- (1906 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: The Kreutzer Sonata. Drama. Written by Jacob Gordin. Translated by Samuel Schiffman. Book adapted by Lena Smith and Mrs. Vance Thompson. Manhattan Theatre: 13 Aug 1906- Sep 1906 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Eleanor Carey, Laura Linden, Jessie Ralph [Broadway debut], Master Richard Storey, George Sumner, Beulah Thompson, William Travers, Alexander Von Mitzel, William Wadsworth, Blanche Walsh (as "Miriam Friedlander"), Helen Ware, David Wright. Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Straight Road. Melodrama. Written by Clyde Fitch. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Astor Theatre: 7 Jan 1907- Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Ethlyn Clemens, Louise Closser Hale, Charles Dalton, George Demarest [final Broadway role], Dorothy Dorr, Howard Estabrook, Cornelia M. Flood, Helen Lowell, Jessie Ralph, William Travers, William Wadsworth, Blanche Walsh (as "Mary O'Hara"). Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.
- (1909) Stage Play: Such a Little Queen. Comedy. Written by Channing Pollock. Directed by Frank Keenan. Hackett Theatre: 31 Aug 1909- Nov 1909 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: George Barnum (as "Baron Cosaca"), Gertrude Barrett (as "Cora Fitzgerald"), Francis Byrne (as "Robert Trainor"), William Cahan (as "Messenger"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Anna Victoria"), Frank Gilmore (as "Stephen IV"), Louis R. Grisel (as "Nathaniel Quigg"), Menifee Johnstone (as "General Myrza"), Arthur A. Klein (as "Colonel Haupt"), Eleanor Lawson (as "Elizabeth Lauman"), Marion Little (as "Margaret Donnelly"), A.W. Neuendorf (as "Prince Niklas"), Jessie Ralph (as "Mary"), Ralph Stuart (as "Adolph Lauman"), Kraft Walton (as "Count Mavichec"), Stanley G. Wood (as "Harry Sherman"). Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Price. Written by George Broadhurst. Hudson Theatre: 1 Nov 1911- Jan 1912 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: George Barnum [credited as George W. Barnum], Gertrude Dalton, R.H. Hudson, Harrison Hunter, Margaret McWade, Warner Oland, Jessie Ralph, Helen Ware. Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1912) Stage Play: A Rich Man's Son. Written by James Forbes. Directed by James Forbes. Harris Theatre (moved to The Park Theatre from 25 Nov 1912- close): 4 Nov 1912- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Walter Allen, Gideon Burton [Broadway debut], Jane Corcoran, John Cumberland, Paul Everton, Harold Grau, Ralph J. Morgan, Jessie Ralph, Joseph Rieder, Louise Rutter, Lillian Sinnott, Eugenie Woodward.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Escape. Written by Paul Armstrong. Lyric Theatre: 20 Sep 1913- Oct 1913 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Catherine Calvert, May Joyce, Frederick Block, George Farren, Crosby Little, James A. Marcus, Anne McDonald, Harry Mestayer, Charles Mylott, Jerome Patrick [Broadway debut], Benjamin Piazza, Jessie Ralph, Seth Smith. Produced by Paul Armstrong Co.
- (1913) Stage Play: After Five. Written by William C. de Mille and Cecil B. DeMille. Fulton Theatre: 29 Oct 1913- Nov 1913 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Ivy Troutman (as "Nora Hildreth"), Forrest Winant (as "Ted Ewing"), James Bradbury, David Burton, Alfred Hickman, Jessie Ralph, Jay Wilson, Joseph Yanner. Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.
- (1914) Stage Play: Help Wanted. Written by Jack Lait. Directed by Daniel Frawley. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 11 Feb 1914- May 1914 (closing date unknown/92 performances). Cast: Charles A. Abbe, Katherine Emmett, M.S. Goldaine, Lorraine Huling, Desmond Kelley, Edna Mayo, Lois Meredith, John Miltern, Rosamond O'Kane, Jessie Ralph, Charles Richman, Charles Ruggles [Broadway debut], Vivian Rushmore. Produced by Oliver Morosco.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Revolt. Written by Edward Locke. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 1 Apr 1915- May 1915 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: Alma Belwin, Claire Burke, Sam Edwards, Sara Enright, Beth Franklyn, Howard Gould, Charles N. Greene, Charles Hallock, Rosanna Logan, Edwin Mordant, Fred W. Peters, Jessie Ralph, Vincent Serrano, F. Russell Smith, Annette Tyler, Suzanne Willa, Frank Worth. Produced by F. Ray Comstock.
