- (1894 - 1944) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1894) Stage Play: The Amazons. Written by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Feb 1894- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Lorena Atwood, Barrett Barker [Broadway debut], Billie Burke (as "Lady Thomasin") [Broadway debut], Miriam Clements, Annie Esmond, Arthur Fitzgerald, Ferdinand Gottschalk [Broadway debut], Shelly Hull, Dorothy Lane, Thomas Reynolds, Morton Selten, Fritz Williams.
- (1907) Stage Play: My Wife. Written by Michael Morton, from the French of Paul Gavault and Robert Charvay. Empire Theatre: 31 Aug 1907-Dec 1907 (closing date unknown/129 performances). Cast: Alex Brunn, Herbert Budd, Billie Burke (as "Beatrice 'Trixie' Dupre"), John Drew, Frank Goldsmith, Ferdinand Gottschalk, L.C. Howard, Hope Latham, Mario Majeroni, Rex McDougall, Soldine Powel [credited as E. Soldene Powell], Albert Roccardi, Morton Selten, Ida Greeley Smith, Walter Soderling, Dorothy Tennant. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: Love Watches. Comedy. Written by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet. Adapted by Gladys Unger. Directed by William Seymour. Lyceum Theatre: 27 Aug 1908- Jan 1909 (closing date unknown/172 performances). Cast: Annie Bradley, Billie Burke (as "Jaqueline"), William Claire, Laura Clement, W.H. Crompton, Stanley Dark, Louise Drew, William Edgar, Ida Greeley Smith, Cyril Keightley, Ernest Lawford, Maud S. Love, Kate Meeks, Maude Odell, Horace H. Porter, Charlotte Shelby, Isabel West. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1910) Stage Play: Mrs. Dot. Comedy. Written by W. Somerset Maugham. Lyceum Theatre: 24 Jan 1910- Mar 1910 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Mildred Barrett, Billie Burke (as "Mrs. Worthley"), Ernest Cossart (as "Mr. Rixon"), Annie Esmond (as "Lady Sellenger"), Basil Hallam (as "Freddie Perkins"), A. Lionel Hogarth (as "Charles"), Fred Kerr (as "James Blenkinsop"), Julian L'Estrange (as "Gerald Halstane"), Edgar J. MacGregor (as "Mr. Wright"), P.E. McCoy, Kate Meeks (as "Eliza Macgregor"), Annie Meredith. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1910) Stage Play: Suzanne. Comedy. Written by Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler, from their book adapted by C. Haddon Chambers. Lyceum Theatre: 26 Dec 1910- Feb 1911 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: George W. Anson, G.H. Beverman, Billie Burke (as "Suzanne"), C. Harrison Carter, Jane Galbraith, David Glassford, Harry Harwood, M.B. Hendel, N.K. Leavitt, Julian L'Estrange, P.E. McCoy, Rosa Rand, E.R. Sheehey, Alison Skipworth, Conway Tearle, C.J. Wedgewood. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard. Written by Harcourt Williams. Based on the story by Anthony Hope. Lyceum Theatre: 20 Jan 1911- Feb 1911 (closing date unknown/35 performances). Cast [as known]: Billie Burke, Lumsden Hare. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Runaway. Written by Pierre Veber and Henri de Gorsse. Lyceum Theatre: 9 Oct 1911- Dec 1911 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Harry Barfoot, Billie Burke (as "Colette"), H.A. Cripps, Adelaide Cumming, Roma Devonne, Jane Evans, Lettie Ford, Alice Gale, George Howell, Aline McDermott, Henry Miller, Josephine Morse, Nat Nazzaro Jr., Edwin Nicander, Morton Selten, C. Aubrey Smith, Emily Wakeman, Isabelle West. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1912) Stage Play: The "Mind-the-Paint" Girl. Musical. Written by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Additional music by Jerome Kern. Lyceum Theatre: 9 Sep 1912- Jan 1913 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Billie Burke, William Raymond, Edith Campbell, E. Douglas, Arthur Fitzgerald, Marie Fitzgerald, H.E. Herbert, Hazel Leslie, Jeanette Lowrie, Arthur Luzzi, Carroll McComas, Bernard Merefield, John Morley, Barnett Parker, Anna Rose, Morton Selton, Jeanne Shelby. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Amazons. (Revival). Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Empire Theatre: 28 Apr 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Lorena Atwood, Barrett Barker, Billie Burke, Miriam Clements, Annie Esmond, Arthur Fitzgerald, Shelly Hull, Dorothy Lane, Thomas Reynolds, Morton Selten [credited as Morton Selton], Fritz Williams. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Land of Promise. Written by W. Somerset Maugham. Lyceum Theatre: 25 Dec 1913- Mar 1914 (closing date unknown/76 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, Billie Burke, Selma Hall, Lumsden Hare, Shelly Hull, Lillian Kingsbury, Leopold Lane, Gladys Morris, Mildred Orme, Barnett Parker, Thomas Reynolds, Norman Tharp, Henry Warwick. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1914) Stage Play: Jerry. Written by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Lyceum Theatre: 28 Mar 1914- May 1914 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Billie Burke (as "Jerry"), Gladys Hanson (as "Joan Doubleday"), Lumsden Hare (as "Dr. Kirk"), Shelly Hull (as "Montagu Wade"), Alice Johns (as "Harriet Townsend"), Allan Pollock (as "Peter Flagg"), Thomas Reynolds (as "Briggs"), Bernard Thornton (as "Lewis"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Rescuing Angel. Written by Clare Kummer. Hudson Theatre: 8 Oct 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Richard Barbee, Rhoda Beresford, Elmer Brown [Broadway debut], Billie Burke, Dana Desboro, Claude Gillingwater, Robert McWade, Frederick Perry, Walter Schellin, Marie Wainwright, Roland Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation/Paramount Pictures] as The Rescuing Angel (1919).
- (1918) Stage Play: A Marriage of Convenience (Revival). Written by Sydney Grundy. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 May- Jun 1918 (closing date unknown/53 performances). Cast: Billie Burke, Lynn Hammond, Frank Kemble-Cooper, Frederick Lloyd, Henry Miller, Lewis Sealy, Lowell Sherman, Lucile Watson.
- (1919) Stage Play: Caesar's Wife. Drama. Written by W. Somerset Maugham. Liberty Theatre: 24 Nov 1919- Feb 1920 (closing date unknown/81 performances). Cast: Billie Burke, Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Etheridge"), Frederick de Belleville (as "Osman Pasha"), Ernest Glendinning, Harry Green, Thomas Wigney Percyval, Hilda Spong (as "Mrs. Pritchard"), Norman Trevor (as "Sir Arthur Little, K.C.B., C.C.M.G"), Mrs. Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1921) Stage Play: The Intimate Strangers. Comedy. Written by Booth Tarkington. Directed by Ira Hards. Henry Miller's Theatre: 7 Nov 1921- Jan 1922 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast: Billie Burke (as Isabel"), Charles S. Abbe (as "The Station Master"), Frances Howard, Glenn Hunter, Frank J. Kirk, Alfred Lunt (as "Ames"), Elizabeth Patterson, Clare Weldon. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Abraham L. Erlanger and Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1922) Stage Play: Rose Briar. Comedy. Written by Booth Tarkington. Empire Theatre: 25 Dec 1922- Mar 1923 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Billie Burke (as "Rose Briar"), Frank Conroy, Louis Darclee, Alan Dinehart (as "Paradee"), Paul Doucet, Mark Haight, Julia Hoyt, Richie Ling (as "Little"), Frank McCoy, Florence O'Denishawn, Ethel Remey (as "Miss Sheppard") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1924) Stage Play: Annie Dear. Musical comedy. Music, lyrics and material by Clare Kummer. Additional music by Sigmund Romberg. Featuring songs by Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Directed by Edward Royce. Times Square Theatre: 4 Nov 1924- 31 Jan 1925 (103 performances). Cast: Edward Allan, Mary Almonti, Fred Arnold, Abner Barnhart, Kathleen Barrow, Jason Bauer, Spencer Bentley, Marguerite Boatwright, Dorothy Brown, Billie Burke, John Byam, Spencer Charters (as "James Ludgate"), Joan Clement, Phyllis Cleveland, Gladys Coburn, Virginia Crane, Lawrence Crowe, Easter and Hazleton, Pearl Eaton, George Ferguson, Gavin Gordon, Florentine Gosnova, Alexander Gray, Marion Green, Evelyn Grieg, Ned Hamlin, Harold Hennessy, Barton Hepburn, Helen Herendeen, Edna Johnson, Frank Kingdon (as "Mr. Gosling"), Norman Knox, Mary Lawler, Nyo Lee, Rona Lee, Catherine Littlefield, William May, Gayle Mays, Gertrude McDonald, Lelia McGuire, Marjorie Peterson, Anastasia Reilly, Katherine Sacker, Charles Schenck, James Shelton, Russell Smith, Peggy Steele, Ernest Truex (as "George Wimbledon"), May Vokes (as "Lottie"), Bobby Watson, Jack Whiting, Alfred Wyart. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Marquise. Written by Noël Coward. Directed by David Burton. Biltmore Theatre: 14 Nov 1927- Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Billie Burke, Arthur Byron (as "The Compte, Raoul De Vriaac"), Madge Evans (as "Adrienne"), William Kershaw, Harry Lillford, Rex O'Malley (as "Miguel"), Reginald Owen (as "Esteban, El Duce De Santaguano"), Theodore St. John, Dorothy Tree (as "Alice"). Produced by Kenneth MacGowan and Sidney Ross.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Happy Husband. Comedy. Written by Harrison Owen. Directed by A.E. Matthews. Empire Theatre: 7 May 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Irene Brown, Billie Burke, Lawrence Grossmith, Ilka Chase, Walter Connolly, A.E. Matthews, Alice Moffat, Nancy Ryan, George Thorpe, Mackenzie Ward, John Williams. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Truth Game. Comedy. Written by Ivor Novello. Directed by G. Hamilton Gay. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Dec 1930- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/107 performances). Cast: Albert G. Andrews (as "Sir Joshua Grimshaw"), Dorothie Bigelow (as "Vera Crombie"), Billie Burke (as "Evelyn Brandon"), Gwen Day Burroughs (as "Harris"), Forbes Dawson (as "Lord Straffield"), Phoebe Foster (as "Rosine Browne"), Jean Fullarton (as "Atkins"), Gerald McCarthy (as "Sir George Kelvin"), Burton McEvilly (as "James Hubbard"), Ivor Novello (as "Max Clement"), Viola Tree (as "The Lady Joan Culver"). Produced by Lee Shubert. Note: Filmed by MGM as -But the Flesh Is Weak (1932), and again by MGM as Free and Easy (1941).
- (1934) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H. I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: John McManus. Sketches by: H.I. Philips, Fred Allen and David Freedman. Written by Harry Turgend. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman. Featuring songs by Joseph Meyer, Richard Myers, Dana Suesse, Peter DeRose, Billy Hill and James F. Hanley. Additional numbers stage by John Murray Anderson. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Winter Garden Theatre: 4 Jan 1934- 9 Jun 1934 (182 performances). Cast: John Adair, Joanna Allen, Virginia Allen, Louene Ambrosius, Peggy Ann, Eve Arden [Broadway debut], Margorie Baglin, Judith Barron, Leon Barte, Mary Bay, Betzi Beaton, Anna Bell, Herman Belmonte, Helen Bennett, Al Bloom, Hazel Boffinger, Mary Bolles, Mildred Borst, Patricia Bowman, Fanny Brice, Mary Ellen Brown, Dorothy Buckley, Joanne Cannon, Joseph Carey, Jean Carson, Jacques Cartier, Jack Coogan, Gloria Cook, Dorothy Daly, Hope Dare, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Loretta Dennison, Eva Desca, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Frank Ericson, Lonita Foster, Helene Frederic, Jane Froman, Marjorie Gayle, Gloria Glennon, Julia Gorman, Irene Hamlin, Helen Hannon, Pearl Harris, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Brice Hutchins, Vivian Janis, Julie Jenner, Ruth Kane, Gladyse Keating, James Kitson, Evelyn Laurie, Naomi Leaf, Clark Leston, Rose Lipton, Dorothy MacKinnon, Florence Mallee, Florence Malley, Carlotta Mann, Charlotte Mann, Lillian Mann, Fred Mannat, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Sara Mazo, Pam McAvoy, Frances McHugh, Vicki Michak, Bobbie Miller, Dinty Moore, Victor Morely, Jane Moxon, Evelyn Nichols, Evelyn Nielson, Cherry Preisser [Broadway debut], June Preisser, Ina Ray, Ruth Reiter, Susanne Remos, Edith Roark, Thora Roberts, Don Ross, Caroline Ryan, Ruth Saks, Sid Salzer, Marion Santre, Sunya Shurman, Leone Sousa, Edwina Steele, Maria Steele, Marie Stevens, Jean Stuart, Lucile Stuart, Adlynn Swan, Gladine Sweetser, Ethel Thorsen, The Vikings, Oliver Wakefield, Mildred Webb, Gil White, Marguerite White, Betty Worth. Produced by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke).
