- (1924 - 1967) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: The Red Falcon. Drama. Written by Lillian Trimble Bradley and George Broadhurst. Broadhurst Theatre: 7 Oct 1924- Oct 1924 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Phyllis Blake (as "The Novice"), Albert Bruning (as "Conte di Peralta"), Ilka Chase (as "Sister Francesca/A Maid") [Broadway debut], Marshall Hale (as "Another Officer"), Dan E. Hanlon (as "A Monk"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Capitano Bernardo Montrosali"), Stanley Kalkhurst (as "An Officer"), Thais Lawton (as "The Mother Superior, Contessa Felicia"), Dodson Mitchell (as "Grifonetto"), Andrew Moloney (as "The Gardener/Guido"), Carlotta Monterey (as "Clarina Orioni"), McKay Morris (as "The Red Falcon/Adriano"), Walter Ringham (as "The Bishop"), Zeffie Tilbury (as "Sister Maria"). Produced by George Broadhurst.
- (1925) Stage Play: Shall We Join the Ladies? Mystery. Written by J.M. Barrie. Directed by Frank Reicher. Empire Theatre: 13 Jan 1925- Feb 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Grace Ade (as "Miss Isit"), Maud Andrew (as "Miss Valie"), Ilka Chase (as "Mrs. Castro"), Shirley Gale (as "Lady Wrathie"), Gurney, Denis (as "Mr. Gourlay"), Mary Heberden (as "Lucy, the Maid"), Leslie Howard (as "Mr. Preen"), A.P. Kaye (as "Sam Smith"), Margaret Lawrence (as "Lady Jane Raye"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Mrs. Bland"), Henry Mowbray (as "Captain Jennings"), Robert Noble (as "Dolphin"), Harry Plimmer (as "Sir Joseph Wrathie"), Jane Saville (as "Mrs. Preen"), George Short (as "Policeman"), Lyonel Watts (as "Mr. Valie"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1925) Stage Play: Antonia. Written by Melchior Lengyel. Book adapted by Arthur Richman. Directed by Melchior Lengyel and George Cukor. Empire Theatre: 20 Oct 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/55 performances). Cast: Anne Brody (as "The Profiteer's Wife"), Ilka Chase (as "Lia"), Mabel Colcord (as "Marcsa"), H. Tyrrell-Davis (as "George Tamassy") [final Broadway role], Malcolm Dennison (as "Pista"), George Greenberg (as "Mihaly"), Ruth Hammond (as "Piri"), Lumsden Hare (as "Vince Fancsy"), Stephen Kendal (as "Waiter"), Philip Merivale (as "Bela Kovacsy"), Maria Palay (as "A Chambermaid"), Harry Plimmer (as "Richard"), Marjorie Rambeau (as "Antonia"), Georges Renavent (as "Capt. Pierre Marceau"), Stanley Rignold (as "Waiter"), John Shanks (as "Jancsi"), Sam Sidman (as "A Profiteer"), Marion Stevenson [credited as Marion Stephenson] (as "Ersi"), Alexander Sxalay (as "Rudi"), Lou Turner (as "Todor"), Heppie Warren (as "Juli"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1926) Stage Play: Embers. Written by A.E. Thomas. Adapted from the French of Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff. Henry Miller's Theatre: 1 Feb 1926- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Elmer Brown, Ilka Chase, Laura Hope Crews, Norma Havey, Betty Horgan, Nicholas Joy (as "Fournier"), Katherine Meredith, Henry Miller, Albert Morrison, Leonard Mudie (as "Edouard"), Edwin Nicander (as "Martelet"), Florence Shirley.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Happy Husband. Comedy. Written by Harrison Owen. Directed by A.E. Matthews. Empire Theatre: 7 May 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Irene Brown, Billie Burke, Lawrence Grossmith, Ilka Chase, Walter Connolly, A.E. Matthews, Alice Moffat, Nancy Ryan, George Thorpe, Mackenzie Ward, John Williams. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Animal Kingdom. Comedy. Written by Philip Barry. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Broadhurst Theatre: 12 Jan 1932- Jun 19 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Lora Baxter (as "Cecelia Henry"), Ilka Chase (as "Grace Macomber"), Frederick Forrester (as "Rufus Collier"), Frances Fuller (as "Daisy Sage"), William Gargan (as "Richard Regan"), Leslie Howard (as "Tom Collier"), Betty Lynne (as "Franc Schmidt"), G. Albert Smith (as "Owen Arthur"), Harvey Stephens (as "Joe Fisk"). Produced by Gilbert Miller and Leslie Howard. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as The Animal Kingdom (1932).
