- (1899 - 1936) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: Rupert of Hentzau. Drama. Written by Anthony Hope. Contributions by Edward E. Rose. Directed by Edward E. Rose. Lyceum Theatre: 10 Apr 1899- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: James K. Hackett (as "Rudolf Rassendyll/King Rudolf"), Arthur Hoops (as "Rupert"), Jobyna Howland (as "Queen Flavia") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Daniel Frohman. Note: A Sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda."
- (1900) Stage Play: The Heather Field. Drama. Written by Edward Martyn. Carnegie Lyceum: 19 Apr 1900 (1 performance/played in conjunction with A Troubadour). Cast: Charles J. Bell, J.H. Howland, 'Jobyna Howland, William Humphrey, Caroline Keeler, John E. Kellerd, William J. McCahill, Brandon Tynan [credited as J. Brandon Tynan], Joseph B. Wilkes.
- (1900) Stage Play: Miss Prinnt. Musical comedy. Music by John L. Golden. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by John L. Golden. Musical Director: Clarence Rogersoll. Additional music by Jean C. Havez and James B. Mullen. Additional lyrics by Jean C. Havez and James B. Mullen. Victoria Theatre: 25 Dec 1900- 19 Nov 1901 (28 performances). Cast: Stella Adams (as "Ensemble"), Blanche Alwens (as "Ensemble"), Theodore Babcock (as "Richmond Blackstone"), Clara Carrigan (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Clayton (as "Ensemble"), Edith Daniels (as "Ensemble"), June Dechamp (as "Mollie"), Marie Dressler (as "Helen Prinnt"), Lona Du Bois (as "Helene"), Thomas Evans (as "Eaton Spayce"), Adele Farrington (as "Dolly Darling"), Maude Francis (as "Ensemble"), Zella Frank (as "Breezie Fairweather Aimee Geraide (as "Ensemble"), Wilma Gilmore (as "Ensemble"), James Grant (as "Kid McGinnis"), Mayme Harnish (as "Yeobel"), Bena Hoffman (as "Ensemble"), Lala Hoffman (as "Ensemble"), Mabelle Howe (as "Clarisa"), Jobyna Howland (as "Mrs. Van Asteroid"), Leon Kohlmar (as "Count Boney Cashkacheck"), Maude Lee (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Leon (as "Ensemble"), Dave Lewis (as "Sneezovitch Snoozlelotski"), Mary Leslie Mayo [credited as Leslie Mayo] (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], John McCauley (as "Posonby Pewtertop"), Julia McCoy (as "Mrs. Bonsonrocks"), Lottie Medley (as "Rosalind"), Burleigh Murray (as "Ensemble"), Florence Norwood (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Nugent (as "Dorothy"), Frederick Richter (as "Galley B. Jinks"), Lew Simmons (as "Latherup Leatherbe"), Arthur Stanford (as "Dick Tait"), Charlotte Walker (as "Mabel Morningside"), Irene Wentworth (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Whiston (as "Ensemble"), Queenie Winslip (as "Ensemble"), Clara Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Joseph Immerman.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Messenger Boy.