- (1915) Stage Play: Ruggles of Red Gap. Comedy. Written by Harrison Garfield Rhodes. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Based on a story by Harry Leon Wilson. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Fulton Theatre: 25 Dec 1915- 22 Jan 1916 (33 performances). Cast: Louis Arno (as "Mr. Henry P. Hartman"), Kitty Berg (as "A Girl Helper"), Viola Bowers (as "Miss Beryl Mae Watson"), James Boyle (as "Ed Perkins"), Frederick Burton (as "Mr. Egbert Floud"), Louise Closser Hale (as "Mrs. Floud"), Adelaide Cumming (as "Mrs. Judge Ballard"), Lucile Dalberg (as "Mrs. Charles Belknap-Jackson"), Philip Dunning (as "Watterman"), Marion Fuller (as "Mrs. Henry P. Hartman"), Francis Gaillard (as "A Cabman"), Billy Groves (as "First French Soldier"), John Hamilton (as "Proprietor of Booth"), Minnie Hart (as "Girl Selling Songs"), Ray Hartley (as "Girl Helper"), George Hassell (as "The Honorable George Van-Baseingwell"), Alma Hawly (as "A Messenger from Cravat Dealer's"), Ralph Herz (as "Alfred Ruggles"), Jobyna Howland (as "Mrs. Kenner"), Irving Jackson (as "Messenger from High-Life Tailor"), John Kelly (as "Waiter at Hotel Castiglione"), Dickie Kendall (as "A Messenger from the Shirtmaker's"), Harriet Kneitel (as "Street Singer"), Arthur Laceby (as "The Earl of Brinstead"), James C. Malaidy (as "Senator James Knox Floud"), Leslie Marion (as "Mrs. Elmer J. Brown"), Austin Miller (as "Post Card Seller"), Harold Nelson (as "Hat Boy at the United States Grill"), Grace Newton (as "Mrs. Dawson"), Caroline Oden (as "Miss Frances Coolbrith"), Frederick Osborne (as "Manager of Hotel Castiglione"), Homer Potts (as "Second French Soldier"), Lynn Pratt (as "Mr. Charles Belknap-Jackson"), Jessie Ralph (as "Mrs. Pettingill"), Adrian Rosely (as "Waiter at "Au Rendezvous des Cochers Fideles"), Fred W. Strong (as "Jeff Tuttle"), Gus Verace (as "A Barber"), Marie Vernon (as "Flower Girl"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Perfection Pictures (for Essanay Film Manufacturing Company) as Ruggles of Red Gap (1918), by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (distrubted by Paramount Pictures) as Ruggles of Red Gap (1923) and most notably as Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), starring Charles Laughton.
- (1916) Stage Play: His Bridal Night.
- (1916) Stage Play: Rich Man, Poor Man. Written by Maximilian Foster. Directed by Edward Elsner and Maximilian Foster. 48th Street Theatre: 5 Oct 1916- Nov 1916 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Geraldine Beck, John Bowers [final Broadway role], Rudolph Cameron, Helen Crane, Arthur Fitzgerald, Emily Fitzroy, Coates Gwynne, Marcia Harris, Brandon Hurst, Georgia Lawrence, William B. Mack, Jessie Ralph, Emmett Shackelford, Marie Wainwright, Frank Westerton. Produced by George Broadhurst. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [later known as Paramount Pictures] as Rich Man, Poor Man (1918).
- (1918) Stage Play: Once Upon a Time. Written by Rachel Crothers. Fulton Theatre: 15 Apr 1918- May 1918 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: George Brennan, Edward Fielding, William Loraine, Elsie Lyding, Bonnie Mariel, Chauncey Olcott, Jessie Ralph, Thomas Williams, Ethel Wilson. Produced by Cohan & Harris.
- (1918) Stage Play: A Prince There Was. Written by George M. Cohan. Based on a story by Darragh Aldrich. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 24 Dec 1918- May 1919 (closing date unknown/159 performances). Cast: Walter Brown, Wanda Carlyle, George M. Cohan, Ruth Donnelly, Elizabeth Dunne, Phoebe Hunt, LeRoy Johnson, George Parsons, Jessie Ralph, Ralph Sipperly, Ernest Stallard, Marie Vernon.
- (1922) Stage Play: Malvaloca. Written by Jacob S. Fassett. From the Spanish of Serafin Alvarez Quintero and Joaquin Alvarez. 48th Street Theatre: 2 Oct 1922-Nov 1922 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Lillian Albertson (as "Sister Piedad"), Lalive Brownell (as "Sister Dolores"), Frederic Burt (as "Salvador"), Louise Closser Hale (as "Dona Enriqueta"), Claude Cooper (as "Tio Jerome"), Jane Cowl (as "Malvaloca"), Edward Cullen (as "Lobito"), Margaret Fareleigh (as "Dionisia"), Frank I. Frayne (as "Barrabas"), Grace Hampton (as "Sister Consuelo"), Mariette Hyde (as "Mariquita"), Angela McCahill (as "Juanela"), Lenore Norvelle (as "Alfonsa"), John Parrish (as "A Workman"), Rollo Peters (as "Leonardo"), Jessie Ralph (as "Teresona"), Edith Van Cleve (as "Sister Carmen"), Marshall Vincent (as "Martin"). Produced by The Equity Players Inc.
