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Elaine Stritch

ActorBorn 1925, died 2014On stage 1942 to 200920 productions on this page

Elaine Stritch
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Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. Stritch was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995. Stritch made her Broadway debut in the 1946 comedy Loco. She went on to receive four Tony Award nominations for the William Inge play Bus Stop (1956), the Noël Coward musical Sail Away (1961), the Stephen Sondheim musical Company (1970) (which included her performance of the song "The Ladies Who Lunch"), and for the revival of the Edward Albee pla…

On stage

20 productions, 67 years
1942
Beat the BandBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Original. Directed by George Abbott
68 performances
1946
LocoBroadway Biltmore Theatre. Original
37 performances
1946
Made in HeavenBroadway Henry Millers Theatre. Original. Directed by Martin Manulis
92 performances
1947
Angel in the WingsBroadway Coronet Theatre. Original. Directed by John Kennedy
308 performances
1949
Yes, M'LordBroadway Booth Theatre. Original. Directed by Colin Chandler
87 performances
1952
Pal JoeyBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Revival. Directed by Robert Alton
540 performances
1954
On Your ToesBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Revival. Directed by George Balanchine
64 performances
1955
Bus StopBroadway Music Box Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Clurman
478 performances
1957
The Sin of Pat MuldoonBroadway Cort Theatre. Original. Directed by Jack Garfein
5 performances
1958
GoldilocksBroadway Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Original. Directed by Walter Kerr
161 performances
1961
Sail Away!Broadway Broadhurst. Original. Directed by Noel Coward
167 performances
1962
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Broadway Billy Rose Theatre. Original. Directed by Alan Schneider
664 performances
1970
CompanyBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
705 performances
1987
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott!Broadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Fritz Holt
1 performance
1989
Love LettersBroadway Edison Theatre. Original. Directed by John Tillinger
96 performances
1993
CompanyBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Harold Prince
2 performances
1994
Show BoatBroadway Gershwin Theatre. Revival. Directed by Harold Prince
947 performances
1996
A Delicate BalanceBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Revival. Directed by Gerald Gutierrez
185 performances
1996
Angela Lansbury - A CelebrationBroadway Majestic Theatre. Original. Directed by Diana Baffa-Brill
1 performance
2009
A Little Night MusicBroadway Walter Kerr Theatre. Revival. Directed by Trevor Nunn
425 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

8 works

Two’s Company
Oklahoma!
Gypsy
Urinetown
Follies
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Call Me Madam
Into the Woods

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