* Armina Marshall; Last Founding Member of Theater Guild

Armina Marshall, 96, the last surviving founding member of the Theater Guild, a subscription company that brought dozens of memorable productions to the New York stage, among them “Oklahoma” in 1943, which transformed the face of American musical theater. Playwrights produced by the guild over its half-century of activity included George Bernard Shaw, Eugene O’Neill, Robert Sherwood and Maxwell Anderson, and such actors as Eva Le Gallienne, Claudette Colbert, Humphrey Bogart, Judith Anderson and Judy Holliday. Alfred Lunt and his wife, Lynn Fontanne, appeared together in 19 guild-produced plays. Miss Marshall, an actress and playwright, was associate director of “Theater Guild of the Air” during its eight-year run on radio and of “The U.S. Steel Hour” on television. In New York City on Saturday.