Westport Country Playhouse notable performers includeSomerset-Ward, Richard. An American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse. Yale University Press. (2005)
1933: Kitty Carlisle in Champagne Sec 1934: Burgess Meredith in Hide and Seek 1935: Ruth Gordon in The Country Wife 1936: Eva Le Gallienne in Love for Love and Camille Dorothy Gish in Russet Mantle 1937: Henry Fonda in The Virginian 1938: Ethel Barrymore in The Constant Wife 1939: Gene Kelly, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green in Magazine Page Ruth Gordon in Here Today 1940: Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones 1941: Tyrone Power in Liliom directed by Lee Strasberg. 1942–1945:The Westport Country Playhouse closed because of World War II 1946: June Havoc in They Knew What They Wanted Olivia de Havilland in What Every Woman Knows Thornton Wilder as the stage manager for Our Town 1947: Tallulah Bankhead in Private Lives 1948: Thornton Wilder in The Skin of Our Teeth 1949: Helen Hayes and Mary MacArthur in Good Housekeeping Carl Reiner in Pretty Penny 1950: Maureen Stapleton in My Fiddle Has Three Strings Maurice Evans in The Devil's Disciple Franchot Tone in The Second Man Basil Rathbone in The Winslow Boy 1951: Claudette Colbert in Island Fling Olivia de Havilland in Candida 1952: John Forsythe in Dangerous Corner and The Hasty Heart 1953: Eva Gabor in Sailor's Delight and The Play's the Thing Lillian Gish in The Trip to Bountiful 1954: Imogene Coca in Happy Birthday Richard Kiley in Candle-Light 1955: Richard Kiley in Heaven Can Wait Eva Marie Saint in The Rainmaker (play) 1956: Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish in The Chalk Garden Bea Lillie in Beasop's Fables 1957: Eartha Kitt in Mrs. Patterson Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in Man in the Dog Suit 1958: Groucho Marx in A Time for Elizabeth Bert Lahr in Visit to a Small Planet 1959: Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in The Glass Menagerie Tony Randall in Arms and the Man 1960: Joan Fontaine in Susan and God Jane Fonda in No Concern of Mine Mike Nichols and Elaine May in An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May 1961: Cyril Ritchard and Cornelia Otis Skinner in The Pleasure of His Company Gloria Swanson in Between Seasons 1962: Tallulah Bankhead in Here Today Sammy Davis Jr. in The Desperate Hours 1963: Teresa Wright in Tchin-Tchin Carol Channing in The Millionairess Hermione Gingold in Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad 1964: Joel Grey in Stop the World – I Want to Get Off Helen Hayes in The White House 1965: Michael Allinson, Dina Merrill, Lois Nettleton, and Bramwell Fletcher in the George Bernard Shaw Repertory Festival Tammy Grimes in The Private Ear and the Public Eye Joan Fontaine in The Unexpected Guest 1966: Cicely Tyson and Alan Alda in The Owl and the Pussycat Tom Ewell in Life With Father 1967: Barbara Bel Geddes in Wait Until Dark E. 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Marshall in A Singular Man Betsy Palmer in Luv 1968: Geraldine Page in The Little Foxes Shirley Booth in Desk Set 1969: Keir Dullea and Maureen O'Sullivan in Butterflies Are Free 1970: Noel Harrison in Blithe Spirit Shirley Booth in Best of Friends 1971: Colleen Dewhurst in The Big Coca Cola Swamp in the Sky Geraldine Page and Rip Torn in Marriage & Money 1972: Mickey Rooney in See How They Run Robert Stack in Remember Me 1973: José Ferrer in A Song for Cyrano Art Carney in The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1974: Jack Gilford and Lou Jacobi in The Sunshine Boys 1975: Lynn Redgrave in The Two of Us Theodore Bikel in The Good Doctor Tammy Grimes in In Praise of Love 1976: Eva Marie Saint in Fatal Weakness 1977: Jane Alexander and Richard Kiley in The Master Builder 1978: Douglas Fairbank, Jr. in Out on a Limb Louis Jordan in 13 Rue De L'Amour 1979: Vincent Price in Diversions & Delights 1980: Sada Thompson in Children Richard Thomas in Whose Life is it Anyway? 1981: Eva Le Gallienne in To Grandmother's House We Go 1982: Eileen Heckart in What I Did Last Summer 1983: Shelley Winters in 84, Charing Cross Road 1984: Betsy Palmer in Breakfast with Les and Bess 1985: Christopher Walken and Katharine Houghton in A Bill of Development 1986: Colleen Dewhurst in Real Estate 1987: George Grizzard in The Perfect Party 1988: Arlene Francis and David Birney in Social Security 1989: Elizabeth Ashley in All the Queen's Men 1990: Fritz Weaver and Elizabeth Wilson in The Cocktail Hour 1991: Juliet Mills in Dangerous Obsession 1992: Tony Roberts in The Fourth Wall 1993: Charles Cioffi in The Substance of Fire 1994: Elaine May and Gene Saks in Intimate Exchanges 1996: Charles Durning, James Handy, and Dan Lauria in Men in Suits 1997: Jean Powell, Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Paul Benedict in After-Play 1998: Jean Stapleton in Eleanor - Her Secret Journey 1999: James Naughton in Street of Dreams Michael Learned and Ralph Waite in Chasing Monsters 2000: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, James Naughton, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Curtin and Fritz Weaver in Ancestral Voices Bronson Pinchot in Nicolette & Aucassin 2001: Gene Wilder in Don't Make Me Laugh Leslie Uggams and Bruce Weitz in Heaven Can Wait Karen Allen and Chad Allen in Temporary Help 2002: Paul Newman, Jayne Atkinson, Frank Converse, Jane Curtin and Jeffrey DeMunn in Our Town 2006: James Earl Jones in Thurgood
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