frances Starr, Philip Tonge (as "Stephen Braite"), Elizabeth Townsend, Geoffrey Wardwell, O.Z. Whitehead (as "Dennis Gourlay"), J.P. Wilson. Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1931) Stage Play: Napi. Comedy.
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