- (1903) Stage Play: Winsome Winnie. Musical comedy. Book by Ed Jacobowski. Lyrics by Ed Jacobowski and Frederic Ranken. Additional music by Gustav Kerker, Ed Jacobowski, Gus Edwards and Dick Temple. Additional lyrics by Harry Paulton, Gus Edwards and Dick Temple. Stage Director: Frank Smithson. Costume Design by Caroline Seidle. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Conducted by Gustav Kerker. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Casino Theatre: 1 Dec 1903- 16 Jan 1904 (56 performances). Cast: Fred Bishop (as "Male Octette"), Dollie Bonner (as "Pepe"), May Bonner (as "Mourico"), W.C. Brockmeyer (as "Male Octette"), Carla Byron (as "Rose"), Jennie Calducci (as "Ayali"), Annie Cameron (as "Zora"), William P. Carleton (as "Desmond Poverish"), Cordelia L. Carron (as "Zametta"), Alice Coleman (as "Zumra"), Carlotta Coleman (as "Lira"), C. Comersford (as "Male Octette"), William S. Corliss (as "Demetrius"), W.B. Daly (as "Male Octette"), Louise De Rigney (as "Lady Frances"), A.A. Densmore (as "Male Octette"), Carlton Dudley (as "Murali"), Paula Edwardes (as "Winnie Walker"), Mazie Follette (as "Lady Eudora"), Edna Gatecher (as "Pansy"), Daisy Green (as "Henrietta"), Helen Hahn (as "Maru"), Isobel Hall (as "Marjorie Bell"), Stella Hammerstein (as "Lady Clare"), Olive Haskell (as "Alex"), H. Haynes (as "Male Octette"), M. Hood (as "Male Octette"), May Hopkins (as "Lady Gracia"), Jobyna Howland (as "Lady Arabella"), Laura Hyland (as "Lily"), Ita Kamph (as "Tutu"), Mildred Kearney (as "Honoria"), William Leonard (as "James"), Alice Mark (as "Alisett"), Bessie Merrill (as "Dudu"), Joseph C. Miron (as "Pericles"), L. Parmet (as "Male Octette"), William E. Philip (as "Captain Cotterill"), Clara Pitt (as "Lady Dorcas"), Helen Redmond (as "Aileen Poverish"), Cecilia Rhode (as "Lady Loona"), Ruth Russell (as "Mirza"), Edith Sanders (as "Sereza"), Julia Sanderson (as "Lady Mabel") [Broadway debut], Martha Seborn Jones (as "Salili"), Edna Sidney (as "Lady Maude"), Grace Spencer (as "Lady Angela"), James E. Sullivan (as "Dr. Krause"), Marcella Tasche (as "Marco"), Dick Temple (as "Lord Poverish"), Mildred Thornwall (as "Lady Vivian"), Marjorie Walton (as "Daisy"). Produced by Sam S. Shubert, Sam Nixon and J. Fred Zimmerman.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Ham Tree. Musical/vaudeville. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by William Jerome. Musical Director: John C. Sorg. Scenic Design by Ernest Gros. Costume Design by F. Richard Anderson. Musical Staging by Ned Wayburn. Directed by Herbert Gresham. New York Theatre: 28 Aug 1905- 11 Nov 1905 (90 performances). Cast: Edna Arend, Jennie Cannar, Harry Cooper, Irving Cooper, Eleanor Dobson, John Dobson, Harry E. Dudley, W.C. Fields [Broadway debut] (as "Sherlock Baffles"), Alfred Fisher, Margery Ganes, Belle Gold, Carolyn Gordon, Lily Hart, Thomas K. Heath, Jobyna Howland, Forrest Huff [Broadway debut] (as "Ernest Everhart"), Otto F. Johnson, Jane Lovell, D. Mack Lumsden, Harry D. Mayo, James McIntyre, Pauline Montreau, Dorothy Paget, Ivy Paget, Edward Pooley, Myrtle Recker, Harry Tally, David Torrence, Helen Whitney, May Whitney, Pierre Young. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger (Marc Klaw and Abraham L. Erlanger).
