- (1913 - 1961) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1913) Stage Play: Prunella [or Love in a Garden]. Drama. Written by Laurence Housman and Harley Granville-Barker. Music by Joseph Moorat. Little Theatre (moved to The Booth Theatre from 8 Dec 1913- close): 27 Oct 1913- unknown (104 performances). Cast: Marguerite Clark (as "Prunella") [final Broadway role], Ernest Glendinning (as "Pierrot"), Kathleen Comegys [Broadway debut], Edwin Cushman, Kate De Becker, William Evill, Nennelle Foster, Winifred Fraser, Paul Gordon, Marie Hudspeth, Master Albert James, Raymond Lockwood, Luke Martin, Cecilia Radclyffe, Ada St. Clair. Produced by Winthrop Ames. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation as Prunella (1918).
- (1919) Stage Play: First is Last. Comedy. Written by Samuel Shipman and Percival Wilde. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 17 Sep 1919- Nov 1919 (closing date nknown/62 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell, Elise Bartlett (as "Helen"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Ethel"), Richard Dix (as "Phil") [final Broadway role], Phoebe Foster, James Kearney, Mary Newcombe, Edward G. Robinson (as "Steve"), Hassard Short (as "Doug"), Robert Strange. Produced by William H. Harris Jr.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Famous Mrs. Fair. Drama. Written by James Forbes. Henry Miller's Theatre: 22 Dec 1919- May 1920 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Maude Allen (as "Mrs. Stuart Perrin"), Blanche Bates (as "Nancy Fair"), Alice Baxter (as "Mrs. Leslie Converse"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Peggy Gibbs"), Jack Devereaux (as "Alan Fair"), Margalo Gillmore (as "Sylvia Fair"), Betty Hall (as "Nora"), Virginia Hammond (as "Angelica Brice"), Marian Lord (as "Mrs. Kellett Brown"), Henry Miller (as "Jeffrey Fair"), Robert Strange (as "E. Dudley Gillette"), Dallas Tyler (as "Mrs. Norman Wynne"), Florence Williams (as "Mrs. Gilbert Wells"). Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Man in the Making. Drama.
- (1923) Stage Play: Roseanne. Drama.
- (1926) Stage Play: Loose Ankles. Written by Sam Janney. Directed by Brock Pemberton. Biltmore Theare: 16 Aug 1926- Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/168 performances). Cast: George W. Barnier, Charles D. Brown, Moon Carroll, Kathleen Comegys, Robert Lucius Cook, Jeanne De Me, Barbara Gray, Fred House, Carlotta Irwin, Kenneth Lawton, Frank Lyon, Ethel Martin, Osgood Perkins, Lavinia Shannon, Leonore Sorsby, Harold Vermilyea. Replacement actor: Ernest Cossart (as "Major Ainsworth Elling"). Produced by Brock Pemberton. Notes: (1) One of the biggest hits of the 1926 theatrical season. (2) Filmed as by First National Pictures [Warner Bros.] twice, first as a silent, Ladies at Play (1926) and again as a talkie, Loose Ankles (1930).
- (1932) Stage Play: Chrysalis. Written by Rose Albert Porter. Directed by Theresa Helburn. Martin Beck Theatre: 15 Nov 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Arling Alcine, Wihelmina Barton, Humphrey Bogart (as "Don Ellis"), Fannie Bourke [credited as Fan Bourke] (as "Blondie") [final Broadway credit], Lalive Brownell, Lily Cahill, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Haron"), Elisha Cook Jr. (as "Honey Rogers"), Gilberte Frey, Jessie Graham, Georgie Lee Hall, Thurston Hall (as "Judge Halman"), Hazel Hanna, Florence Heller, Henrietta Kaye, Elia Kazan (as "Louis") [Broadway debut], George Kinsey, Frank Layton, Phyllis Loughton, Jean MacIntyre, Kathryn McClure, Jock Munro, Mary Orr, Osgood Perkins (as "Michael Haverill"), Beta Rothafel, Toni Sorel, Harry D. Southard, Margaret Sullavan (as "Lyda Cose"), Russell Thayer, June Walker (as "Eve Haron"), Harold Woodall, Edmund Ziman. Produced by Martin Beck. Produced in association with Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn.
