- (1918 - 1948) Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Miriam Batista] in the following productions:
- (1918) Stage Play: Freedom. Music by Norman O'Neill. Written by C. Lewis Hind and Lyall Swete [credited as E. Lyall Swete]. Century Theatre: 19 Oct 1918- Nov 1918 (closing date unknown/33 performances) Cast: Miriam Battista [Broadway debut], William Battista [final Broadway role], Caroline Duffy, James Eagels, Edward Hayden, Henry Herbert, Robert E. Lee Hill, Harry R. Irving [credited as H.R. Irving] (Broadway debut), Mrs. Hudson Liston, Edward Martindel, Eve Randolph, Eric Snowden, E. Lyall Swete, Noel Tearle, Marcia Van Dresser, Charles Webster. Produced by Julie Opp Faversham and Lee Shubert.
- (1919) Stage Play: Papa. Written by Zoe Akins. Little Theatre: 10 Apr 1919- Apr 1919 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Ann Andrews, Robert Andrews, Miriam Battista, Adolphe Millar, Barnett Parker, John L. Shine. Produced by F.C. Whitney.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Whirlwind. Melodrama (revival). Written by George Cochran Hazelton and Ritter Brown. Standard Theatre: 23 Dec 1919- Feb 1920 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Mimi Aguglia, Frank Andrews, Miriam Battista [credited as Miriam Batista], Chief Manabozho, Rose Coghlan, John Davidson, Hank Durnell, John Harrington, Orrin Johnson, John C. King, Jacob Kingsberry, Vivienne Osborne (as "Bessie Van Ashton"), Dan Red Eagle, Marguerite Risser, Virginia Russell, Paula Shay, Joseph Sweeney (as "Bob Carlton") [Broadway debut], Helen Tracy (as "Dona Fernandez"), Jessie Villars. Produced by John Cort.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Red Dawn. Drama. Written by Thomas Dixon Jr. 39th Street Theatre: 6 Aug 1919- 10 Aug 1919 (5 performances). Cast: Miriam Battista (as "Fabia"), K. Bianche (as "Bolo"), Hank Bovie (as "Smith"), Frances Burns (as "Second Dancing Girl"), B.F. Carew (as "Corporal of the Guard"), Doraldina (as "Miss Vera Devere"), Edward Emery (as "Zorin"), Will Evans (as "Napoleon"), Mattie Ferguson (as "Tess Maloney"), Frances Grayson (as "Margaret"), Averell Harris (as "John Duncan"), DeWitt Jennings (as "Richard Stanton"), Ethel Jennings (as "Jane"), Frank Kema (as "Second Musician"), W.K. Kolomoku (as "First Musician"), Nellie Kouns, Sara Kouns, Flora MacDonald (as "Maria"), Betty Mack (as "First Dancing Girl"), George T. Meech (as "Simpson"), Dave Ploloka (as "Third Musician"), Cassius Quimby (as "McCarthy"), Bobbie Reed (as "Third Dancing Girl"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Pierre"), John Saunders (as "Rev. Luke Jones"), Austin Webb (as "Cargin"), Billy Wells (as "The Cub").
- (1921) Stage Play: The Whirl of New York. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Gustav Kerker, Al Goodman and Lew Pollack. Book by C.M.S. McLellan [credited as Hugh Morton] and Edgar Smith. Musical Staging by Allan K. Foster. Featuring songs with lyrics by Cyrus Wood and Cliff Friend. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Lew Morton. Winter Garden Theatre: 13 Jun 1921- 17 Sep 1921 (124 performances). Cast: Mary Adelaide, Miriam Battista (as "Mamie Clancy Jr."), Anna Berry, Julia Berry, Dorothy Bruce, Ethel Bryant, Anna Buckley, Henry Chew, Olive Clark, J. Colligan, Pauline Dakla, Charles Dale, Mae Dealy, Florence Elmore, Georgia Empey, Helen Fox, Nancy Gibbs, Shaun Glenville, Rosie Green, Grace Hamilton, Claire Hooper, Nellie Hor, Ruby Howard, Johnny Hughes, Beatrice Jackson, Emma James, Hermosa Jose, Carl Judd, Grace Keeshon, Kitty Kelly, Joe Keno, Nina Klau, Kyra, Grace Langdon, Catherine Lee, Doris Lee, Evelyn Lee, Edward Low, Margaret Low, Louis Mann (as "Karl Von Pumpernick"), Al Martin, Belle Mazelle, Bobbie McCree, Johnny McCree, Maxa McCree, Irene McGovern, Louise L. McGovern, Lucila Mendez, Margaret