- (1912) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1912. Musical revue. Written by Louis A. Hirsch, Earl Carroll, Harold Orlob and Irving Berlin. Lyrics by George Bronson Howard. Music orchestrated by Oscar Radin and Frank Saddler. Ballet Choreographed by Theodore Kosloff. Choreographed and directed by Ned Wayburn. Winter Garden Theatre: 22 Jul 1912- 16 Nov 1912 (136 performances/Note: In rotation with The Ballet of 1830). Cast: Adelaide & Hughes, Emile Agoust, Isabel Barclay, Dorothy Barnett, Fred Bates, Mabel Beck, Alma Braham, Bertie Britton, Nellie Brown, Florence Cable, Celeste Campbell, Hilarion Ceballos, Rosalie Ceballos, Jerry Childs, Helen Clagett, Austin Clark, Marie Corty, Charlotte Cushman, Edward Cutler, Roger Davis, May Dealy, Elinore Dell, Ethel Dennison, Marie Earle, Harry Fox, Lottie Franklin, Etta Franklin, Trixie Friganza, Edward Gordon, Edward Grant, Fannie Grant, Sydney Grant, Bessie Gray, Charlotte Greenwood, Agnes Hall, Grace Hall, Herbert Hall, Ernest Hare, Lillian Harris, Clarence Harvey, Olga Hempstone, Margie Herman, Henry Holt, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Jobyna Howland, Albert S. Howson, Kathryn Humphreys, Isabelle Jason, Alex Keene, Shirley Kellogg, Fanny Kidston, Kitty Kyle, L'Aerolia, Jack Laughlin, Clara Lloyd, Helen Lloyd, Vivian MacDonald, Louise MacFarlane, Maurie Madison, Connie Magnet, George Moon, Hazel Mooney, Greville Moore, Daniel Morris, Frances Morris, Lotta Morse, Ralph O'Brien, Alleyne Pickard, Ester Pierce, Charles J. Ross, Gertrude Rutland, Edward Scanlin, Oscar Schwartz, Betty Scott, Bessie Shannon, Esther Shannon, Clara Stanton, Ray Strath, Harry Sulkins, Lola Taylor, May Tormey, Billie Townley, Stanley Vickers, Marie Wallace, Anna Wheaton, Edith Whitney, Winona Wilkins, Maudie Worden, Emil Zajah, F. Zanfretta. Produced by The Winter Garden Company.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Painted Woman.
- (1913) Stage Play: Rosedale. Written by Lester Wallack. Lyric Theatre: 18 Apr 1913- May 1913 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Charles Cherry (as "Elliott Grey"), Stephen Davis, Elsie Ferguson, Alice Fisher (as "Tabitha"), Della Fox (as "Sarah Sykes"), Frank Gilmore (as "Matthew Leigh"), John Glendinning, Harry Hadfield, J.W. Hartman, Jobyna Howland (as "Lady Florence May"), Leslie Kenyon, Paula Ludlum, Earl Mitchell, Edith Warren, Robert Warwick (as "Miles McKenna"), George Williams, George Wokfe. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1913) Stage Play: Ourselves.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Third Party.
- (1915) Stage Play: Ruggles of Red Gap. Comedy. Written by Harrison Garfield Rhodes. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Based on a story by Harry Leon Wilson. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Fulton Theatre: 25 Dec 1915- 22 Jan 1916 (33 performances). Cast: Louis Arno (as "Mr. Henry P. Hartman"), Kitty Berg (as "A Girl Helper"), Viola Bowers (as "Miss Beryl Mae Watson"), James Boyle (as "Ed Perkins"), Frederick Burton (as "Mr. Egbert Floud"), Louise Closser Hale (as "Mrs. Floud"), Adelaide Cumming (as "Mrs. Judge Ballard"), Lucile Dalberg (as "Mrs. Charles Belknap-Jackson"), Philip Dunning (as "Watterman"), Marion Fuller (as "Mrs. Henry P. Hartman"), Francis Gaillard (as "A Cabman"), Billy Groves (as "First French Soldier"), John Hamilton (as "Proprietor of Booth"), Minnie Hart (as "Girl Selling Songs"), Ray Hartley (as "Girl Helper"), George Hassell (as "The Honorable George Van-Baseingwell"), Alma Hawly (as "A Messenger from Cravat Dealer's"), Ralph Herz (as "Alfred Ruggles"), Jobyna Howland (as "Mrs. Kenner"), Irving Jackson (as "Messenger from High-Life Tailor"), John Kelly (as "Waiter at Hotel Castiglione"), Dickie Kendall (as "A Messenger from the Shirtmaker's"), Harriet Kneitel (as "Street Singer"), Arthur Laceby (as "The Earl of Brinstead"), James C. Malaidy (as "Senator James Knox Floud"), Leslie Marion (as "Mrs. Elmer J. Brown"), Austin Miller (as "Post Card Seller"), Harold Nelson (as "Hat Boy at the United States Grill"), Grace Newton (as "Mrs. Dawson"), Caroline Oden (as "Miss Frances Coolbrith"), Frederick Osborne (as "Manager of Hotel Castiglione"), Homer Potts (as "Second French Soldier"), Lynn Pratt (as "Mr. Charles Belknap-Jackson"), Jessie Ralph (as "Mrs. Pettingill"), Adrian Rosely (as "Waiter at "Au Rendezvous des Cochers Fideles"), Fred W. Strong (as "Jeff Tuttle"), Gus Verace (as "A Barber"), Marie Vernon (as "Flower Girl"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Perfection Pictures (for Essanay Film Manufacturing Company) as Ruggles of Red Gap (1918), by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (distrubted by Paramount Pictures) as Ruggles of Red Gap (1923) and most notably as Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), starring Charles Laughton.
