Olympia Dukakis (1966)

Olympia Dukakis

In 1966 Vivian Vance and Olympia Dukakis appeared at Historic Elitch Theatre in the Arthur Laurents play, The Time of the Cuckoo. Olympia Dukakis, actress in The Time of the […]

June Walker (1924)

The leads of the 1924 Season were June Walker and Norval Keedwell. (There is limited information about the career of June Walker, but information about Norval Keedwell is even more […]

Helene Ambrose (1944)

Helene Ambrose (at the Historic Elitch Theatre in 1944 & 1950)

1966 – Helene Ambrose Obituary HELENE AMBROSE, 62, A FORMER ACTRESS Mrs. Helene Ambrose Greaza, a stage actress and the wife of Walter N. Greaza, also a stage and screen […]

Mickey Rooney (1972)

Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney “the best there has ever been”. Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles in National Velvet and The Human Comedy, said Rooney […]

Gary Sandy (1984)

1984 - Gary Sandy photo from Elitch Theatre Program

Gary Sandy’s Bio from the 1984 Program for A Luv Musical. GARY SANDY (Harry) was born in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Willmington College in that state before going on to […]

Veronica Cartwright (1981)

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright appeared at the Elitch Theatre in 1981, in Talley’s Folly, opposite Judd Hirsch. Some of her most-notable roles were in The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The […]

Donald Murphy (1949)

1949- Donald Murphy - Historic Elitch Theatre - Summer Stock Cast

Tickets for Kind Sir, the opening play of the season, were virtually all sold within three days after the box-office opened. Arlene Francis, the star personality and actress of the […]

Tammy Grimes (1983)

July 1983 - Tammy Grimes in the program for Outward Bound at the Elitch Theatre.

Tammy Grimes’ appearance in Denver echoed many memories of her past. She appeared at the start of her career in the national company production of The Lark with Julie Harris and Christopher […]

Barry Nelson (1968)

1969 - Barry Nelson in Cactus Flower at the Historic Elitch Theatre

Barry Nelson’s bio from the 1969 program for Cactus Flower: Light comedy was Barry Nelson’s forte for many years; shining brilliantly are such smash hits as F. Hugh Herbert’s “The […]

Constance Towers (1969)

1969 - Constance Towers in Cactus Flower at the Historic Elitch Theatre

In 1969 Constance Towers appeared as Stephanie Dickinson in Cactus Flower, opposite Barry Nelson, at the Historic Elitch Theatre. Towers’ biography in the Cactus Flower program read as follows: Constance […]

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