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More stars of the Shuberts’ theaters for Lux soap.

Top photo First row, L to R: June Walker  (1900-1966) (the first actress to play Lorelei Lee in 1926’s non-musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Mary Lawlor (1907-1977) (active on Broadway from 1922-32), and Judith Anderson (1897-1992) (famed classical actress).

Second row, L to R:  Mary Nash, (1884-1976) (stage actress who also played Katharine Hepburn’s mother in The Philadelphia Story, 1940),  Norma Terris (1904-1989) (musical theater actress and champion, she was in the original cast of Show Boat), and Vivienne Segal (1897-1992) (musical comedy actress who originated roles in Pal Joey and A Connecticut Yankee--”To Keep My Love Alive” was written for her). 

Third row:  Sylvia Field (1901-1998) (who later played Martha Wilson on TV’s Dennis the Menace).

Bottom photo: First row, L to R: Mary Ellis (1897-2003) (musical comedy performer who also sang with Caruso; she was still active into the 1990s, her life spanned 3 centuries, and she died at 105),  Wilda Bennett (1894-1967) (musical comedy actress who enjoyed just a brief career), and Polly Walker (1904-1983) (another performer whose career was short-lived).

Second row, L to R:  Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) (needs no introduction),  Vivian Martin (1893-1987) (started as a silent film actress before turning to the stage), and Dorothy Peterson (1897-1979) (typecast in maternal roles throughout her film career).

Third row:  Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) (partnered with Nelson Eddy and Maurice Chevalier in many Hollywood movies).

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