- (1918) Stage Play: Follow the Girl. Musical comedy. Based on material and lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Music by Zoel Parenteau. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Featuring songs by Sigmund Romberg and Buddy G. DeSylva. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Choreography by Walter Brooks. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Lew Fields' 44th Street Roof Garden (moved to The Broadhurst Theatre from 18 Mar 1918 to close): 2 Mar 1918- 23 Mar 1918 (25 performances). Cast: Roy Adams, Claude E. Archer, Anna Berg, Jane Berlyn, George L. Bickel, Walter Catlett (as "Buck Sweeney"), Charles Clear, William Danforth, Peggy Dempsey, Tom Doolan, Nancy Everett, William Everett, Rita Faust, Harry Fender, Dorothy Godfrey, Byrd Goolsby, Bessie Gross, Jobyna Howland, Mae Jennings, Mercedes Lorenze, Maurie Madison, Ernestine Myers, Ralph Nairn, Nita Naldi, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Helen O'Day, Courtney Palmer, Frank Peters, Phyllis Prince, Jean Rebara, Ethel Rinehart, Aileen Rooney, Frances Ross, Alice Ryan, Louise Saunders, Ivy Sherer, Albert Shrubb, Marie Stone, Richard Taber [credited as Richard Tabor], Eileen Van Biene, Claire Vernon, Ann Warrington, Grace Weeks, Louise White, Arthur Wilson. Produced by Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz.
- (1918) Stage Play: Nancy Lee. Written by Eugene Walter and H. Crownin Wilson [only Broadway credit]. Directed by Mrs. Henry B. Harris. Hudson Theatre: 9 Apr 1918- Jun 1918 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: David Adler, A.S. 'Pop' Byron, Charlotte Carter, Pauline Duffield, Clarence Handyside, Jobyna Howland, Ralph Kellard, Charles MacDonald, Rosalie Mathieu, Blanche Moulton, Marie Pettes, Lewis Stone, Judith Voss, Charlotte Walker. Produced by The Estate of Henry B. Harris. Note: Filmed by Norma Talmadge Film Corporation/Select Pictures Corporation [distributed by Select Pictures Corp.] as The Way of a Woman (1919).
