Stage: Appeared (as "Maria Beraud"; Broadway debut) in "Debut" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Mary Drayton. Based on the novel "Maria and the Captain" by Isabel Dunn. Directed by
John Gerstad. Holiday Theatre: 22 Feb 1956-25 Feb 1956 (5 performances). Cast:
Osceola Archer (as "Lid"), Edith Gresham (as "Aunt Phoebe"),
Tom Helmore (as "Wyn Spaulding"),
Alberta Hunter (as "Mattie"), Charles McDaniel (as "Dabney B. Featherstone III"),
Eulabelle Moore (as "Anna"),
Grace Raynor (as "Marjorie Hansford"),
G. Albert Smith (as "Capt. Richard Beraud"; final Broadway role). Produced by Richard Horner and Justin Sturm.