- (1933 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: A Divine Drudge. Drama. Written by Vicki Baum and John Golden. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by John Golden. Royale Theatre: 26 Oct 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Niko"), Ralf Belmont, John Blair, Roman Bohnen (as "Markus"), Mady Christians (as "Liza") [Broadway debut], Tamara Geva (as "Lania"), Josephine Hull (as "Frau Klapstuhl"), Gerald Kent, Victor Kilian (as "Lungaus"), James Lane, Frank Monroe, Minor Watson (as "Karl Kruppe"). Produced by John Golden.
- (1936) Stage Play: Alice Takat. Drama. Written by José Ruben. Based on the Hungarian of Dezso Szomory. Directed by Frank Merlin. John Golden Theatre: 10 Feb 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Percy Ames, A.G. Andrews (as "Fritz"), Florence Auer, Al Baron, Mady Christians (as "Alice Takat"), Leo Curley (as "Professor Glotz"), Florence Earle, John Emery (as "George Kroos"), Lloyd Gough, Russell Hardie (as "Karl Helvet"), Nicholas Joy (as "Zuard Takat"), Arnold Korff (as "Prof. Tardy Kroos"), Kate Mayhew (as "Mrs. Helvet"), Emmett Rogers, Peggy Shannon (as "Kitty Linderman"), Edna West, Marjorie Wood. Produced by Ed Wynn.
- (1938) Stage Play: Save Me the Waltz. Comedy. Written by Katharine Dayton. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Martin Beck Theatre: 28 Feb 1938- Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Reginald Bach, Leslie Barrie, Leo G. Carroll (as "King Frederick IV"), Arthur Chatterton, Mady Christians (as "Queen Elizabeth"), Laura Hope Crews (as "The Countess Zubowska"), John Emery, Derek Fairman (as "A Footman"), Brenda Forbes, Lauren Gilbert, Mary Howes, Arnold Korff (as "Stroock"), Fred Irving Lewis, George Macready (as "Dmitri"), Molly Pearson, Francis Pierlot (as "Chapek"), Mary Reeves, Hayden Rorke (as "Duca"), James Seeley, Martha Sleeper, Jane Wyatt (as "Princess Claudine"). Produced by Max Gordon. Produced in association with Sam Harris.
- (1938) Stage Play: Heartbreak House. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Scenic Design by John Koenig. Costume Design by Millia Davenport. Directed by Orson Welles. Mercury Theatre: 29 Apr 1938- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Mady Christians (as "Hesione Hushabye"), George Coulouris (as "Boss Mangan"), Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ellie Dunn"), Brenda Forbes, John Hoyt (as "Randall Utterword") [credited as John Hoysradt], Phyllis Joyce (as "Randall Utterword"), Vincent Price (as "Hector Hushabye"), Erskine Sanford (as "Mazzini Dunn"), Orson Welles (as "Captain Shotover"). Produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
- (1938) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival).
- (1939) Stage Play: King Henry IV, Part I. Historical drama (revival).
- (1939) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival).
- (1940) Stage Play: Return Engagement. Written by Lawrence Riley. Scenic Design by Johannes Larsen. Directed by Rowland Leigh and Frank Merlin. John Golden Theatre: 1 Nov 1940- 7 Nov 1940 (8 performances). Cast: Mady Christians (as "Elizabeth Emerson"), Audrey Christie, Warren Clarke, Thomas Coley, Augusta Dabney, Peter Garey, William Leicester, Ruth Lott, Bert Lytell (as "Geoffrey Armstrong"), Alex Nicol, Leona Powers, Helen Reid, Lewis L. Russell, Caryl Smith, Evelyn Varden. Produced by W. Horace Schmidlapp and Joseph M. Gaites.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Lady Who Came to Stay. Written by Kenneth White. Based on the story by R.E. Spencer. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 2 Jan 1941- 4 Jan 1941 (4 performances). Cast: Mady Christians (as "Emma"), Augusta Dabney, Horton Heath, Beth Merrill, Mildred Natwick (as "Milly"), Morton Stevens (as "Doctor"), Mrs. James Thornton, Dick Van Patten (as "Roger") [credited as Dickie Van Patten], Evelyn Varden. Produced by Guthrie McClintic.
