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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Music Box Revue (1921). Role: One of "Eight Silver Notes" in Irving Berlin revue.

Little Jessie James (1923). Musical/farce/comedy. Role: Juliette.

Puppets (1925). Melodrama. Written by Frances Lightner. Directed by Brock Pemberton. Selwyn Theatre: 9 Mar 1925- Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: Charles D. Brown, Remo Bufano, Michelette Burani, Dwight Frye, C. Henry Gordon, Stanley Grand, Miriam Hopkins, Florence Koehler, Ralph J. Locke, Fredric March, Frank McDonald (as "Joe Moretti"), Alexis M. Polianov, Ascanio Spolidoro, Elizabeth Taylor. Produced by Brock Pemberton.

Lovely Lady (1925).

An American Tragedy (1926). Drama. From the novel by Theodore Dreiser. Written by Patrick Kearney. Directed by Edward T. Goodman. Longacre Theatre: 11 Oct 1926- Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/216 performances). Cast: Violet Andrews, Harry Arnold, Sally Bates, Anthony Brown, Joan Brown, Sydney Coburn, Willard Dashiell, Morgan Farley (as "Clyde Griffiths"), Marian Florance, Grace Griswold, Miriam Hopkins (as "Sondra Finchley"), Frank Horan, Arthur Hughes, House Jameson (as "Gilbert Griffiths"), Philip Jones, Martha Lee Manners, Harold McCreery, Janet McLeay, Olive Mercer (as "Hester Griffiths"), Frank Moran, Caroline Newcombe, Albert Phillips, Jack Quigley, Frank Rutherford, Walter Walker, John Wheeler, Bert Wilcox, Katherine Wilson, Philip Wood. Produced by Horace Liveright.

The Garden of Eden (1927).

Excess Baggage (1927). Comedy. Written by John McGowan. Musical Director: Morris Zentner. Featuring songs by Ray Henderson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Staging by John Boyle. Directed by Melville Burke. Ritz Theatre: 26 Dec 1927- 30 Jun 1928 (216 performances). Cast: The Admirals, Maud Blair, Nace Bonville, William Boula, Herbert Clark, Charles Dalton, John Dilson (as "Frank Arnold"), Mort Downey, Eric Dressler (as "Eddie Kane"), Vladimir Dubinsky, Doris Eaton, Frances Goodrich, Miriam Hopkins (as "Elsa McCoy"), Frank Horton, Boyd Marshall, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Dunn"), Howard Morgan, Lawrence O'Sullivan, Merald Tollefsen, Denton Vane, Suzanne Willa. Produced by Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant.

Flight (1929). Comedy.

The Camel Through the Needle's Eye (1929). Written by Frantisek Langer. Material adapted by Philip Moeller. Directed by Philip Moeller. Martin Beck Theatre: 15 Apr 1929- Oct 1929 (closing date unknown/196 performances). Cast: Elliot Cabot, Morris Carnovsky (as "Andrejs"), Catherine Doucet (as "Lady"), Miriam Hopkins (as "Susi Pesta"), Mary Kennedy, Joseph Kilgour (as "Bezchyba"), Claude Rains (as "Joe Vilim"), Henry Travers (as "Mr. Pesta"), Helen Westley (as "Mrs. Pesta"), Norman Williams. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

Ritzy (1930). Comedy. Co-written by Viva Tattersall. Co-written and directed by Sidney Toler. Longacre Theatre: 10 Feb 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Maude Mooney"), J.H. Brewer, Josephine Evans, Miriam Hopkins (as "Nancy Smith"), John Junior, Katherine Renwick, Sidney Riggs, Ernest Truex (as "Edgar Smith"). Produced by L. Lawrence Weber.

His Majesty's Car (1930). Comedy.

Anatol (1931). Comedy. Written by Arthur Schnitzler. Material adapted by Harley Granville-Barker. Directed by Gabriel Beer-Hoffman. Lyceum Theatre: 16 Jan 1931- Feb 1931 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: Patricia Collinge (as "Gabrielle"), 'Walter Connolly' (as "Max"), Anne Forrest, Miriam Hopkins (as "Mimi"), Elena Miramova, Dennie Moore, Roger Ramsdell, Joseph Schildkraut (as "Anatol"), Ruthelma Stevens, Oswald Yorke (as "Waiter"). Produced by Bela Blau, Inc.

Jezebel (1933). Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 19 Dec 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Laura Bowman, Ruth Boyd, Ida Brown, Reed Brown Jr., Alston Burleigh, Helen Claire, Gage Clarke, Joseph Cotten (as "Dick Ashley"), Frances Creel, Leo Curley, Owen Davis Jr., Miriam Hopkins (as "Julie Kendrick"), Anita Jackson, Blois Jackson, Romaine Johns, Bjorn Koefoed, Harold Martin, Joseph Maxwell, Henry May, Gilbert McKay, Rena Mitchell, Lew Payton, Henry Richards, William Richardson, James Waters, Crane Whitley (as "Joe Staley"), Cora Witherspoon (as "Miss Sally"), Frederic Worlock, Ray Yeates. Produced by Guthrie McClintic and Katharine Cornell. Note: Ms. Hopkins replaced ill Tallulah Bankhead during rehearsals.

The Skin of Our Teeth (1942). Comedy.

The Perfect Marriage (1944). Drama.

Message for Margaret (1947). Drama.

Look Homeward, Angel (1957). Drama. Written by Ketti Frings. Based on the novel by Thomas Wolfe. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Motley. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Hair Design by Ernest Adler. Directed by George Roy Hill. Ethel Barrymore Theatre (moved to The 54th Street Theatre from 9 Mar 1959 to close): 28 Nov 1957- 4 Apr 1959 (564 performances). Cast: Hugh Griffith W.O. Gant Anthony Perkins (as "Eugene Gant"), Jo Van Fleet (as "Eliza Gant"), Arthur Hill (as "Ben Gant"), Frances Hyland, Joseph Bernard, Clifford Cothren, Mary Farrell, Julia Johnston, Victor Kilian (as "Dr. McGuire"), Elizabeth Lawrence, Dwight Marfield, Rosemary Murphy, Bibi Osterwald, Tom Flatley Reynolds, Jack Sheehan, Leonard Stone, Arthur Storch (as "Luke Gant"), Florence Sundstrom (as "Mrs. Marie 'Fatty' Pert"), Susan Torrey. Replacement cast (during 54th TStreet Theatre run after 9 Mar 1959): John Boruff (as "Dr. McGuire"), Patience Cleveland, Miriam Hopkins (as "Eliza Gant"), Donald Hylan, Victor Kilian (as "W.O. Gant"), Andrew Prine (as "Eugene Gant"), Ann Shropshire, Jeremy Slate (as "Luke Gant"), Eugene R. Wood. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and Theatre 200, Inc.

Hopkins performed off-Broadway and in road show companies extensively during her career as a stage actress. Additionally she was fired from a handful of Broadway productions prior to opening night. While difficult to document accurately, these appearances began in 1919 in college.

1919: "The Fascinating Fanny Brown." Stage debut, Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont.

1926: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Fired - deemed too intelligent to play Lorelei Lee.

1927: "The Home Towners." Stock (Four Cohans Theater, Chicago).

1927: "The Last of Mrs. Chaney." Stock (Cukor-Kondolf Lyceum Players, Rochester, NY).

1927: "Is Zat So?" Stock (Cukor-Kondolf Lyceum Players, Rochester, NY).

1928: "John Ferguson." Experimental theater.

1929: "The Bachelor Father." London. (Good reviews for her, but play died.)

1937: "The Wine of Choice." Withdrew before Broadway opening.

1940: "Battle of Angels." Opened and closed in Boston.

1943: "The Skin of our Teeth." Replaced Tallulah Bankhead. Role: Sabrina.

1944: "The Perfect Marriage." Broadway. 92 performances.

1945: "St. Lazare's Pharmnacy." Pre-Broadway tour: Montreal to Chicago.

1946: "Laura." National company.

1929: "The Bachelor Father." London. (Good reviews for her, but play died.)

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