- (1932) Stage Play: We Are No Longer Children. Written by Leopold Marchand. Book adapted by Ilka Chase and William B. Murray. Directed by William A. Brady and Leslie Howard. Booth Theatre: 1 Mar 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Walter Bonn (as "La Vattier"), Diane Bori [credited as Diana Bori] (as "Maid") [Broadway debut], Spring Byington (as "Lisa Duval"), George Dill (as "A Man from the Provinces"), Gertrude Fowler (as "Mariette"), Geoffrey Kerr (as "Jean Servin"), Freya Leigh (as "Cecile Breton"), Edward Mendelssohn (as "Waiter"), Frederick Roland (as "Aristide Breton"), Harold Vermilyea (as "Paul Verdier"), June Walker (as "Roberte"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "Count de Moreau"), H.N. Worth (as "Pierre"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1933) Stage Play: Forsaking All Others. Comedy. Written by Edward Roberts and Frank Cavett. Directed by Thomas Mitchell. Times Square Theatre: 1 Mar 1933- Jun 1933 (closing date unknown/110 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead (as "Mary Clay"), Harlan Briggs (as "Dent"), Ilka Chase (as "Elinor Branch"), Millicent Hanley, Robert Hudson, Fred Keating, Anderson Lawler (as "Dillon Todd"), George Lessey, Donald MacDonald, Barbara O'Neil, Nancy Ryan (as "Dottie Winters"), Roger Sterns, Cora Witherspoon (as "Mrs. Paula La Salle"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn.
- (1934) Stage Play: Days Without End.
- (1934) Stage Play: Wife Insurance. Comedy. Written by Frederick Jackson. Directed by Arthur J. Beckhard. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 12 Apr 1934- Apr 1934 (closing date unknown/4 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Morgan Chadwick"), Ilka Chase (as "Marion Langdon"), Lillian Emerson, Helen Huberth, Kenneth MacKenna (as "Gregory Langdon"), Harvey Stephens (as "Leonard Drummond"). Produced by Langdon Productions Inc.
- (1934) Stage Play: While Parents Sleep. Comedy. Written by Anthony Kimmins. Directed by William A. Brady. Cast: Jane Bramley (as "Bubbles Thompson"), Ilka Chase (as "Lady Cattering"), Jane Corcoran (as "Nanny") [final Broadway role], Winifred Harris (as "Mrs. Hammond"), Alan Marshall (as "Neville Hammond"), May Marshall (as "Vincent"), Lionel Pape (as "Colonel Hammond"), Charles Romano (as "Jerry Hammond"). Produced by William A. Brady. Produced in association with Leon M. Lion. Note: Filmed by British and Dominions Film Corp. [UK) as While Parents Sleep (1935).
- (1934) Stage Play: Small Miracle. Melodrama.
- (1934) Stage Play: Revenge With Music. Musical. Book by Howard Dietz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Music by Arthur Schwartz. A variation on the old Spanish folk tale "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro A. de Alarcon. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Dance ensembles by Michael Mordkin. Directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky. New Amsterdam Theatre: 28 Nov 1934- 27 Apr 1935 (158 performances). Cast included: Libby Holman, Georges Metaxa (as "Carlos"), Charles Winninger, Imogene Coca, Rex O'Malley, Ivy Scott, Detmar Poppen, George Kirk, Ilka Chase, Sidney Stark, George Thornton, Rowan Tudor, Omero Valencia, Bianco Volland, Eleanor Waldon, Herman Weiner, Cliff Whitcombe, Jay Wilson, Margaret Lee, Molly Wood, Paula Yasgour. Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin.
- (1935) Stage Play: On to Fortune.
- (1936) Stage Play: Co-respondent Unknown.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Women. Comedy. Written by Clare Boothe Luce. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Ethel Barrymore Theare: 26 Dec 1936- Jul 1938 (closing date unknown/675 performances). Cast: Charita Bauer (as "Little Mary"), Eloise Bennett (as "Euphie"), Eileen Burns (as "Miss Fordyce")), Jessie Busley (as "Mrs. Morehead"), Mary Cecil (as "Maggie") [final Broadway role], Ilka Chase, Virgilia Chew (as "Miss Watts"), Audrey Christie (as "Miriam Aarons"), Beatrice Cole (as "Second Model"), Doris Day [not the Doris Day of later movie fame] (as "First Saleswoman"), Margaret Douglass (as "Countess de Lage"), Lucille Fenton (as "Head Saleswoman/A Nurse"), Arlene Francis, Margalo Gillmore (as "Mary, Mrs. Stephen Haines"), Ruth Hammond (as "Olga"), Joy Hathaway (as "A Fitter"), Anne Hunter (as "Exercise Instructress"), Ethel Jackson (as "Mrs. Wagstaff"), Betty Lawford (as "Crystal Allen"), Marjorie Main (as "Lucy"), Adrienne Marden (as "Peggy, Mrs. John Day"), Jane Moore (as "Second Hairdresser"), Mary Murray (as "Miss Trimmerback"), Lillian Norton (as "Cigarette Girl"), Phyllis Povah, Jean Rodney (as "Second Saleswoman"), Jane Seymour (as "Nancy Blake"), Mary Stuart (as "First Hairdresser"), Ann Teeman (as "Jane"), Martina Thomas (as "Third Saleswoman"), Beryl Wallace, Ann Watson (as "Pedicurist"), Marjorie Wood (as "Sadie"). Replacement actors: Claire Carleton (as "Crystal Allen"), Jeanne Cooley (as "Second Saleswoman"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Third Saleswoman"), Edith Gresham (as "Countess de Lage"), Gladys Griswold (as "Miriam Aarons"), Enid Markey (as "Olga"), Lillian Norton (as "Second Hairdresser"), Ethel Remey (as "Lucy"), Tanya Sanina (as "Helene/Princess Tamara"), Jacqueline Susann (as "First Model"). Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed as The Women (1939).