- (1936) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Sallinger, Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward Clarke Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 30 Jan 1936- 9 May 1936 (115 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Gertrude Niesen, Eve Arden, Gene Ashley, Josephine Baker, Milton Barnett, Vicki Belling, Herman Belmonte, Prescott Brown, Edward Browne, Florine Callahan, Judy Canova, George Church, Stella Clauson, Evelyn Dale, Dorothy Daly, Maxine Darrell, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Tom Draper, Althea Elder, George Enz, Helene Fromson, Thomas Gleason, Vera Haal, Georgia Hiden, Harriet Hoctor, Gay Hoff, John Hoyt, Stan Kavanaugh, Irene Kelly, Lyn Leslie, Ula Love, Elena Marano, Helene Marchand, Duke McHale, Rodney McLennan, Betty McMahon, Mary Alice Moore, Jean Moorhead, Howard Morgan, Jane Moxon, Paul Nelson, The Nicholas Brothers, Gertrude Niesen, Hugh O'Connell, Eileen O'Driscoll, Jessica Pepper, Gloria Pierre, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Isabel Pulsford, William Quentmeyer, Peggy Quinn, J. Ramos, Erminie Randolph, Frances Rands, Cornelia Rogers, J. Sastere, Marion Semler, Thelma Shearon, Didi Skoug, Marlyn Stuart, Ricki Tanzi, Peggy Thomas, Ethel Thorsen, Williem Van Loon, Marie Vanneman, Everette West, Irving West, Ben Yost. Produced by 'Billie Burke Ziegfeld', Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Musical revue [return engagement]. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Salinger, Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Additional Orchestrations by Conrad Sallinger, Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Will Vodery. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Stage Director: Frederick De Cordova. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 14 Sep 1936- 19 Dec 1936 (112 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bobbby Clark, Edelia Alvarez, Ann Anderson, Del Arden, Gloria Arden, Florence Baker, Betty Banister, Mary Bay, Vicki Belling, Helen Bennett, Mary Bicks, Hiawana Booth, Betty Boyce, Julie Bryan, Florine Callahan, Hugh Cameron, Virginia Collins, Cass Daley, Jyll Egger, Irmgard Erik, Marjorie Ezequelle, James Farrell, Alex Fisher, Joe Frederic, Helene Fromson, Kay Gable, Sidney Greene, Ruth Harrison, George Herman (as "Ben Yost's Varsity Eight") [final Broadway role], Rita Horgan, Diane Hunter, Henning Irgens, Stan Kavanagh, Geirgette Lampsi, Artheda Lane, Virginia Langdon, Marvin Lawler, Marjorie Leach, Gypsy Rose Lee (as "Miss Gherkin"), Linda Lee, Fay Lentz, Dionis Little, Evelyn Low, Christine Beau Mar, Sylvia Marsh, Beth Meredith, Mae Merrick, Melton Moore, Joan Myles, Paul Nelson, Bernard Pearce, Jane Pickens, Cherry Preisser [final Broadway role], June Preisser, William Quentmeyer, Erminie Randolph, Jo Raskin, Ruth Rathburn, Clare Scott, Terry Shannon, Shirley Stevens, Marie Vanneman, Eddie Wells, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke Ziegfeld and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1943) Stage Play: This Rock. Written by Robert Livingston Faust. Directed by Eddie Dowling. Longacre Theatre: 18 Feb 1943- 20 Mar 1943 (37 performances). Cast: Victor Beecroft, Billie Burke (as "Cecily Stanley"), J. Malcolm Dunn, Roland Hogue, Nicholas Joy, Zachary Scott, Joan Shepard, Joyce Van Patten, Lucia Victor, Lois Volkman. Produced by Eddie Dowling.
- (1955) She acted in Irving Phillips' play, "Mother was a Bachelor," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (January 13, 1959) She acted in Edward Chodorov's play, "Listen To The Mocking Bird," in the Playwrights Company production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Eva Le Gallienne, Una Merkel, Francis Compton, Cavada Humphrey, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Angela Thornton, Felix Deebank, Biff McGuire and Donald Moffat in the cast. Leo Kerz was set designer. Guy Kent was costume designer. Edward Chodorov was also director.
- (1955) She acted in Irving Phillips' play, "Mother Was a Bachelor," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Susan Seaforth in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (September 6, 1953) She acted in Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's play, "Life with Mother," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (August 1955) She acted in Irving Phillips' play, "Mother Was a Bachelor," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (June 1956) She acted in Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman's play "The Solid Gold Cadillac," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
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