- (1940 - 1945) Active on Broadway (also credited as Imogene Carpenter) in the following productions:
- (1940) Stage Play. Keep Off the Grass. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Howard Dietz. Sketches by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman and Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Anthony R. Morelli. Miss O'Brien's arrangements by Arthur Wilson. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Nat Karson. Book directed by Eddie Dowling. Stage Director: Frederick De Cordova. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Broadhurst Theatre: 23 May 1940- 29 Jun 1940 (44 performances). Cast: Larry Adler (as "The Old Park Bench" Singer/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant"), Ray Arnett, Billie Bernice, Mimi Berry, Blondie (as "Dorothy Thompson/Misinformation, Please"), Peanuts Bohn, Ray Bolger (as "Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer/Thirsty Man/The Fountain/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Dancer/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer/The Tiger/Hormones/"This is Winter" Dancer"), Betty Bruce, Virginia Burke, Martha Burnett, Imogen Carpenter (as "Park Stroller, The Fountain/Bird Lover, Birds/The Morelli Singers") [Broadway debut], Ilka Chase (as "She/Romantique/Thirsty Woman/The Fountain/Juliet/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece"), Gloria Clare, Harriet Clarke, John Coy, Margie Dale, Maude Davis, Bela de Tuscan, Joanna de Tuscan, Fred Deming, Helen Devlin, Henry Dick, La Motte Dodson, Jimmy Durante (as "Dr. Kildare/The Tree Doctor/The Fugitive/A Fugitive From Esquire/Clifton Fadiman/Misinformation, Please/McSwindle/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Guide/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor/Mulligan/Hormones"), Hugh Ellsworth, Esta Elman, Jane Froman, Gloria Gaffey, Peggy Gallimore, Jackie Gleason (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer/Dr. Christian/The Tree Doctor / The Cop / The Fountain/The Valet/A Fugitive From Esquire/"The Old Park Bench" Singer / Tybalt/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/Art Lover/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant/A Salesman/Hormones"), Jiggs (as "F.P.A. / Misinformation, Please"), Emmett Kelly (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer / "The Old Park Bench" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece/La Motte Dodson's Monkeys Performer"), Ann Lass, Lynn Lawrence, June Le Roy, 'Jose Limon' (as "Performer"), Peggy Littlejohn, Louie (as "Oscar Levant/Misinformation, Please"), Lois Martin, Mary Joan Martin, John McAuley, Margery Moore, Hal Neiman, Virginia O'Brien, Sunnie O'Dea, Patsy (as "Ann Sheridan / Misinformation, Please"), Percy (as "Gypsy Rose Lee"), Jane Gray Petri, Nan Rae, Jerome Robbins [credited as Jerry Robbins] (as "Dancing Young Man"), Robert Shackleton, Jerry Shepherd, Bob Sidney, Jane Starner, Aileen Stone, Sylvia Stone, Arnold Saint Subber (as "Bootblack/The Fountain/Art Lover"), Frances Tannehill (as "Park Stroller/The Fountain/Bird Lover/Birds/The Morelli Singers"), Lee Tannen, The Toreadors, Daphne Vane, Sid Walker, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1943) Stage Play. Ziegfeld Follies of 1943. Musical revue. Music by Ray Henderson. Additional music by Dan White. Sketches by Lester Lee, Jerry Seelen, Bud Pearson, Les White, Joseph Erens, Charles Sherman, Harry Young, Lester Lawrence, Baldwin Bergersen, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller, Billy K. Wells and Harold Rome. Additional lyrics by Buddy Burtson. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Orchestra under the direction of John McManus. Additional material by Joseph Erens. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Dialogue directed by Arthur Pierson and Frederick De Cordova [final Broadway credit]. Production Supervised by Harry A. Kaufman. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Miles White. Entire production devised and staged by John Murray Anderson. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 25 Jan 1944- close): 1 Apr 1943- 22 Jul 1944 (553 performances). Cast: Ilona Massey (as "Thirty-Five Summers Ago" Singer/"Love Songs are Made in the Night" Singer/"Gertrude Olsen"/"Loves-A-Poppin'"/"Michala Carmen in Zoot"/"Hindu Serenade" Singer/"Hold That Smile" Dancer), Arthur Treacher (as "Godfrey"/"Good God Godfrey"/"Crumpet"/"Loves-A-Poppin'" / "Don Jose"/"Carmen in Zoot"/"Himself"/"Once a Butler"/"Hold That Smile" Dancer), Jack Allen, Ray Arnett, Carolyn Ayres, Christine Ayres, Bea Bailey, Bil Baird, Cora Baird, Jim Barron, Robert Bay, Mary Alice Bigham, Oliver Boersma, Doris Brent, Veronica Byrnes, Josine Cagle, Imogen Carpenter, Skippy Cekan, Virginia Cheneval, Jack Cole, Ann Connolly, Ray Cook, Bob Copsy, Bruce Davison, Grace De Witt, Betty Douglas, Penny Edwards, Nadine Gae, Mary Ganley, Arthur Grahl, David Gray, Victor Griffin, Eleanor Hall, Patricia Hall, Edward Hayes, Manfred Hecht, Marilyn Hightower, Gretchen Houser, Howard Jackson, Jerry Jansley, Jerry Koban, Yvonne Kummer, Rebecca Lee, Kay Lewis, Ray Long, Howard Ludwig, Edmund Lyndeck, Bubbles Mandel, Jay Martin, Arthur Maxwell, Jack McCauley, Mary McDonnell, Earle McVeigh, Katherine Meskill, Virginia Miller, Dean Murphy, Janie New, Marianne O'Brien, Michael Pober, Renee Riley, Robert Rippy, Dixie Roberts, Ruth Rowan, Sue Ryan, Charles Senna, Robert Shaw, Rosaleen Simpson, Sgt. Tom Smith, Betty Stuart, Theodore Teddick, Rose Teed, The Jansleys, The Rhythmaires, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller, Ila Marie Wilson, Tommy Wonder, Doris York. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Alfred Bloomingdale and Lou Walters. Produced by arrangement with Billie Burke Ziegfeld.
- (1943) Stage Play: New Priorities of 1943. Musical revue.
- (1944) Stage Play: Mexican Hayride. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Musical Director: Harry S. Levant. Choral arrangements by William Parson. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Ted Royal. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Costume Design by Mary Grant. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Assistant to Mr. Jenkins: Chase Adams and Peggy Clark. Choreographed by Paul Haakon. Book directed by John Kennedy. Opening and "Good-Will Movement" dance directed by Dan Eckley. "Girls" and "Abracadabra" directed by Lew Kessler. "Good-Will Movement" dance directed by Virginia Johnson. Directed by Hassard Short. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre 18 Dec 1944- Close): 28 Jan 1944- 17 Mar 1945 (481 performances). Cast: Bobby Clark (as "Joe Bascom, alias Humphrey Fish"), Eva Reyes (as "Lottery Girl"), Claire Anderson (as "Woman Vendor"), Richard Andre (as "Dancer"), Anita Arden (as "Show Girl"), Gail Banner (as "Show Girl"), Thor Bassoe (as "Dancer"), Morton Beck(as "Singer"), Richard Bengali (as "Chief of Police"), Aleks Bird (as "Dancer"), Lois Bolton (as "Tillie Leeds"), Leonard Bushong (as "Dancer"), Bill Callahan (as "Billy"), Nancy Callahan (as "Show Girl"), Cynthia Cavanaugh (as "Show Girl"), Jean Cleveland (as "Mrs. Augustus Adamson"), John Conrad (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Jeanne Coyne (as "Dancer"), Margaret Cuddy (as "Dancer"), Jean Cummings (as "Singer"), Sergio DeKarlo (as "Miguel Correres"), Dorothy Durkee (as "Mme. Lupescu"), Jimmy Dutton (as "Child"), Virginia Edwards (as "Lydia Toddle"), Wilbur Evans (as "David Winthrop"), Malka Farber (as "Dancer"), Francine Fernandez (as "Child"), Charles Flynn (as "Singer"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Marjorie Gaye (as "Dancer"), Janet Gaylord (as "Dancer"), George Givot (as "Lombo Campos"), Arthur Gondra (as "Carol, Ex-King of Roumania"), Frank Guzzardo (as "Mariachi Player"), Paul Haakon (as "Paul"), Perdita Hanson (as "Singer"), June Havoc (as "Montana"), William Hearne (as "Singer"), Anne Helm (as "Dancer"), Horton Henderson (as "Picador/2nd Merchant"), Ben Hernandez (as "3rd Merchant"), Peggy Holmes (as "Dancer"), Edmund Howland (as "Dancer"), Mildred Hughes (as "Show Girl"), Catherine Hyatt (as "Dancer"), Dorothy Hyatt (as "Dancer"), Barbara Jevne (as "Singer"), Candy Jones (as "Show Girl"), Barry Kent (as "Singer"), Alicia Krug (as "Dancer"), Bobby Lane (as "5th Merchant"), Ramona Lang (as "Dancer"), James Lanphier (as "Dancer"), Terry Lasky (as "Dancer"), William A. Lee (as "Mr. Augustus Adamson"), Danny Leeds (as "Singer"), David Leonard (as "Senor Martinez"), Lucille Lewis (as "Singer"), Ted Lund (as "Dancer"), Luba Malina (as "Dagmar Marshak"), Andrea Mann (as "Show Girl"), Margie Markle (as "Show Girl"), Grace Martin (as "Singer"), James Mate (as "Singer"), Martha McKinney (as "Show Girl"), Jerry Meilan (as "Dancer"), Edith Meiser (as "Eadie Johnson"), Tony Montell (as "Singer"), Gar Moore (as "Singer"), Corinna Mura (as "Lolita Cantine"), Dean Mylas (as "Dancer"), Dean Myles (as "Dancer"), John O'Neil (as "Singer"), Leon Palmer (as "Dancer"), Rose Marie Patane (as "Singer"), Gedda Petry (as "Singer"), Donald Powell (as "Dancer"), Raul Reyes (as "Jose/Head-waiter/1st Merchant"), Eric Roberts (as "Augustus, Jr."), John Robinson (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Jimmy Russell (as "Dancer"), Naomi Sanders (as "Singer"), Eric Schepard (as "Dancer"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Mrs. Molly Wincor"), Armando Sisto (as "Singer"), Jerry Sylvon (as "Picador/4th Merchant"), Robert Tavis (as "Singer"), Vera Teatom (as "Dancer"), Eleanor Tennis (as "Eleanor"), Aura Vainio (as "Dancer"), Pat Vecchio (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Joe Viggiano (as "Dancer"), Robert Watoff (as "Singer"), Betty Williams (as "Dancer"), Hank Wolf (as "Lottery Boy/Child"). Replacement actors: Louis Altmark (as "Child/Lottery Boy"), Imogen Carpenter (as "Montana"), Dorothy Durkee (as "Mrs. Molly Wincor/Eadie Johnson"), Joey Gilbert (as "Dancer"), Ben Hernandez (as "Mariachi Player"), Francine Hernandez (as "Child"), Audrey Howell (as "Dancer"), Martin Klein, Marjorie Leach (as "Lillian"), Eloise Marguery (as "Mme. Lupescu"), George Marsh (as "Mr. Augustus Adamson"), Marta Nita (as "Billy"), Erminie Randolph (as "Lolita Cantine"), Eva Reyes (as "Lottery Girl"), Manuel San Miguel (as "Mariachi Player"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Lydia Toddle"). Produced by Mike Todd. Note: Filmed by Universal International as Mexican Hayride (1948).
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