Cordell's stage debut came in It's You I Want, presented by Seymour Hicks' company in England [REF].
Cordell went on to appear on Broadway in Love of Women (1937), Romantic Mr. Dickens (1940), Golden Wings (1941), Yesterday's Magic (1942), Sheppey (1944), While the Sun Shines (1944), and The Linden Tree (1948) [REF].