Other works

Sang the role of Serena in the original 1935 stage production of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess". She reprised her main aria, "My Man's Gone Now", at the Gershwin Memorial Concert in 1937, which was broadcast on CBS Radio.

(1937) Stage Play: Brown Sugar. Melodrama. Incidental music by Haven Johnson. Written by Bernie Angus. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Biltmore Theatre: 2 Dec 1937- 4 Dec 1937 (4 performances). Cast: John T.L. Bunn (as "Trot"), Eric Burroughs (as "Musken"), Alvin Childress (as "Slim"), Martin de C. Slade (as "Lonny"), Beth Dixon (as "Stella"), Beulah E. Edmonds (as "Louella"), Ruby Elzy (as "Sarah"), George Fitzpatrick (as "O'Hara"), Georgette Harvey (as "Lily May"), Juan Hernandez (as "Sam"), Irene Hill (as "Cleo"), Bertram Holmes (as "Jeb"), Richard Huey (as "Bartender"), Haven Johnson (as "Rosco"), Ira Johnson (as "Charlie"), Paul Johnson (as "Tar"), Kathryn Lavall (as "Ruby"), Canada Lee (as "Henry"), Richard McMyers (as "Sylvester"), Butterfly McQueen (as "Lucille"), Julian Miles (as "Officer Leroy"), Ernest Rowan (as "First Mate"), John Shellie (as "Pete Malley"), George W. Smith (as "Officer Kent"), T. Burton Smith (as "Tom Warfield"), Allen Tinney (as "George"), William Tinney (as "Walter"), Frederick Wallace (as "McQuade"), Jimmy Waters (as "Man"), Christola Williams (as "Rosalinda"). Produced by George Abbott.

(1938) Stage play: Run, Little Chillun - as Ella Jones; written and composed by Hall Johnson and directed by Clarence Muse; at the Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles