- (1920 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1920) Stage Play: The Light of the World. Drama. Written by Pierre Saisson. Translated by Guy Bolton and George Middleton. Lyric Theatre: 6 Jan 1920- Feb 1920 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Helen Chandler (as "Agnes"), Wallis Clark (as "Jonas Kurz"), Burke Clarke (as "James Mayre"), Jane Cooper (as "Ruth le Doux"), Charles Crumpton (as "Timothy"), Pedro de Cordoba (as "Anton Rendel"), Ernest A. Elton (as "Martin Gast"), Arthur Fitzgerald (as "Raymond Hott"), Percy Haswell (as "Mary Rendel"), Clara Joel (as "Marna Lynd"), Ralph Kellard (as "Simon Brock"), Wright Kramer (as "Bert Adams, One of the Three Wise Men"), Arnold Lucy (as "Pastor Saunders"), Fuller Mellish (as "Nathan"), Leslie Palmer (as "Arthur Brooks, One of the Three Wise Men"), Phyllis Povah [erroneously credited as Philis Poyah] (as "Margot Haser") [Broadway debut], Gerald Rogers (as "Paul Mayre"), Fred Vogeding (as "Jan Van Veen, One of the Three Wise Men"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1921) Stage Play: Mr. Pim Passes By. Comedy. Written by A.A. Milne. Directed by Philip Moeller. Garrick Theatre: 28 Feb 1921- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/124 performances). Cast: Laura Hope Crews (as "Olivia"), Dudley Digges (as "George Marden, J.P."), Peggy Harvey (as "Anne"), Leonard Mudie (as "Brian Strange"), Phyllis Povah (as "Dinah"), Erskine Sanford (as "Carraway Pim"), Helen Westley (as "Lady Marden"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1922) Stage Play: Hospitality. Comedy/tragedy. Written by Leon Cunningham. Musical Director: Oscar Lifshey. Directed by Augustin Duncan. 48th Street Theatre: 13 Nov 1922- Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/46 performances). Cast: Margaret Borough (as "Ruthie, Jennie's friend"), Louise Closser Hale (as "Jennie Wells"), Claude Cooper (as "Mr. Wicker, Jennie's suitor"), Phyllis Povah (as "Muriel Humphrey, Jennie's enemy"), Tom Powers (as "Peter Wells, Jennie's son"), Stuart Sage (as "Clyde Thompson"), Pearl Sindelar (as "Auntie Mae, Jennie's sister"), Harriet Woodruff (as "Melena Wells, Jennie's daughter"). Produced by The Equity Players Inc.
- (1923) Stage Play: Icebound. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Sam Forrest. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 10 Feb 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/145 performances). Cast: Robert Ames, Eva Condon (as "Sadie Fellows"), Laurence Eddinger (as "Doctor Curtis"), Charles Henderson, Andrew J. Lawlor Jr., Lottie Linthicum, Frances Neilson, Edna May Oliver (as "Hannah"), Phyllis Povah (as "Jane Crosby"), Willard Robertson (as "Judge Bradford"), John Westley (as "Henry Jordan"), "Boots" Wooster (as "Nettie Jordan"). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1923) Stage Play: Windows. Comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: Minick. Comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: Paolo and Francesca. Drama (revival). Written by Stephen Phillips. Booth Theatre: 2 Dec 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Aline Berry, Adele Bradley, Ralph Bunker (as "Pulci"), Albert Carroll, Michael Daun, Morgan Farley, Cosette Faustine, Borden Harriman, Perry Ivins (as "Corrado"), Claude King (as "Giovanni"), James Meighan, Layelah Monif, Marian Moorehouse, Margaret Scott Oliver, Diantha Pattison (as "Costanza"), Phyllis Povah (as "Francesca"), Helen Stryker, Helen Ware (as "Lucrezia"). Produced by Cosmos Stage and Screens Production Inc.
- (1925) Stage Play: A Tale of the Wolf. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Virgin. Written by Arthur Corning White and Louis Bennison. Directed by Sam Forrest. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 22 Feb 1926- Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Arthur Albertson (as "Dick Hayward"), Auguste Aramini, Lee Baker, Louis Bennison, Joseph Burton, Thomas Gunn, Bertha Mann, John Daly Murphy, Frank Parsons, Phyllis Povah (as "Ruth Whipple"), Jessie Ralph (as "Mrs. Grubb"), John Sharkey, Olaf Skavlan, Robert Thorne. Produced by Jules Hurtig.
- (1927) Stage Play: Blood Money. Melodrama. Written by George Middleton, from a story by H.H. Van Loan. Directed by Ira Hards. Hudson Theatre: 22 Aug 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Reginald Barlow (as "Captain Harry Dark"), Robert Brister (as "Ned Timmins"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Smith"), Malcolm Cuncan (as "Tom Jefferson"), Harold De Becker (as "Wu Fang"), Kate McComb (as "Nellie McKenna"), Thomas Mitchell (as "James Bolton"), Beatrice Nichols (as "Mary Jefferson"), Phyllis Povah (as "Julia Jones"), John Davenport Seymour (as "Passenger"). Produced by Mrs. Henry B. Harris.
