- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1955) She acted in Eugene O'Neill's play, "Mourning Becomes Electra", at the Arts Theatre Club in London, England with Mary Morris, Joseph O'Conor, John Schlesinger, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Barker and Timothy Bateson in the cast. Peter Hall was the director.
- (1968) She acted in Sidney Howard's play, "The Silver Chord", at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey, England with Hal Hamilton, Valerie Colgan, David Valla, Elizabeth Hughes and Helen Gill in the cast.
- (1952) She acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Coriolanus", in the Stratford Theatre Festival at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Anthony Quayle, Laurence Harvey, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Siobhan McKenna, Michael Bates, John Turner, Zena Walker and John Nettleton in the cast. Glen Byam Shaw was the director.
- Rose-Marie (1924). Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Herbert P. Stothart. Imperial Theatre: 2 Sep 1924- 16 Jan 1926 (557 performances). Cast: Lela Bliss (as "Ethel Brander"), Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Emile La Flamme"), Arthur Deagon (as "Sergeant Malone"), Mary Ellis (as "Rose-Marie La Flamme"), Frank Greene (as "Edward Hawley"), William Kent (as "Hard-Boiled Herman"), Dennis King (as "Jim Kenyon"), Arthur Ludwig (as "Black Eagle"), Dorothy MacKaye (as "Lady Jane"), Pearl Regay (as "Wanda"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein
- (July 26, 1992) She performed in the show, "A Glamorous Night with Evelyn Laye and Friends", at the London, Palladium in London, England with Evelyn Laye, Jane Baxter, Katie B. Robertson, Patrick Fyffe (aka "Dame Hilda Bracket"), Dora Bryan, Paul Daneman, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Mills, Stifyn Parri, Muriel Pavlow, Marti Webb, Elisabeth Welch, Anna Wing, Wendy Hiller, Florence Desmond, Moira Lister, Pat Kirkwood and Elizabeth Webb in the cast.
- The Romantic Young Lady (1926).
- The Humble (1926). Drama.
- The Crown Prince (1927).
- The Taming of the Shrew (1927).
- 12,000 (1928). Written by Bruno Frank. Book adapted by William A. Drake. Directed by Basil Sydney. Garrick Theatre: 12 Mar 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Charles Croker-King (as "His Serene Highness, the Prince of_____"), Mary Ellis (as "The Baroness of Spangenburg"), Lumsden Hare (as "A Colonel"), Walter Kingsford (as "Faucitt"), John McGovern (as "The Younger Brother"), Leonard Mudie (as "The Elder Brother"), Basil Sydney (as "Piderit"), Robert Vivian (as "Treysa"). Produced by The Garrick Players.
- Meet the Prince (1929). Comedy.
- Becky Sharp (1929). Comedy (revival). Written by Langdon Mitchell. Directed by Dudley Digges. Knickerbocker Theatre: 3 Jun 1929- Jun 1929 (unknown closing date/8 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "General Tufto"), Bruce Bairnsfather, Edith Barrett, Doan Borrup (as "Bowles"), Agnes Brady, Donald Brian, Patricia Collinge, Ernest Cossart, Frazer Coulter, Mary Ellis, Jay Fassett, Helen Freeman, Etienne Girardot, Thomas Gomez, Evelyn Goodrich, Gerald Hamer, Nedda Harrigan, Gordon Hart, Roland Hogue, Arthur Hohl (as "Pitt Crawley"), Mary Hone, Haroldine Humphreys, Moffat Johnston, Elsie Keene, Wright Kramer, Cecilia Loftus, Edward McNamara, Julia McMahan, Owen Meech, Henry Mortimer, Ida Mulle, Jack O'Donnell, Alice Papo, James T. Powers, Herbert Ranson, Erna Rowan, Ernest Rowan, William Sams, John D. Seymour, J. Walter Smith, Marguerite St. John, Loren Stout, Pam Sweeny, Basil Sydney, Raymond Thayer, Lillian B. Tonge (as Lillian Brennard Tonge), Adele Walker, Clifford Walker, Leonard Willey, Genevieve Williams, Mrs. Thomas A. Wise, Cecily Work. Produced by The Players Club.
- Children of Darkness (1930).
- Jewel Robbery (1932). Comedy. Written by Bertram Bloch, from the Hungarian of Ladislas Fodor. Directed by Paul Streger. Booth Theatre: 13 Jan 1932- Feb 1932 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: Lionel Braham (as "Lenz"), Stuart Casey, Clarence Derwent (as "Franz"), Mary Ellis (as "Teri") [final Broadway role], Harold Johnsrud, Hazel Nagley, Eugene Powers, Frederick Roland, Louis M. Simon, Basil Sydney, Robert Vivian, Cora Witherspoon (as "Marianne"). Produced by Paul Streger. Note: Filmed by Warner Brothers as Jewel Robbery (1932) as a Kay Francis vehicle.
- The following productions are known (list may be incomplete):
- (1952) She acted in the Stratford Theatre Festival at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Anthony Quayle, Michael Hordern, Siobhan McKenna, Lyn Evans, Laurence Harvey, Raymond Westwell, Michael Bates, John Gielgud (London), Diana Wynyard (London) and Paul Scofield (London) in the cast. Anthony Quayle was the director.
- (May 1933 - December 1933) She acted in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical, "Music in the Air", at His Majesty's Theatre in London, England.
- (1939) She acted in Ivor Novello's musical, "The Dancing Years", at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England with Ivor Novello, Minnie Rayner, Roma Beaumont, Olive Gilbert, Frances Clare and Anthony Nicholls in the cast. Leontine Sagan was the director.
- (1954) She acted in Noël Coward's musical, "After the Ball", at the Globe Theatre in London, England with Vanessa Lee, Peter Graves and Graham Payn in the cast. Robert Helpmann was the director.
- (1924) Stage Play: Merry Wives of Gotham. Comedy. Written by Laurence Eyre. Henry Miller's Theatre: 16 Jan 1924- Apr 1924 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Bertha Ballenger (as "Denbeigh"), Berton Churchill (as "Lambart DeRhonde"), Arthur Cole (as "Andy Gorman"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Annie O'Tandy"), Mary Ellis (as "Brigid Shannahan/Ophelia O'Tandy"), Herbert Farjeon (as "Angelo"), Grace George (as "Anne DeRhonde"), Wlliam Hanley (as "Dirk DeRhonde"), Avis Hughes (as "Sister Mercedes"), Tom Maguire (as "Phelim Hennessy"), John Miltern (as "Major Fowler"), Mignon O'Doherty (as "Cathy Donovan/Widow Gorman"), Eddie Quinn (as "Jimminy"), William Quinn (as "Patsy/A Small Gorman"), Lewis Sealy [credited as Lewis A. Sealy] (as "Pomeroy"), Arthur Sinclair (as "Seumas O'Tandy"), Judith Vosselli (as "Mother Agnes/Hudson Bess"), George Wilson (as "Paperhanger"), Ann Winston (as "Miss Mortimer"). Produced by Henry Miller.
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