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Backstage Wife
Description
Backstage Wife is a radio soap opera following Mary Noble, an Iowa woman who comes to New York and navigates marriage, ambition, and theater-world complications.
Backstage Wife is an American soap opera radio program that details the travails of Mary Noble, a girl from a small town in Iowa who came to New York seeking her future.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1935–19369:45 AM ETMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19369:45 AM ETMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19369:45 AM ETMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19369:45 AM ETMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19369:45 AM ETMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19364:15 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19364:15 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19364:15 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19364:15 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19364:15 PM ETNBC Blue Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–193711:15 AM ETNBC Blue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–193711:15 AM ETNBC Blue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–193711:15 AM ETNBC Blue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–193711:15 AM ETNBC Blue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–193711:15 AM ETNBC Blue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19554:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19554:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19554:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19554:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19554:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–195812:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–195812:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–195812:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–195912:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–195912:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
B
Bob Brown
Announcer
E
FEdward Allen
Announcer
Ford Bond
Announcer
H
PHarry Clark
Announcer
Pierre Andre
Announcer
R
SRoger Krupp
Announcer
Sandy Becker
Announcer
S
Stuart Dawson
Announcer
Cameron Prud'Homme
Cast
CCourt Benson
Cast
Edgar Stehli
Cast
GGeorge Tiplady
Cast
Joseph Curtin
Cast
J
RJoyce Howard
Cast
Rita Lloyd
Cast
RRoland Winters
Cast
B
Blair Walliser
Director
D
FDeWitt McBride
Director
Fred Weihe
Director
J
Joseph 'Joe' Mansfield
Director
L
Les Mitchell
Director
L
Lou Jacobson
Director
R
Richard Leonard
Director
A
Alan MacAteer
Pop
A
Andree Wallace
Irene
A
AAnita Anton
Julia Dixon
Anne Burr
Regina Rawlings
B
Bartlett 'Bart' Robinson
Rupert Barlow
B
Bess McCammon
Mrs. Dubois
B
Betty Ruth Smith
Katherine Monroe
B
CBonita Kay
Christine
Carlton KaDell
Dennis Conroy
C
CCharles 'Chuck' Webster
Tom Bryson
Charles Egleston
Pop, the stage doorman
C
Charlotte Keane
Beatrice
Charlotte Manson
Marcelle Betrand
CCharme Allen
Mercy
C
CChet Kingsbury
Organist
Claire Niesen
Mary Noble
DDaniel Sutter
Tom Blake
D
Don Gallagher
Callahan
D
Donna Creade
Judith Merritt
D
Dorothy Francis
Sylvia King
D
Dorothy Sands
Margot
E
Eileen Palmer
Goldie
E
EElmira Roessler
Jennifer Davis
Eloise Kummer
Sandra Barclay
EEthel Owen
Lady Clara
E
FEthel Wilson
Maude Marlowe
Frank Dane
Tom Bryson
G
Gail Henshaw
Tess Morgan and Alice Duffy
G
George Ansell
Ocko
G
George Niese
Tod Goodhue
G
GGeorge O. Petrie
Marty Rufus
Guy Sorel
Larry Noble
H
Helen Claire
Virginia Lansing
H
Henrietta Tedro
Maude Marlowe
H
Hoyt Allen
Taylor
James Meighan
Larry Noble
J
John 'Johnny' McGovern
Ramsey
References
Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, December 29, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.