Andrea King, known to theatre audiences as Georgette McKee, began her theatrical career at the age of 14, in 1933, with the Broadway production of "Growing Pains." The play only ran two weeks, but it became the author's inspiration for the highly successful Andy Hardy series at MGM.

Andrea's second Broadway show was a big success and was directed by Thomas Mitchell, who also starred in the comedy. "Fly Away Home" ran a full season back in 1935, and featured the professional acting debut of Montgomery Clift playing Andrea's kid brother.

The following year, Andrea played the role of a nurse while understudying the lead in George Abbott's hit play "Boy Meets Girl."

And in 1940, she landed in the Chicago cast of Broadway's biggest hit play to date, "Life With Father." The acclaimed Chicago company was headed by the legendary Lillian Gish. Andrea played the ingenue role of Mary Skinner (originally portrayed by Teresa Wright on Broadway, and later Elizabeth Taylor in the film version).

During World War II, Andrea toured the United States in the road company of another record-breaking smash Broadway play, "Angel Street." This thriller was re-titled "Gaslight" for the film version, and Andrea played the juicy role of Nancy, the cheeky Cockney maid (later brought to the big screen by Angela Lansbury making her film debut for MGM).

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