Charles Trowbridge (1920)
Mary Elitch sold the park to John Mulvihill in 1916, but the transition took several years. “The first company under Mr. Mulvihill’s management, with Ann Mason as leading woman, included […]
Kenneth MacKenna (1929)
Opening Night for the Actors of a New Company Opening night to an actor is different from any other performance of the season. Facing a capacity audience for the first […]
Douglass Dumbrille (1926)
Dumbrille had roles in more than 200 motion pictures. He also played villainous roles in comedies, projecting a balance of menace and pomposity opposite the Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello, […]
William L’Estrange Millman (1926)
Honestly, we know very little about Mr. Millman, but his stage name — L’Estrange — is too fantastic to not give him recognition as an alum of the theatre! William […]
Jan Sterling (1939)
For the summer of 1939, Sterling appeared in the summer stock cast at Elitch Theatre, with Jane Wyatt appearing as the season’s leading lady. Then, in 1970, she returned to […]
Ann Sothern (1968)
In 1968, Ann Sothern appeared at the Elitch Theatre in the play, Glad Tidings. Plus, she had a little-known co-star, Ann Archer. Lucille Ball, whom Sothern appeared with on Ball’s […]
Olympia Dukakis (1966)
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)
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 […]