The Drama Nerds Database
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They changed their names

Irving Lahrheim became Bert Lahr. Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck became Clifton Webb. Fania Borach became Fanny Brice. A stage name in 1920 was usually an immigrant name being filed down to fit a marquee, and the biographies still carry the original.

43 in the catalogue.

John Randolph 1915–2004 30 productions
Robert Cummings 1965 24 productions
Clifton Webb 1889–1966 21 productions
Bert Lahr 1895–1967 20 productions
Joseph Santley 1889–1971 17 productions
Fanny Brice 1891–1951 12 productions
Cyril Ritchard 1897–1977 11 productions
Irene Delroy 1900–1985 9 productions
Rae Allen 1926–2022 9 productions
Marjorie Main 1890–1975 8 productions
Mlle. Dazie 1884–1952 8 productions
Fisher Stevens 1963 7 productions
John W. Bubbles 1902–1986 7 productions
Lauren Bacall 1924–2014 7 productions
Peter Turgeon 1919–2000 7 productions
Carrie Nye 1936–2006 6 productions
Stubby Kaye 1918–1997 6 productions
Vera Zorina 1917–2003 6 productions
Vivien Leigh 1913–1967 6 productions
James Rado 1932–2022 4 productions
Matt Mattox 1921–2013 4 productions
Melba Moore 1945 4 productions
Tilly Losch 1903–1975 4 productions
Billy Gilbert 1894–1971 3 productions
Larry Keith 1931–2010 3 productions
Michael Arden 1982 3 productions
Michael Crawford 1942 3 productions
Rudy Vallee 1901–1986 3 productions
Barbara Nichols 1928–1976 2 productions
Carole Cook 1924–2023 2 productions
Clarke Peters 1952 2 productions
Eddie Davis 1922–1986 2 productions
Lola Falana 1942 2 productions
Sebastian Bach 1968 2 productions
Anna Quayle 1932–2019 1 productions
Antonio Banderas 1960 1 productions
Busby Berkeley 1895–1976 1 productions
Frankie Michaels 1955–2016 1 productions
Jake Shears 1978 1 productions
Nell Campbell 1953 1 productions
Robert Lindsay 1949 1 productions
Tommy Steele 1936 1 productions
Victor Borge 1909–2000 1 productions

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