Menges, Florence Moore, Poppy Morton, J. Harold Murray (as "Harry Bronson"), John T. Murray, Sidney Nelson, Gypsy Norman, Helen O'Brien, Benna Odear, Edith Pierce, Irene Pierre, Mary Preston, Frank Purcella, Raymond Purcella, Rath Brothers, Florence Rayfield, Beatrice Reiss, Elizabeth Reynolds, Edna Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Dolores Russelle, Maude Satterfield, Florence Schubert, Mariam Seeley, Joe Smith, Madeline Smith, Orilla Smith, Mildred Soper, Charlotte Sprague, Edna E. Stark, Louise Stark, Juliet Strahl, Master Junior Tiernan, Viola Vortruba, Dorothy Ward, Fay Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Louise White, Florence Wilde, Virginia Wilson, Alice Wong, Flo Worth, Marlyn Yates. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Honor Code. Comedy. Written and Directed by Mark Linder. Vanderbilt Theatre: 18 May 1931- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Victor Adams (as "Tony"), Michael Alvin (as "Nick"), Nick Bakarich (as "Novelty Entertainer"), Sadie Banks (as "Theresa"), Miriam Battista (as "Angelina"), Valerie Bergere (as "Rosario Piccichanti"), William E. Blake (as "Farfarello"), Charles H. Doyle (as "Sam"), Gloria Eller (as "Cashier"), E.L. Fernandez (as "Pietro Piccichanti"), Antonio Filauri (as "Costello"), Gordon Hamilton (as "Tom"), Jack Harwood (as "Joe Morello"), Harry Jackson (as "Dopey Frank"), Betty Kashman (as "Lillian Piccichanti"), Sam Liebert (as "Abe Levine"), Antonio Maiori (as "Luigi Piccichanti"), Frank S. Marino (as "Ciro"), Beth Milton (as "Blondy"), Anthony Romaine (as "Wandering Musician"), Vincent Rondinone (as "Gasper"), Herbert Warren (as "Captain Curley"), Joe Webb (as "Wandering Musician"). Produced by Jack Linder and Charles Linder.
- (1932) Stage Play: Hot-Cha! Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown. Book by Mark Hellinger, H.S. Kraft, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Based on a story by H.S. Kraft. Musical Direction by Al Goodman. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by John Harkrider. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor and Edward C. Lilley. Ziegfeld Theatre: 8 Mar 1932-18 Jun 1932 (119 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, Louise Allen, Mary Ann, Nick Basil, Miriam Battista, Herman Belmonte, Leonard Berry, Virginia Biddle, Joan Burgess, Alice Burrage, Tito Coral, Mary Coyle, Jack Daley, Dorothy Day, Antonio de Marco, Renee De Marco, Louis Delgado, Alan DeSylva, Marion Dixon, Dody Donnelly, Betty Dumbris, Prudence Edgar, Georgia Ellis, Jules Epailly (as "Store Keeper, Manuel"), Harriet Fink, Marjorie Fisher, Dorothy Flood, John Fulco, Robert Gleckler, Pearl Harris, Patty Hastings, Florence Healy, Hernandez Brothers, Theo Holley, Jean Howard, Stanley Howard, Mercedes Hughes, Alfonso Iglesias, Dorothy Kal, Gloria Kelly, Tom Kelly, June Knight, Frances Kruger, Charles La Torre, Bert Lahr (as "Alky Schmidt"), Jane Lane, Rose Louise, Evelyn Lowrie, Neva Lynn, June MacCloy, Frances Markey, Edwin Marsh, Mary Joan Martin, Lorelle McCarver, Lou Ann Meredith, Rosalie Milan, Vic Monroe, Grace Moore, Pauline Moore, George O'Brien, Ethel O'Dell, Catherine O'Neil, Lester Ostrander, Lynne Overman (as "Hap Wilson"), Arthur Page, Sherry Pelham, Theo Phane, Lilyan Picard, Eleanor Powell (as "Dancer"), Basil Prock, Polly Ray, Carol Renwick, Mary Alice Rice, Wilburn Riviere, Buddy Rogers (as "Jack Whitney"), Alma Ross, William Ruppel, Mina Ruskin, Marion Santre, Roy Sedley, Gertrude Sheffield, Marie Stevens, Kay Stewart, Thomas Thompson, Lupe Velez (as "Conchita"), Veloz and Yolanda (Veloz and Yolanda Veloz, Efim Vitis, Marion Volk, Molly Wakefield, Diana Walker, Lorraine Webb, Mildred Webb, Marjorie White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1933) Stage Play: Saint Wench. Comedy.