- (1918) Stage Play: A Little Journey. Written by Rachel Crothers. Little Theatre (moved to The Vanderbilt Theatre from 26 Dec 1918 to close): 26 Dec 1918- Aug 1919 (closing date unknown/252 performances). Cast: Paul E. Burns, May Galyer, Jobyna Howland (as "Mrs. Welch"), Cyril Keightley (as "Jim West"), Victor La Salle, Edward Lester, Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Ethel Halstead"), William Mortimer (as "Mr. Smith"), Douglas Patison, Richard Quilter, John Robb, Elma Royton, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Annie"), Theodore Westman, Nancy Winston, Estelle Winwood (as "Julie Rutherford"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Gold Diggers. Comedy. Written by Avery Hopwood. Music arranged by Anselm Goetzl. Lyceum Theatre: 30 Sep 1919- Jun 1920 (closing date unknown/282 performances). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Texas Nightingale. Comedy/farce. Written by Zoe Akins. Directed by David Burton. Empire Theatre: 20 Nov 1922- Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Perce Benton (as "Walter Prescott"), Percy Helton (as "Raymond Tillerton"), Jobyna Howland (as "Brasa Canava"), Cyril Keightley (as "Steven Tillerton"), Lizzie McCall (as "Kitty Mulberry"), Paul Porcasi (as "Count Houdonyi-Block"), Georges Renavent (as "Sascha Bloch"), Beth Varden (as "Inez"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1923) Stage Play: Kid Boots ["A Musical Comedy of Palm Beach and Golf"]. Musical comedy. Music by Harry Tierney. Material by William Anthony McGuire and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry. Directed by Edward Royce. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 1 Sep 1924 to close): 31 Dec 1923- 21 Feb 1925 (489 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Kid Boots, Caddy Master"), Mary Eaton, Jack Andrews, Dove Atkinson, Robert Barrat (as "Randolph Valentine"), Beth Beri, William Blett, Eugenie Brew, Violet Brown, Marie Callahan, Eleanor Dell, Doris Dixon, Harland Dixon, Elizabeth Dougher, Juanita Erickson, Rass Erickson, Paul Everton, Harry Fender, Joan Gardner, Mareta George, Pearl Germond, Thomas Green, Betty Grey, Eunice Hall, Carlos Hatvary, Jobyna Howland (as "Dr. Josephine Fitch") [final Broadway role], Sonia Ivanoff, Gladys Keck, Lloyd Keyes, Lily Kimari, Sylvia Kingsley, Edna Locke, Jessie Madison, William Maguire, Alma Mamay, Muriel Manners, Morton McConnachie, Frances McHugh (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Madelyn Morrisey, Victor Munroe, Dennis Murray, Polly O'Claire, George Olsen, John Patterson, Jessie Payne, Elva Pomfret, Violet Regal, Waldo Roberts, John Rutherford, Evelyn Sayers, Harry Short, Carolyn Smith, Robert Spencer, Diana Stegman, Katharine Stuart, Ayres Tavitt, Mrs. Taylor, Carola Taylor, Ethelind Terry, Blossom Vreeland, Dick Ware, Florence Ware, Rella Winn, Velma Ziegler, Frank Zolt. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: This production was one of the biggest hits of the Roaring 20's and is considered by many critics to be the quintessential Jazz Age Broadway musical.
- (1929) Stage Play: Stepping Out. Farce.
- (1936) Stage Play: O Evening Star. Comedy. Written by Zoe Akins. Directed by Leontine Sagan. Empire Theatre: 8 Jan 1936- Jan 1936 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Ben Martin") [Broadway debut], Edith Andree, Jack Ball, Quina Bilotti, Whitney Bourne, Ross Chetwynd, Frank Conroy, Emily Draper, Ada Elliott, Edward Emerson (as "Mr. Strassberg"), Joan Engel, Frank Fenton, Al Fields, Joe Fields, Sara Floyd, Grace Fox, Patterson Greene, Virginia Gregori, Hans Hansen, Mary Howes, Jobyna Howland (as "Amy Bellaire") [final Broadway role], Vera Hurst (as "Mrs. Hooper"), Ethel Intropidi, Josie Intropidi, Regis Joyce, George Justin, Maxine Marlowe, Richard Ogden, John Raby, Myrtle Ross, Ezra Stone (as "Ed"), Earl Talbot, James Todd, Carrie Weller, O.Z. Whitehead (as "The Assistant Director"), Foster J. Williams, Larry Williams, Biacouren Yoshiwara. Produced by Harry Moses.
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