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Who Played Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet in Harvey

Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet is a role in Harvey, a play that opened Broadway in 2012.

Harvey was first brought to the Broadway stage in 1944 and was directed by Antoinette Perry. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1944, and its initial run lasted for four years—1,775 performances. James Stewart assumed the role of “Elwood” from Frank Fay in the 1944 production and originated the role in the 1970 production as well as the film adaptation in 1950. Helen Hayes played “Veta” opposite Mr. Stewart in the 1970 production. Jim Parsons stars as one of modern theatre’s most lovable characters, Elwood P. Dowd. Charming and kind, Elwood has only one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey. In order to save the family’s social reputation, Elwood’s sister Veta (Jessica Hecht) takes Elwood to the local sanatorium. But when the doctors mistakenly commit his anxiety-ridden sister, Elwood — and Harvey—slip out of the hospital unbothered, setting off a hilarious whirlwind of confusion and chaos as everyone in town tries to catch a man and his invisible rabbit.

4 actors have played Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet in Harvey.

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Performer Production Opened
Frederica Going Broadway Harvey 1944
Dorothy Blackburn Broadway Harvey 1970
Zoe Kamitses Broadway Harvey 1970
Angela Paton Broadway Harvey 2012

Other Roles in Harvey

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Betty Chumley Broadway Harvey 2012
Duane Wilson Broadway Harvey 2012
E.J. Lofgren Broadway Harvey 2012
Elwood P. Dowd Broadway Harvey 2012
Judge Omar Gaffney Broadway Harvey 2012
Lyman Sanderson M.D. Broadway Harvey 2012
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Broadway Harvey 2012
Myrtle Mae Simmons Broadway Harvey 2012
Ruth Kelly, R.N. Broadway Harvey 2012
Veta Louise Simmons Broadway Harvey 2012
William R. Chumley, M.D. Broadway Harvey 2012

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