- (1940) Stage Play: Keep Off the Grass. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Howard Dietz. Sketches by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman and Panama & Frank. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Anthony R. Morelli. Miss O'Brien's arrangements by Arthur Wilson. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Nat Karson. Stage Directed by Frederick De Cordova. Book directed by Edward Duryea Dowling. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Broadhurst Theatre: 23 May 1940- 29 Jun 1940 (44 performances). Cast: Larry Adler (as "The Old Park Bench" Singer/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant"), Ray Arnett, Billie Bernice, Mimi Berry, Blondie (as "Dorothy Thompson/Misinformation, Please"), Peanuts Bohn, Ray Bolger (as "Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer/Thirsty Man/The Fountain/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer/The Tiger/Hormones/"This is Winter" Dancer"), Betty Bruce (as "I'll Applaud You With My Feet" Singer/Dancer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You Dancer/"Look Out For My Heart" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer"), Virginia Burke, Martha Burnett, Imogen Carpenter, Ilka Chase (as "She/Romantique/Thirsty Woman/The Fountain/Juliet/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece"), Gloria Clare, Harriet Clarke, John Coy, Margie Dale, Maude Davis, Bela de Tuscan, Joanna de Tuscan, Fred Deming, Helen Devlin, Henry Dick, La Motte Dodson, Jimmy Durante (as "Dr. Kildare/The Tree Doctor/The Fugitive/A Fugitive From Esquire/Clifton Fadiman/Misinformation,Please/McSwindle/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Guide/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor/Mulligan/Hormones"), Hugh Ellsworth, Esta Elman, Jane Froman, Gloria Gaffey, Peggy Gallimore, Jackie Gleason (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer/Dr. Christian/The Tree Doctor/The Cop/The Fountain/The Valet/A Fugitive From Esquire/"The Old Park Bench" Singer/Tybalt/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/Art Lover/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant/A Salesman/Hormones"), Jiggs (as "F.P.A./Misinformation, Please"), Emmett Kelly (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer/"The Old Park Bench" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece/La Motte Dodson's Monkeys Performer"), Ann Lass, Lynn Lawrence, June Le Roy, 'Jose Limon' (as "Performer"), Peggy Littlejohn, Louie (as "Oscar Levant/Misinformation, Please"), Lois Martin, Mary Joan Martin, John McAuley, Margery Moore, Hal Neiman, Virginia O'Brien (as "Performer"), Sunnie O'Dea, Patsy (as "Ann Sheridan/Misinformation, Please"), Percy (as "Gypsy Rose Lee"), Jane Gray Petri, Nan Rae, Jerry Robbins (as "Dancing Young Man"), Robert Shackleton, Jerry Shepherd, Bob Sidney, Jane Starner, Aileen Stone, Sylvia Stone, Arnold Saint Subber (as "Bootblack/The Fountain/Art Lover"), Frances Tannehill (as "Park Stroller/The Fountain/Bird Lover/Birds/The Morelli Singers"), Lee Tannen, The Toreadors, Daphne Vane, Sid Walker, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1940) Stage Play: Beverly Hills. Written by Lynn Starling and Howard J. Green. Directed by Otto Preminger. Fulton Theatre: 7 Nov 1940- 30 Nov 1940 (28 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Mrs. Burnside"), Ilka Chase (as "Jean Harding"), Frank Chew, Peter Goo Chong, Helen Claire, Frederick De Cordova (as "Policeman"), Violet Heming, William J. Kelly, Enid Markey, Doro Merande (as "Miss White"), Lea Penman (as "Geraldine Smith"), Robert Shayne (as "Art Browder"), Clinton Sundberg, William Talman (as "Ted Farlow"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Otto Preminger.
- (1944) In Bed We Cry. Written by Ilka Chase. Costume Design by Adrian. Directed by John C. Wilson. Belasco Theatre: 14 Nov 1944- 23 Dec 1944 (47 performances). Produced by John C. Wilson.
- (1951) Print ads for Emerson's Life-Tested Television and Radio products line.
- (1946) She acted in Noel Coward's play, "Blithe Spirit," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Alexander Kirkland in the cast.
- (1943) She acted in S.N. Behrman's play, "Biography," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
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