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My Sister Eileen
Broadway
Original
Biltmore Theatre
261 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Jerome Chodorov
,
Joseph A. Fields
People (59)
Effie Afton
Violet Shelton
(Original)
Michael Ames
Future Admiral
(Original)
Jo Ann Sayers
Eileen Sherwood
(Original)
Shirley Booth
Ruth Sherwood
(Original)
Alan Brixey
Future Admiral
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Mr. Appolpolous
(Original)
George Cotton
Jensen
(Original)
Tom Dillon
Lonigan
(Original)
Donald Foster
Walter Sherwood
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
A Prospective Tenant
(Original)
Gordon Jones
The Wreck
(Original)
Joseph Kallini
The Consul
(Original)
Peter Knego
Future Admiral
(Original)
Bruce MacFarlane
Chic Clark
(Original)
Paul Marion
Future Admiral
(Original)
Charles Martin
Captain Fletcher
(Original)
William Post
Robert Baker
(Original)
Richard Quine
Frank Lippencott
(Original)
Helen Ray
Mrs. Wade
(Original)
Mel Roberts
Future Admiral
(Original)
Eric Roberts
A Street Arab
(Original)
Paul Seymour
Future Admiral
(Original)
Benson Spring
Cossack
(Original)
Joan Tompkins
Helen Wade
(Original)
Robert White
Another Street Arab
(Original)
Arthur Tell
A Drunk
(Replacement)
Alva Milligan
A Drunk
(Replacement)
Ethel Wilson
A Prospective Tenant
(Replacement)
Paul Porter Jr.
A Street Arab
(Replacement)
David Macomber
Cossack
(Replacement)
Peggy Knudsen
Eileen Sherwood
(Replacement)
Henry Jones
Frank Lippencott
(Replacement)
Max Showalter
Frank Lippencott
(Replacement)
Victor Finney
Future Admiral
(Replacement)
Tony Bickley
Future Admiral
(Replacement)
Herbert Rissman
Jensen
(Replacement)
Joseph Buloff
Mr. Appolpolous
(Replacement)
Ted Newton
Robert Baker
(Replacement)
Thomas Hume
The Wreck
(Replacement)
Sheila Trent
Violet Shelton
(Replacement)
Joe Bush
Future Admiral
(Replacement)
Jerome Thor
Future Admiral
(Replacement)
Priscilla Newton
Helen Wade
(Replacement)
Roy Roberts
The Wreck
(Replacement)
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Effie Afton
Violet Shelton
(Original)
Michael Ames
Future Admiral
(Original)
Jo Ann Sayers
Eileen Sherwood
(Original)
Shirley Booth
Ruth Sherwood
(Original)
Alan Brixey
Future Admiral
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Mr. Appolpolous
(Original)
George Cotton
Jensen
(Original)
Tom Dillon
Lonigan
(Original)
Donald Foster
Walter Sherwood
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
A Prospective Tenant
(Original)
Gordon Jones
The Wreck
(Original)
Joseph Kallini
The Consul
(Original)
Peter Knego
Future Admiral
(Original)
Bruce MacFarlane
Chic Clark
(Original)
Paul Marion
Future Admiral
(Original)
Charles Martin
Captain Fletcher
(Original)
William Post
Robert Baker
(Original)
Richard Quine
Frank Lippencott
(Original)
Helen Ray
Mrs. Wade
(Original)
Mel Roberts
Future Admiral
(Original)
Eric Roberts
A Street Arab
(Original)
Paul Seymour
Future Admiral
(Original)
Benson Spring
Cossack
(Original)
Joan Tompkins
Helen Wade
(Original)
Robert White
Another Street Arab
(Original)
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Joseph A. Fields
Writer
Jerome Chodorov
Writer
Ruth McKenney
Source Material
George S. Kaufman
Staging
Paul Seymour
Staging of Dance Sequences
Donald Oenslager
Scenic Design
Albert Alloy
Lighting Design
Franklin Heller
Stage Manager
Jack Charash
Stage Manager
Press Representative
Kurt Steinbart
Assistant Stage Manager
Myra Hampton Streger
Casting
Ben A. Boyar
General Manager
Albert A. Cohen
Company Manager
Nat N. Dorfman
Press Representative
Kevin Gray
Advertising
Max Gordon
Producer
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Opening Date
Dec
26
1940
Closing Date
Jan
16
1943
Performances
864
as of Dec 04, 2025
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