- (1928) Stage Play: Marriage on Approval. Drama.
- (1929) Stage Play: Vermont. Written by A.E. Thomas. Directed by Sam Forrest. Erlanger's Theatre: 7 Jan 1929- Jan 1929 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: John T. Doyle (as "Henry Carter"), Thomas V. Gillen (as "John Carter"), Harold Healy (as "William Burr"), Allyn Joslyn (as "James Belden"), Kate Mayhew (as "Jane Selden"), Theodore Newton (as "Hanson"), Phyllis Povah (as "Ann Carter"), Frank Rowan (as "Charles Carter"), Mark Sullivan (as "Al Farley"), Ring Thomas (as "Robert Walker"), Jack Williams (as "Donovan"). Produced by George M. Cohan.
- (1930) Stage Play: Hotel Universe. Drama. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Philip Moeller. Martin Beck Theatre: 14 Apr 1930- Jun 1930 (closing date unknown/81 performances). Cast: Katherine Alexander, Glenn Anders, Morris Carnovsky, Ruth Gordon, Earle Larimore, Phyllis Povah, Gustave Rolland, Ruthelma Stevens, Franchot Tone (as "Tom Ames"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1934) Stage Play: Re-Echo. Drama. Written by I.J. Golden. Directed by Carol Sax. Forrest Theatre: 10 Jan 1934- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Chisholm Beach, Harry Davenport (as "John Lord"), Walter D. Greene, Thurston Hall, Charles Holden, Leonard Mence, Phyllis Povah (as "Grace Manning"), Florence Walcott (as "Harriet Lord"), George Walcott. Produced Carol Sax.
- (1936) Stage Play: Co-respondent Unknown. Written by Mildred Harris and Harold Goldman. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Business Manager: Victor Samrock. Directed by Kenneth MacKenna. Ritz Theatre: 11 Feb 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/121 performances). Cast: Ilka Chase (as "Sylvia Farren, Martin's wife'), Peggy Conklin' (as "Hattie"), James Rennie (as "Martin Bishop"), Tom Bate (as "Donald"), Alice Buchanan (as "Jessica"), Marietta Canty (as "Bessie"), Ralph MacBane (as "Pete Edney"), Edward Marr (as "Tony"), Phyllis Povah (as "Claire Hammond"), Charles Scot (as "Waiter"), Richard Sterling (as "Vincent Cummings'), Martin Wolfson'. Produced by Jo Mielziner.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Women. Comedy. Written by Clare Boothe Luce. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Ethel Barrymore Theare: 26 Dec 1936- Jul 1938 (closing date unknown/675 performances). Cast: Charita Bauer (as "Little Mary"), Eloise Bennett (as "Euphie"), Eileen Burns (as "Miss Fordyce")), Jessie Busley (as "Mrs. Morehead"), Mary Cecil (as "Maggie") [final Broadway role], Ilka Chase, Virgilia Chew (as "Miss Watts"), Audrey Christie (as "Miriam Aarons"), Beatrice Cole (as "Second Model"), Doris Day [not the Doris Day of later movie fame] (as "First Saleswoman"), Margaret Douglass (as "Countess de Lage"), Lucille Fenton (as "Head Saleswoman/A Nurse"), Arlene Francis, Margalo Gillmore (as "Mary, Mrs. Stephen Haines"), Ruth Hammond (as "Olga"), Joy Hathaway (as "A Fitter"), Anne Hunter (as "Exercise Instructress"), Ethel Jackson (as "Mrs. Wagstaff"), Betty Lawford (as "Crystal Allen"), Marjorie Main (as "Lucy"), Adrienne Marden (as "Peggy, Mrs. John Day"), Jane Moore (as "Second Hairdresser"), Mary Murray (as "Miss Trimmerback"), Lillian Norton (as "Cigarette Girl"), Phyllis Povah, Jean Rodney (as "Second Saleswoman"), Jane Seymour (as "Nancy Blake"), Mary Stuart (as "First Hairdresser"), Ann Teeman (as "Jane"), Martina Thomas (as "Third Saleswoman"), Beryl Wallace, Ann Watson (as "Pedicurist"), Marjorie Wood (as "Sadie"). Replacement actors: Claire Carleton (as "Crystal Allen"), Jeanne Cooley (as "Second Saleswoman"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Third Saleswoman"), Edith Gresham (as "Countess de Lage"), Gladys Griswold (as "Miriam Aarons"), Enid Markey (as "Olga"), Lillian Norton (as "Second Hairdresser"), Ethel Remey (as "Lucy"), Tanya Sanina (as "Helene/Princess Tamara"), Jacqueline Susann (as "First Model") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed as The Women (1939), The Women (1955).