- (1941) Stage Play: Watch on the Rhine. Drama. Written by Lillian Hellman. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Assistant to Jo Mielziner: George Jenkins. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Martin Beck Theatre: 1 Apr 1941- 21 Feb 1942 (378 performances). Cast: Ann Blyth (as "Babette Muller, daughter of Kurt and Sara"), Mady Christians (as "Sara Muller, Fanny's daughter"), George Coulouris (as "Teck de Brancovis, Marthe's husband, the count"), Peter Fernandez (as "Joshua Muller, elder son of Kurt and Sara"), Eda Heinemann (as "Anise, the housekeeper"), John Lodge (as "David Farrelly, Fanny's son") [final Broadway role], Paul Lukas (as "Kurt Muller, Sara's husband"), Eric Roberts, Helen Trenholme (as "Marthe de Brancovis, a countess"), Lucile Watson (as "Fanny Farrelly"), Frank Wilson. Produced by Herman Shumlin. Note: Filmed as Watch on the Rhine (1943).
- (1944) Stage Play: I Remember Mama. Comedy. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting Design by George Jenkins. Assistant to George Jenkins: Chase Adams. Assistant to Lucinda Ballard: Anna Hill Johnstone. Written by John Van Druten. Adapted from "Mama's Bank Account" by Kathryn Forbes. Music Box Theatre: 19 Oct 1944- 29 Jun 1946 (713 performances). Cast: Mady Christians (as "Mama"), Oscar Homolka (as "Uncle Chris"), Joan Tetzel (as "Katrin"), Robert Antoine (as "Arne"), Frank Babcock (as "Soda Clerk"), Richard Bishop (as "Papa"), Marlon Brando (as "Nels") [Broadway debut], Josephine Brown (as "Florence Dana Moorhead"), Dorothy Elder (as "Another Nurse"), Marie Gale (as "A Nurse"), Ruth Gates (as "Aunt Jenny"), Adrienne Gessner (as "Aunt Trina"), Frances Heflin (as "Christine"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Dagmar"), Herbert Kenwith (as "Bellboy"), Ottilie Kruger (as "Dorothy Schiller"), Louise Lorimer (as "A Woman"), Ellen Mahar (as "Aunt Sigrid"), Oswald Marshall (as "Mr. Hyde"), William Pringle (as "Dr. Johnson"), Cora Smith (as "Madeline"), Bruno Wick (as "Mr. Thorkelson"). Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Theatre Owned and operated by Irving Berlin who had no direct involvement in production. Note: Filmed as I Remember Mama (1948).
- (1947) Stage Play: Message for Margaret. Drama.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Father. Drama (revival).
- (1951) She acted in Lesley Storm's play, "Black Chiffon," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (1933) She acted in Vicki Baum's play, "The Divine Drudge," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Tamara Geva and Sam Jaffe in the cast.
- (1946) She acted in Somerset Maugham's play, "The Constant Wife," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
- (October 23, 1939) She played Gertrude in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Maurice Evans (Hamlet); Carmen Mathews (Ophelia); Henry Edwards (King); Lauren Gilbert; John McQuade; Donald Cameron; Donald Randolph; George Graham; Sydney Smith; Walter Williams; Frederic Carney; Kurt Richards; John Barclay; Raymond Johnson; Emmett Rogers; Rhys Williams; Howard Wierum; Jackson Perkins; Alfred Paschall; George Keane; and Maury Tuckerman in the cast. Lehman Engel composed music. David Ffolkes was set and costume designer. Margaret Webster was director. Maurice Evans was also producer.
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