Jeff Conaway (1984)
Jeff Conaway was one of the most recognizable faces of 1970s popular culture, and he began his career on the stage. Born in New York City in 1950, he made […]
Sandra Dee (1976)
Sandra Dee was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable young stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming an enduring symbol of the era through films including Gidget, A Summer […]
Dudley Digges (1907)
Dudley Digges (1879–1947) was one of the most respected character actors of the American stage and screen in the first half of the twentieth century, a Dublin-born performer whose career […]
Edith Taliaferro (1915)
Edith Taliaferro was one of the most celebrated child and ingénue actresses of the American stage during the first decades of the twentieth century. Born in Manhattan in 1891 into […]
Olive Wyndham (1906)
Olive Wyndham (June 16, 1886 – November 24, 1971) was an American stage and silent-film actress whose career spanned more than two decades on the Broadway stage. Born in Philadelphia […]
Harold J. Kennedy (1964)
Harold J. Kennedy was one of the most enduring figures in the Historic Elitch Theatre’s summer stock era, working as a director, actor, playwright, and producer across two decades, from […]
Gavin MacLeod (1986)
Gavin MacLeod, became one of television’s most beloved character actors, best remembered for two iconic roles: the wry, warm-hearted newswriter Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the […]
Margaret Whiting (1984)
July 22, 1924 – January 10, 2011 Golden-voiced interpreter of the Great American Songbook, Capitol Records’ first signing, and a cherished guest of the Elitch stage. Discovered as a child […]
Jan Clayton (1962)
Among the performers who brought both Broadway distinction and television renown to the Historic Elitch Theatre stage, Jan Clayton holds a singular place in the annals of American musical theatre. […]
Gene Raymond (1962)
For the 1962 Season, Mala Powers and Charles Braswell were the leads for the first five plays, then Gene Raymond and Jan Clayton were the leads for the last five […]