| Year | Play | Role | Venue | Ref. |
| 1956 | The Threepenny Opera | Mrs. Peacham | Off-Broadway, New York City | |
| 1960 | Kismet | The Melody Tent, Pittsburgh | |
| 1961 | Parade | Performer | Hollywood Theatre Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1961 | The Matchmaker | Dolly Levi | Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, Texas and Tour of Texas |
| 1965–1966 | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney; Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne; His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland | |
| 1964 | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Evie | | |
| 1974, 1978 | Father's Day | Louise | Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles (1974); Total Theatre, Melbourne; Mayfair Theatre, Sydney | |
| 1979–1980 | Romantic Comedy | Blanche Dailey | Broadway, New York | |
| 1980–1984 | 42nd Street | Maggie Jones | Broadway; US Tour (1984), Tokyo, Japan |
| 1981 | Patio/Porch | Pearl | Dallas, Texas with Tom Troupe |
| 1982 | The Supporting Cast | | Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles, Summer Tour Also with Barbara Rush and Sandy Dennis | |
| 1988–1989 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux | Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. National Tour With Barbara Rush, June Lockhart, and Marion Ross | |
| 1992; 2007 | Dress Up | Herself | Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena (1992); New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco (2007) | |
| 1994 | The Lion in Winter | Eleanor | Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena | |
| 1995 | Ladies in Retirement | Leonora Fiske | Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami | |
| 1996 | Radio Gals | Hazel C. Hunt | John Houseman Theatre, New York | |
| 1998 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Aunt Martha | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with Betty Garrett |
| 2002 | Follies | Hattie Walker | Wadsworth Theatre, Los Angeles | |
| 2006 | 70, Girls, 70 | Gert Appleby | New York City Center, New York | |