- (1923) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Reicher. Henry Miller's Theatre: 24 Jan 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/157 performances). Cast: Robert Ayrton (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"), Richard Bowler (as "Balthasar, servant to Romeo"), Edward Broadley (as "Abram"), Lalive Brownell Lady Montague, wife to Montague"), Gordon Burby (as "Capulet"), Jane Cowl (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), John Sayre Crawley (as "Escalus, prince of Verona/Apothecary"), Frank Davis (as "Gregory, servant to Capulet"), Grayce Hampton [credited as Grace Hampton] (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), Louis Hector (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"), Bailey Hick (as "Sampson, servant to Capulet"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Montague"), Vernon Kelso (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Dennis King (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), John Parrish (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Rollo Peters (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Milton Pope (as "Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse"), Neil Quinlan (as "An Old Man, of the Capulet family"), Jessie Ralph (as "Nurse to Juliet"). Produced by The Selwyns and Adolph Klauber.
- (1923) Stage Play: Pelleas and Melisande. Drama.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Depths. Drama. Written by Hans Mueller. Broadhurst Theatre: 27 Jan 1925- Feb 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Charles Brokaw (as "A Passer-By"), Gordon Burby (as "A Lawyer"), Jane Cowl (as "Anna"), Jennie Eustace, Marion Evenson, Vernon Kelso (as "Herbert"), Rollo Peters, Jessie Ralph (as "The Housekeeper"), Edith Van Cleve (as "Gusti"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn. Produced in association with Adolph Klauber.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Man With a Load of Mischief.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Virgin.
- (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: Arthur Byron (as "U.S. Senator Risdale"), Louis Kimball (as "Stanley Risdale"), Lawrence Leslie, Lottie Linthicum, Donald Meek (as "The Rev. Herbert Chetswold"), Lee Patrick (as "Caroline Wendham"), Jessie Ralph (as "Emma Smith"), Thelma Ritter (as "Miss Batterson"), Frances Starr, Frederick Truesdell, Leah Winslow. Produced by William B. Friedlander.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Road to Rome. Comedy. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 31 Jan 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/392 performances). Cast: Charles Brokaw (as "Scipio"), Fairfax Burger (as "Varius"), Joyce Carey, Jane Cowl (as "Amytis"), Louis Hector (as "Hasdrubal"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Sertorius/Thotmes"), Barry Jones, Walter Kinsella (as "Third Guard"), Ben Lackland (as "Second Guard"), Richie Ling (as "Fabius"), Lewis Martin, Jock McGraw, John McNulty, Peter Meade, Philip Merivale (as "Hannibal"), Harold Moffet (as "Carthalo"), Clement O'Loghlen, William Pearce, Gert Pouncy, Jessie Ralph (as "Fabia"), William R. Randall, Alfred Webster. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Road to Rome. Comedy (revival). Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 21 Jan 1928- Jun 1929 (closing date unknown/440 performances). Cast: Laurence W. Adams, Charles Brokaw (as "Scipio"), Fairfax Burger (as "Varius"), Joyce Carey, Jane Cowl (as "Amytis"), Daniel Coxe, Lionel Hogarth (as "Sertorius/Thotmes"), Barry Jones, Walter Kinsella (as "Third Guard"), Ben Lackland (as "Second Guard"), Richie Ling (as "Fabius"), Lewis Martin, Jock McGraw, John McNulty, Hale Norcross (as "Hasdrubal"), Clement O'Loghlen, Gert Pouncy, Jessie Ralph (as "Fabia"), William R. Randall, Guy Standing (as "Hannibal"), George Tobias (as "Carthalo"), Alfred Webster. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1929) Stage Play: Paolo and Francesca. Drama (revival). Written by Stephen Phillips. Directed by Jane Cowl. Forrest Theatre: 1 Apr 1929- 13 Apr 1929 (16 performances). Cast: D.M. Bishop, Joyce Carey, Jane Cowl (as "Francesca"), Katherine Emmett, Marion Evenson, Coburn Goodwin, George Graves, Lionel Hogarth, Ben Lackland, Robert Lowe, Lewis Martin, Philip Merivale (as "Paolo"), Hale Nacross (as "Corrado") [credited as Hale Norcross], Virginia Norton, Jessie Ralph (as "Angela"), William Randall, Guy Standing, F.C. Strang, Helen Wilson. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman.
- (1930) Stage Play: Twelfth Night. Comedy (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Child of Manhattan.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Good Earth. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 17 Oct 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Harry Barfoot (as "Priest from the Temple of Buddha"), Homer Barton (as "The Gatekeeper of the House of Hwang" and "The Rich Man"), Conrad Cantzen (as "A Peach Vendor, Another Poor Man"), Harry M. Cooke, Jack Daniels, Marel Foster, Clyde Franklin, William Franklin, Freddy Goodrow, Sydney Greenstreet (as "Wang Lung's Uncle"), Joan Hathaway, Albert Hayes, Helen Hoy, A. Francis Karll, Geraldine Kay, Donald MacMillan, Kate Morgan, Nola Napoli, Alla Nazimova (as "O-Lan"), Sabene Newmark, Claude Rains (as "Wang Lung"), M.W. Rale, Jessie Ralph (as "Wang Lung's Aunt") [final Broadway role], Mark Schweid, Vincent Sherman (as "Stranger" and "A Young Speaker"), Harold Thomas, Henry Travers (as "Wang Lung's Father"), Harry Wood, Marjorie Wood, Philip Wood. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Noted: Filmed by MGM as The Good Earth (1937).
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