- (1939) Stage Play: Dear Octopus. Comedy. Written by Dodie Smith. Scenic Design by Gladys E. Calthrop. Directed by Glen Byam Shaw. Broadhurst TheatreL 11 Jan 1939- Feb 1939 (closing date unknown/53 performances). Cast: Alice Belmore (as "Nanny"), Naomi Campbell (as "Laurel Randolph"), Robert Craven (as "Kenneth Harvey"), Margaret Dale (as "Belle Schlessinger"), Lillian Gish (as "Grace Fenning/Fenny"), Georgia Harvey (as "Gertrude"), Jack Hawkins (as "Nicholas Randolph"), Rose Hobart (as "Cynthia Randolph") [final Broadway role], Phyllis Joyce (as "Hilda Randolph"), Reginald Mason (as "Charles Randolph"), Warren Mills (as "William (Bill) Harvey"), Shirley Poirier (as "Gwen (Flouncey) Harvey"), Phyllis Povah (as "Margery Harvey"), Helen Renee (as "Kathleen (Scrap) Kenton"), Peter Robinson (as "Hugh Randolph"), Ivy Troutman (as "Edna Randolph"), Lucile Watson (as "Dora Randolph"). Produced by John C. Wilson.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Land Is Bright. Written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Technical Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: George Jenkins. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 28 Oct 1941- 3 Jan 1942 (79 performances). Cast: Leon Ames, Diana Barrymore (as "Linda Kincaid"), Walter Beck (as "Dorset"), Constance Brigham, Grover Burgess (as "Ollie Pritchard"), Flora Campbell, Russell Conway, John Draper, Herbert Duffy, Ruth Findlay, Jack Hartley, Muriel Hutchison, James La Curto, Louise Larabee, Hugh Marlowe, Roderick Maybee (as "Jesse Andrews"), Charles McClelland, Arnold Moss (as "Count Waldemar Czarniko/Count Waldemar Czarniko II"), Phyllis Povah (as "Ellen Kincaid"), William Roerick (as "Theodore Kincaid"), Edith Russell, Robert Shayne (as "Jerry Hudson"), Elaine Shepard, Martha Sleeper (as "Tana Kincaid"), G. Albert Smith (as "Dan Frawley"), K.T. Stevens, Norman Stuart, Ralph Theodore (as "Lacey Kincaid"), Lili Valenty, Dick Van Patten [credited as Dickie Van Patten] (as "Timothy Kincaid"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1942) Stage Play: Broken Journey. Drama. Written by Andrew Rosenthal. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Henry Miller's Theatre: 23 Jun 1942- 11 Jul 1942 (23 performances). Cast: Warner Anderson (as "Dan Hardeen"), Edith Atwater (as "Christina Landers"), Helen Carew (as "Essie"), Zita Johann (as "Rachel Thatcher Arlen") [final Broadway role], Joan McSweeney (as "Trina"), Phyllis Povah (as "Belle Newell"), Tom Powers (as "Hale Thatcher"). Produced by Martin Burton.
- (1943) Stage Play: The Naked Genius. Comedy. Produced by Mike Todd.
- (1944) Stage Play: Dear Ruth. Comedy.
- (1948) Stage Play: Light Up the Sky. Comedy.
- (1953) Stage Play: Gently Does It. Thriller.
- (1954) Stage Play: Anniversary Waltz. Comedy. Written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by Moss Hart. Broadhurst Theatre (moved to The Booth Theatre , from 6 Dec 1954- 24 Sep 1955): 7 Apr 1954- 24 Sep 1955 (611 performances + 1 preview on 7 Apr 1954). Cast: Macdonald Carey (as "Bud Walters"), Kitty Carlisle (as "Alice Walters"), Phyllis Povah (as "Mrs. Gans"), Howard Smith (as "Mr. Gans"), Warren Berlinger (as "Okkie Walters"), Jean Carson (as "Janice Revere"), Mary Lee (as "Dearring Debbie Walters"), Andrew Duggan (as "Chris Steelman"), Don Grusso (as "Harry"), Donald Hylan (as "Sam"), Terry Little (as "Handyman"), Pauline Myers (as "Millie"). Replacement actors [during Broadhurst Theatre run]: James Bender (as "Handyman"), Robert Burr (as "Chris Steelman"), Andrew Duggan (as "Bud Walters"), Jacqueline Kerner (as "Debbie Walters"), Sam Locante (as "Handyman"), Marjorie Lord (as "Alice Walters"), Donald McClelland (as "Sam"), Patricia Shay (as "Janice Revere"). [During Booth Theatre run]: None noted. Produced by Joseph M. Hyman and Bernard Hart.
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