Gene Kelly(1912-1996)

Stage: Appeared (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"; Broadway debut) in "Leave It to Me!" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Cole Porter. Material adaption by / based on the play Clear All the Wires" by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack (also director). Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Music orchestrated by Don Walker (credited as Donald J. Walker). Imperial Theatre: 9 Nov 1938-15 Jul 1939 (291 performances). Cast: William Gaxton (as "Buckley Joyce Thomas"), Victor Moore (as "Alonzo P. Goodhue"), Mary Martin (as "Dolly Winslow"), Tamara (as "Colette"), Sophie Tucker (as "Mrs. Goodhue" / "April" / "Mrs. Goodhue's Daughter"), Walter Armin (as "French Conductor" / "French Ambassador" / "Stalin"), Alexander Asro, Monica Bannister, Vicki Belling, Dorothy Benson, Stanton Bier, Alexis Bolan, Ruth Bond, Evelyn Bonefine, Chet Bree, Charles Campbell, Dean Carlton, James W. Carr, Mildred Chenaval, Don Cortez, Ruth Daye, J. Colville Dunn, John Eliot, Michael J. Forbes, Hans Hansen, Pearl Harris, Eddie Heisler, Beverly Hosier, Ivan Izmailov, Dorothea Jackson, Thomas Jafollo, Adele Jergens (as "Guest"), Ruth Joseph, Joseph Kallini, Evelyn Kelly, Maurice Kelly, June Le Roy, Nancy Lee, William Lilling, Walter Long, Peter Lopoukin, George E. Mack (as "Photographer" / "Japanese Ambassador"), Walter Monroe, Evelyn Moser, Audrey Palmer, John Panter, Mary Ann Parker, Kay Picture, Barbara Pond, Edward H. Robins, Roy Ross, Jean Scott, Veva Selwood, Jack Seymour, Lawrie Shevlin, Eugene Sigaloff, Zynaid Spencer, Jack Stanton, Frances Tannehill (as "Guest"), Marie Vanneman, Marie Vaughan, Matthew Vodnoy. Replacement actors: Paul Bartels (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"), Dorothy Compton (as "Guest"), Mildred Fenton (as "Dolly Winslow"), Joel Friend (as "Secretary to Mr. Goodhue"), Grace Gillen (as "One of Les Girls"). Produced by Vinton Freedley.