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Starred on the CBS radio series The American Revue, which ran from October 22, 1933 to February 25, 1934. The 30 minute program went out Sunday nights at 7 p.m. from WABC (now WCBS) in New York City and also featured comedian George Beatty and the Jack Denny Orchestra. The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra also appeared on the show for a time.

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

At Home With Ethel Waters (1953). Special/musical revue. Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks. Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks. Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst. Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke. Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis. Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose. Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis. Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols. Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner. Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael. Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter. Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young. Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton. Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton. Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain. French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles. English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock. Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin. Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin. Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John La Touche. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter. Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen. Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg. Music for "Lady Be Good' by George Gershwin'. Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin. Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler. Directed by Richard Barr. 48th Street Theatre: 22 Sep 1953- 10 Oct 1953 (23 performances). Cast: Ethel Waters. Produced by Richard Barr and Charles Bowden.

The Member of the Wedding (1950).

Blue Holiday (1945). Musical revue (all Black cast).

At Home Abroad (1935). Musical revue.

Rhapsody in Black (1931). Musical (all Black cast). Book by Lew Leslie. Directed by Lew Leslie. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 4 May 1931- Jul 1931 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Ernest Allen, Avis Andrews, Berry Brothers, Pike Davis' Orchestra, Dennis Dean, Samuel Gray, Cecil Mack's Choir, Blue McAllister, Al Moore, Tim Moore, Eddie Rector, Joseph Steel, Eloise Uggams, Valaida, Ethel Waters.

As Thousands Cheer (1933). Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Adolph Deutsch, Frank Tours, Ed Powell, Russell Wooding and Helmy Kresa. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 30 Sep 1933- 8 Sep 1934 (400 performances). Cast: Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Hoover," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer, "Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," "Mrs. Williams," "Aimee Semple MacPherson," "Mrs. Fisher," "Queen Mary"), Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb (as "Douglas Fairbanks Jr"m 'Mahatma Ghandi," "Mons. Peppiton," "Henry Perlmutter," "John D. Rockefeller, Sr."), Ethel Waters (as "Ella," "Josephine Baker"), Leslie Adams, Helen Bache, Jack Barnes, Jeanette Bradley, Robert Castaine, Debby Coleman, Peggy Cornell, Jerome Cowan (as "Editor," "Second Reporter," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer), Arthur Craig, Dorothy Dodd, Elsie Duffy, Helen Ericson, Hal Forde (as "Langley"), Robert Gorham, Thomas Hamilton, Hamtree Harrington, Jay Hunter, Letitia Ide, Harry Joyce, Jose Limon, Katherine Litz, William Matons, Fred Mayon, Irene McBride, Katherine Mulowney, Jeanette Mundell, Harry Murray (as "Prince DeLuneville," "First Reporter," "Camera Man," "Second Bellboy"), Chester O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, John Perkins, Paul Pierce, Margaret Sande, Toni Sorel, Harry Stockwell, Ward Tallmon, Lucille Taylor, Harold Voeth, Jack Voeth, Elsa Walbridge, Teddy West, Paula Yasqour. Produced by Sam Harris.

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