Question: Which American film and theater actress who appeared in over 30 films, as well as on Broadway starred in The Night Club Lady?

Context articles: Mayo Methot
Ashley Williams (actress)
The Night Club Lady
The Circus Queen Murder
State Theater (Youngstown, Ohio)
Teru Shimada
The Painted Angel
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Hudson Theatre
Tonya Pinkins

Mayo June Methot (March 3, 1904 – June 9, 1951), also known as Mayo Methot Bogart, was an American film and theater actress.
 She appeared in over 30 films, as well as on Broadway.
 She suffered from alcoholism, the effects of which she ultimately succumbed to in 1951.
Ashley Williams Dodson (professional name Ashley Williams) (born November 12, 1978) is an American film, television, and theater actress.
 She is best known for her starring in the television series "The Jim Gaffigan Show" on Comedy Central and in the NBC series "Good Morning Miami".
 Over the many years of its run, Williams played fan-favorite "Victoria" on the hit CBS series "How I Met Your Mother" opposite Josh Radnor.
 She starred She's starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to televioson movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family.
 She's also worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway.
 Williams is also a certified birth doula.
The Night Club Lady is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Adolphe Menjou, Mayo Methot and Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher.
 It was followed by a sequel "The Circus Queen Murder" in 1933 with Menjou reprising his role.
 A third, unrelated film featuring Thatcher Colt, "The Panther's Claw", was released in 1942.
The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook and Greta Nissen.
 It is the sequel to the 1932 film "The Night Club Lady" in which Menjou had also starred as Thatcher Colt.
 The film is based on a story by "Anthony Abbott", a pseudonym used by Fulton Oursler.
The State Theater was an entertainment venue in Youngstown, Ohio which showed films until the early 1970s and later became a popular night club establishment catering to major rock 'n' roll acts of the 1970s and '80s.
 The theater opened in 1927 at 213 Federal Plaza West and exhibited films until closing as a movie house in the early 1970s.
 On October 20, 1974, a night club called the Tomorrow Club opened in the old theater.
 Under the Tomorrow Club name, the venue hosted such bands as AC/DC, KISS, Rush, Ted Nugent, The Ramones and The Runaways.
 Most notably the club played host to The Ramones' first gig outside of the New York City metro area on July 20, 1976.
 This was also the gig where Joey Ramone was introduced to future members of the Dead Boys who later moved to New York City to set up shop as the house band at CBGB.
 The Tomorrow Club closed on December 22, 1978 and the venue opened as the Youngstown branch of the Agora concert hall chain on December 31, 1978.
The Youngstown Agora continued to book popular rock acts until it closed on July 23, 1982.
 It reopened under the State Theater and Civic Center name in May 1983, but it closed abruptly again in July 1983.
 The theater booked heavy metal and hard rock acts under the Star Theatre name from 1984 until early '86 before being bought by a group interested in turning the theater into a showcase for R&B, blues, jazz, hip-hop and soul groups in late 1986.
 The venue struggled under the Starr Palace name and closed for good in late 1988.
 The State Theater remained vacant until it was demolished in 2008.
 Only the facade remains.
Teru Shimada (November 17, 1905 – June 19, 1988) was an acclaimed Japanese-American actor who was cast most famously as Mr. Osato, a SPECTRE agent in the 1967 James Bond film, "You Only Live Twice".
 His film career began in 1932 with the "Night Club Lady".
 He appeared with Peter Lorre in the 1939 classic "Mr. Moto's Last Warning".
 Another notable role was opposite Humphrey Bogart in the 1949 film, "Tokyo Joe".
 He had an uncredited role in 20th Century Fox's 1966 film "Batman" as a Japanese Delegate, and as Mr. Kurawa in Cary Grant's final film, Walk, Don't Run.
 He also appeared in an episode (titled "And Five of Us are Left") of the 1960s American television series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" in 1965.
 That year he also made a guest appearance on "Perry Mason" as Dr. Maseo Tachikawa in "The Case of the Baffling Bug."
 In 1970, he had had a leading role in an episode of "Hawaii Five-O" (titled "The Reunion").
 He later retired in the mid-1970s following appearances in "Barnaby Jones" and "The Six Million Dollar Man", and died in Encino, California in 1988.
The Painted Angel (also known as The Broadway Hostess) is a 1929 black and white American film.
 The storyline is based on a story by Fannie Hurst, "Give This Little Girl a Hand" The film is known as "La favorita di Broadway" in Italy.
 The tagline was: "Do you want to know the Truth about NIGHT CLUB HOSTESSES?"
Lisa Gay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964) is an American director, and film, television, and theater actress known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama "The Practice".
 Her theater credits include "Measure for Measure" (Isabella), "Henry IV Parts I & II" (Lady Hotspur), Athol Fugard’s, "Valley Song" and "The Ohio State Murders".
 Hamilton was also an original cast member in the Broadway productions of August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson" and "Gem of the Ocean".
The Hudson Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 139-141 West 44th Street, between Times Square and 6th Avenue, New York City.
 Opened in 1903, it became a leading theatrical venue before also serving in later years as a network radio and television studio, a night club, a movie theater, and a corporate event space.
Tonya Pinkins (born May 30, 1962) is an American television, film and theater actress and author known for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the soap opera "All My Children" and for her roles on Broadway.
 She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, and has won the Obie, 2 Lortel Awards, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, AUDLECO, Garland, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent and NAACP Theater Awards.
 She has been nominated for the Olivier, Helen Hayes, Noel, Joseph Jefferson, NAACP Image, Soap Opera Digest and Ovation awards.
 She won the Tony for "Jelly's Last Jam".