- (1934) Stage Play: Tight Britches. Drama. Written by John Taintor Foote and Hubert Hays. Directed by Miriam Doyle. Avon Theatre: 11 Sep 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Doan Borrup (as "Jesse Cabe"), Frank Camp (as "Brad Palmer"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Fairdy Tabor"), Robert Harrison (as "Doctor Clem Hooper"), Arthur Hughes (as "Jarvie Tabor"), Boris Marshalov (as "Kom Kirrah"), Virginia Milne (as "Lou Cabe"), Joanna Roos (as "Sallie Tabor"), Shepperd Strudwick (as "Ulys Palmer"), Ethel Wilson (as "Vistic Edney").
- (1934) Stage Play: Lost Horizons. Fantasy. Written by Harry Segall. Directed by John Hayden. St. James Theatre: 15 Oct 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Ruth Carl, Lyster Chambers, Gage Clarke, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Condos"), Robert Conness , Vernon Crane, Brenda Dahlen, Joseph Doncourt, John Gallaudet (as "Paul Duttine"), Walter Gilbert, Kathryn Givney (as "Rita Rogers"), Harry Hanlon, Alf Helton, Edwin Hodge, Jonathan Hole (as "David Prescott"), Charles Laite, Betty Lancaster, Ruth Lee, Francesca Lenni, Lex Lindsay, Thomas Louden (as "Guide-in-Charge"), Burton McEvilly, William Norton, Forrest Orr (as "Eddie Lewis"), Mabel Paige, Arthur Pierson, Grandon Rhodes, Clarence Rock, Cynthia Rogers, Irene Shirley, Robert Smith, Fred Sutton, Sally Washington, Wallace Widdecombe, Jane Wyatt (as "Janet Evans"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Rowland Stebbins.
- (1935) Stage Play: It This Be Treason. Written by Dr. John Haynes Holmes and Reginald Lawrence. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Music Box Theatre: 23 Sep 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Charles Bryant, Thomas Chalmers (as "Brainard"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Bane"), Leo Curley, Frank Dae (as "Fulton"), Boyd Davis, Hunter Gardner, Kathryn Givney (as "Miss Folwell"), Walter Greaza (as "Turner"), Mitchell Harris, George Hirose (as "Baron Ishiwara"), Arthur Hughes, Lawrence M. Hurdle, Marcel Journet, Edgar Kent, Robert Lowe, Donald MacKenzie, Armina Marshall (as "Mrs. Gordon"), McKay Morris, Tom Neal (as "Jarvis"), Takashi Ohta, Tom Powers (as "Yato") [Broadway debut], James Spottswood (as "Admiral James"), John Stark, Harland Tucker (as "Aldrich"), Robert Williams, Biacouren Yoshiwara. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1936) Stage Play: Call it a Day. Comedy. Written by Dodie Smith. Directed by Tyrone Guthrie [earliest Broadway credit]. Morosco Theatre: 28 Jan 1936- Jul 1936 (closing date unknown/194 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Paul Francis"), Gladys Cooper, Philip Merivale, John Buckmaster, Valerie Cossart, Jeanne Dante, Florence Edney, Lawrence Grossmith, Mary Mason, Esther Mitchell, Claudia Morgan, William Packer, Viola Roache, Lillian B. Tonge (as "Mrs. Milson"), Florence Williams, Frances Williams. Replacement actors: Kathleen Comegys (as "Ethel Francis"). Produced by The Theatre Guild Inc. Produced in association with Lee Ephraim.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Ghost of Yankee Doodle. Drama. Written by Sidney Howard. Production Supervised by Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner. Directed by John Cromwell. Guild Theatre: 22 Nov 1937- Jan 1938 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Sara Garrison"), Donald Black, Edward Butler, Eliot Cabot, Richard Carlson (as "Martin Holme"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Doris Garrison"), Frank Conroy, Don Costello, John Drew Devereaux, Dudley Digges (as "James Madison Clevenger"), Marilyn Erskine, Lloyd Gough, Russell Hardie (as "Steve Andrews"), Ethel Intropidi, Jack Kelly, George Nash, Barbara Robbins, Howard Roberts. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1945) Stage Play: Carousel. Musical drama. Based on "Lilliom" by Ferenc Molnar. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Scenic design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Majestic Theatre: 19 Apr 1945- 24 May 1947 (890 performances). Cast: David Ahdar, Connie Baxter, Peter Birch (as "Boatswain"), Robert Byrn (as "1st Policeman/Singer"), Anne Calvert, Martha Carver, Jean Casto (as "Mrs. Mullin"), Diane Chadwick, Neil Chirico, Jan Clayton, Josephine Collins, Russell Collins, Kathleen Comegys, Margaret Cuddy, Jean Darling (as "Carrie Pipperidge"), Margaretta De Valera, Andrea Downing, Tom Duffey, Larry Evers, Lew Foldes, Franklyn Fox (as "David Bascombe"), Louis Freed, Lester Freedman, Richard H. Gordon, John Harrold, Lynn Joelson, Christine Johnson, Sonia Joroff, Joan Keenan, Pearl Lang, Lee Lauterbur, Kenneth LeRoy, Charles Leighton, Bambi Linn (as "Louise"), Ralph Linn, William Lundi, Annabelle Lyon, Frank Marasco, Eric Mattson, Tom McDuffie, Marilyn Merkt, Beatrice Miller, Ruth Miller, Ginna Moise, Robert Pagent, John Raitt (as "Billy Bigelow"), Ernest Richman, Blake Ritter, Elena Salamatova, Jimsey Somers, Mimi Strongin, Marjory Svetlik, Suzanne Tafel, Gordon Taylor, Ralph Tucker, Jay Velie (as "1st Heavenly Friend/Brother Joshua"), Murvyn Vye (as "Jigger Craigin"), Verlyn Webb, Polly Welch, Fern Whitney, Glory Wills, Iva Withers. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1947) Stage Play: Craig's Wife. Drama (revival).
- (1948) Stage Play: The Silver Whistle. Comedy. Written by Robert E. McEnroe. Stage Manager: Philip S. Barry. Directed by Paul Crabtree. Biltmore Theatre: 24 Nov 1948- 28 May 1949 (219 performances). Cast: José Ferrer, Frances Brandt, Robert Carroll, Kathleen Comegys, Lawrence Fletcher, Charles Hart, Charles Kuhn, William Lynn, Burton Mallory, Jane Marbury, George Mathews, Doro Merande, Edward Platt, Chase Solez, Eleanor Wilson. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1954) Stage Play: The Traveling Lady. Music by Milton Davidson. Written by Horton Foote. Directed by Vincent J. Donehue. Playhouse Theatre: 27 Oct 1954- 20 Nov 1954 (30 performances). Cast: Helen Carew (as "Clara Breedlove"), Lonny Chapman, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Tillman"), Jack Lord (as "Slim Murray"), Mary Perry, Brook Seawell, Tony Sexton, Katherine Squire, Kim Stanley (as "Georgette Thomas"), Calvin Thomas. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1954) Stage Play: Portrait of a Lady. Drama. Written by William Archibald. Based on the novel by Henry James. Directed by José Quintero. ANTA Playhouse: 21 Dec 1954- 25 Dec 1954 (7 performances). Cast: Jennifer Jones (as "Isabel Archer"), Robert Flemyng (as "Gilbert Osmond"), Cathleen Nesbitt, Douglas Watson, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Touchett"), Jan Farrand, Eric Fleming, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Mr. Touchett"), Marcia Morris, Barbara O'Neil, Peter Pagan. Produced by Lyn Austin, Thomas Noyes and The Producers Theatre.
- (1958) Stage Play: The Man in the Dog Suit. Comedy. Written by Albert Belch and William H. Wright. Based on the novel by Edwin Corle. Directed by Ralph Nelson. Coronet Theatre: 30 Oct 1958- 29 Nov 1958 (36 performances). Cast: Thomas Carlin, Kathleen Comegys (as "Mrs. Louis Stoddard"), Hume Cronyn (as "Oliver Walling"), Nancy Cushman, John Griggs, Arthur Hughes, Carmen Mathews, John McGovern, Clinton Sundberg, Jessica Tandy (as "Martha Walling"). Produced by The Producers Theatre. Associate Producer: Lewis Allen.
- (1959) Stage Play: The Miracle Worker. Drama.
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