- (1936) Stage Play: Prelude to Exile. Written by William J. McNally. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Costume Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 30 Nov 1936- Jan 1937 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Miriam Battista (as "Cosima Liszt Von Bulow"), Manuel Bernard, Leo G. Carroll (as "Otto Wesendonck"), Arthur Gerry, Beal Hober, Roland Hogue (as "Adolph"), Wilfrid Lawson, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Mathilde Wesendonck"), Henry Levin, Evelyn Varden, Lucile Watson (as "Countess Marie D'Agoult"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1933) Stage Play: Our Wife. Comedy. Written by Lyon Mearson [final Broadway credit] and Lillian Day [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Booth Theatre: 2 Mar 1933- Mar 1933 (closing date unknown/20 performances). Cast: Miriam Battista, Humphrey Bogart (as "Jerry Marvin"), Michelette Burani, Rose Hobart, Raymond O'Brien, Edward Raquello, Juan Varro, June Walker. Produced by Thomas J.R. Brotherton and Abe H. Halle. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures as Our Wife (1941).
- (1933) Stage Play: An Undesirable Lady. Written by Leon Gordon. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Directed by Leon Gordon. National Theatre: 9 Oct 1933- Oct 1933 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Lee Baker (as "As "Charles Fennick"), Miriam Battista (as "Miss Wales"), Nancy Carroll (as "Sally Marsh"), Jack Easton, Leo Kennedy, Donald Campbell, John Boyd, Edward Leiter, Walter W. Shuttleworth. Produced by Leon Gordon. Produced in association with W. Herbert Adams.
- (1934) Stage Play: No More Ladies. Comedy. Written by Augustus Thomas. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Booth Theatre (moved to The Morosco Theatre from 12 Feb- close): 23 Jan 1934- 9 Jun 1934 (162 performances).Miriam Battista (as "Jacquette"), John Bramall (as "Dickens"), Bradley Cass (as "Oliver Allen"), Boyd Davis (as "Stafford"), Melvyn Douglas (as "Sheridan Warren"), Edward Fielding (as "Mr. Anderson Townsend"), Louis Hector (as "The Earl of Moulton"), Rex O'Malley (as "James Salston"), Nancy Ryan (as "Diana"), Mary Sargent (as "Mrs. Anderson Townsend"), Marcella Swanson (as "Teresa German"), Lucile Watson (as "Mrs. Fanny Townsend"), Ruth Weston (as "Marcia Townsend"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1934) Stage Play: No More Ladies. Comedy (revival). Written by Augustus Thomas. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Morosco Theatre: 3 Sep 1934- Sep 1934 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Miriam Battista (as "Jacquette"), John Bramall (as "Dickens"), Bradley Cass (as "Oliver Allen"), Boyd Davis (as "Stafford"), Melvyn Douglas (as "Sheridan Warren"), Edward Fielding (as "Mr. Anderson Townsend"), Louis Hector (as "The Earl of Moulton"), Rex O'Malley (as "James Salston"), Nancy Ryan (as "Diana"), Mary Sargent (as "Mrs. Anderson Townsend"), Marcella Swanson (as "Teresa German"), Lucile Watson (as "Mrs. Fanny Townsend"), Ruth Weston (as "Marcia Townsend"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
- (1934) Stage Play: Fools Rush In. Musical revue. Book by Norman Zeno, Will Irwin, Viola Brothers Shore, Richard Whorf, June Sillman and Richard Lewine. Choreographed by Edwin Strawbridge and Arthur Bradley. Scenic Design by Russell Patterson and Eugene B. Dunkel. Directed by Leonard Sillman. Playhouse Theatre: 25 Dec 1934- 4 Jan 1935 (14 performances). Cast: Cliff Allen, Miriam Battista, Betzi Beaton, Lee Brody, Robert Burton, Imogene Coca, Ellen Howard, Teddy Lynch, Billy Milton, Edward Potter, Rinaldo Quigley, Leonard Sillman, Cyrena Smith, Charles Walter, O.Z. Whitehead, Albert Whitley, Richard Whorf. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1935) Stage Play: Tapestry in Gray. Drama. Written by Martin Flavin. Directed by Marion Gering. Shubert Theatre: 27 Dec 1935- Jan 1936 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Arling Alcine (as "Coroner's Office Man"), Auguste Aramini (as "A Waiter"), Audrey Barlow (as "Iris' Maid"), Miriam Battista (as "A Street Walker"), Cornelia Bell (as "Governess"), George Bleasdale (as "A Ship's Steward"), Milo Boulton (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Brassler (as "A Nurse"), Helene Bush (as "Surgical Nurse"), Claude Carey (as "Gunman"), Herschel Cropper (as "Ensemble"), Melvyn Douglas (as "Erik Nordgren"), Norma Downey (as "A Hospital Nurse"), Frederick Forrester (as "An Editor"), Franklyn Fox (as "A Medical Corps Major"), Paul Gallo (as "A Patient"), Larney Goodkind (as "Ensemble"), Robert Gray (as "Ensemble"), Jack Harwood (as "A Policeman"), William Hunter (as "Ensemble"), Starr West Jones (as "Ensemble"), Arnold Korff (as "Doctor Marius"), George Lamar (as "Young Medical Corps Officer"), Elissa Landi (as "Iris Nordgren"), Jack Lescoulie (as "MacManus"), June Leslie (as "A Woman"), Alan Morrill (as "A Hotel Porter"), Edgar Murdock (as "Stretcher Bearer"), Joseph Olney (as "Another Waiter"), Theodore Paul (as "Ensemble"), William Robertson (as "Ensemble"), Samuel Roland (as "A Beggar"), Byron Russell (as "Old Medical Corps Officer"), Owen Russell (as "Ensemble"), C. Russell Sage (as "Another Patient"), Alice Sherbon (as "A Ballet Dancer"), Howard Sherman (as "Erik Nordgren, Jr."), Mildred Van Dorn (as "Anaesthetist"), Henry Vincent (as "A Servant"), Michael Visaroff (as "The Ballet Master"), Minor Watson (as "Dr. Stephen Macklin"). Produced by B.P. Schulberg.
- (1936) Stage Play: Summer Wives. Comedy. Written by Mark Linder and Dolph Singer. Music by Sam Morrison. Lyrics by Dolph Singer. Music for "Us on a Bus" by Vee Lawnhurst. Lyrics for "Us on a Bus" by Tot Seymour. Directed by Ira Hards. Mansfield Theatre: 13 Apr 1936- 18 Apr 1936 (8 performances). Cast: Bassine Alfaux, Phil Arnold, Miriam Battista (as "Helen La Mott"), Max Beck, Helen Charleston, Morgan Conway (as "Dan McGillicuddy"), Charles Dale, Saul Daniel, Debby Dare, Mary Douglas, Milton Douglas, Laura Gilbert, Jack Hassler, Linda Lee Hill, Annette Hoffman, Marjorie Joyce, Roslyn Kay, Seymour Linder, Herbert Ritter Lynne, Bertha Mack, Daniel Makarenko, Ben Marks, Fay Martin, Sam Morrison, Gertrude Mudge, William B. Newgard, Jhoreck Rai, Clarence Rock (as "Joe Wilder"), Alma Ross (as "Ensemble"), J. Raymond Savich, Freya Schorr, Joseph Smith, Jeanne Temple, Robert Turner, Jane Walsh, Herbert Warren, John Wheeler, Eddie Yubell, Jack Zero. Produced by Jack Linder and D.F. Wolfson.
- (1948) Stage Play: Sleepy Hollow. Musical comedy. Book by Russell Maloney and Miriam Battista. Music by George Lessner. Lyrics by Russell Maloney and Miriam Battista [final Broadway credit]. Based on a story by Washington Irving. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Ted Royal and George Lessner. Vocal arrangements by Elie Siegmaster. Additional lyrics by Ruth Hughes Aaron. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by David Ffolkes. Directed by John O'Shaughnessy and Marc Connelly. St. James Theatre: 3 Jun 1948- 12 Jun 1948 (12 performances). Cast: Dorothy Bird, Walter Butterworth, Ray Drakeley, Ann Dunbar, Morley Evans (as "Mr. Van Ripper"), William Ferguson, Peggy Ferris, Ken Foley, Ward Garner, Russell George, Hayes Gordon, Jean Handzlik, Thomas Hoier, Tyrone Kearney, Gil Lamb, Doreen Lane, Sylvia Lane, Mary McCarty, Ruth McDevitt, William Mende, Shaun O'Brien, Margery Oldroyd, Laura Pierpont (as "Mrs. Van Brunt"), Kenneth Remo, Ellen Repp, Richard Rhoades, Margaret Ritter, Larry Robbins, John Russell, Lewis Scholle, Alan Shay, Robin Sloan, James Starbuck, Jo Sullivan, Kaja Sumsten, Franklin Wagner, John Ward, Betty Jane Watson, Bobby White, Bert Wilcox. Produced by Lorraine Lester.
- (1939) Stage Play: They Knew What They Wanted. Comedy (revival). Written by Sidney Howard. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Directed by Robert Ross. Empire Theatre: 2 Oct 1939- 21 Oct 1939 (24 performances). Produced by Leonard Sillman
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