Pert Kelton

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Actor 1907–1968 On stage 1925–1967

Pert L. Kelton (October 14, 1907 – October 30, 1968) was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actress. She was the original Alice Kramden in The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason. During the 1930s, she was a prominent comedic supporting and leading actress in Hollywood films such as Gregory La Cava's Bed of Roses with Constance Bennett and Raoul Walsh's The Bowery with Wallace Beery and George Raft (both released in 1933). She performed in a dozen Broadway productions between 1925 and 1968. She is probably best known for creating the role of Mrs. Paroo in the original 1957 Broadway production of the musical The Music Man, which she reprised in the 1962 movie adaptation. In the earl…

On stage 12 productions, 42 years

1925	Sunny New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short	517 perf.
1932	The Dubarry George M Cohans Theatre · Original · directed by Dorothea Berke	87 perf.
1940	All in Fun Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by John Murray Anderson	3 perf.
1942	Guest in the House Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Reginald Denham	153 perf.
1943	Lady, Behave! Cort Theatre · Original	23 perf.
1954	The Bad Seed 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Reginald Denham	334 perf.
1957	The Music Man Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Morton DaCosta	1,375 perf.
1960	Greenwillow Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Roy Hill	95 perf.
1961	Come Blow Your Horn Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Prager	677 perf.
1964	I Was Dancing Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Garson Kanin	16 perf.
1965	Minor Miracle Henry Millers Theatre · Original	4 perf.
1967	Spofford Anta Playhouse · Original	202 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

Thomas Norden	2 productions
Russell Goodwin	2 productions
Joan Coddington	2 productions
Jean Audree	2 productions
Jack Leigh	2 productions
Helen Raymond	2 productions
Elaine Swann	2 productions
Charles Angelo	2 productions
Carl Nicholas	2 productions

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Cast: Marilyn Miller, Jack Donahue, Clifton Webb, Mary Hay, Joseph Cawhthorn, Paul Frawley, Cliff Edwards, Pert Kelton, Moss & Fontana, Esther Howard, Dorothy Francis, George Olsen OrchestraBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
Cast: Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Pert Kelton, Iggie Wolfington, The Buffalo Bills, Eddie Hodges, Helen RaymondBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Cecil Kelloway, Pert Kelton, Ellen McCown, William Chapman, Grover DaleBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell

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