Who Played Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche Du Bois is a role in A Streetcar Named Desire, a play that opened Broadway in 1992.

Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire is set against the sexy backdrop of New Orleans' gritty French Quarter. A Streetcar Named Desire tells the tale of former school teacher and socialite Blanche DuBois, as she's forced to move in with her sister Stella and her animalistic husband Stanley. But the fragile, Blanche quickly gets a gritty life lesson in the seamy, steamy underbelly of 1950's New Orleans.

13 actors have played Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Jessica Tandy	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1947
Uta Hagen	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1947
Uta Hagen	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1947
Uta Hagen	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1950
Uta Hagen	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1950
Lois Nettleton	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1973
Penelope Allen	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1973
Rosemary Harris	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1973
April Shawhan	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1988
Blythe Danner	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1988
Jessica Lange	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Leslie C. Hendrix	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Leslie Hendrix	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Angela Pierce	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	2005
Natasha Richardson	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	2005
Nicole Ari Parker	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	2012

Other Roles in A Streetcar Named Desire

Role	Production	Opened
Blanche Du Bois	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Doctor	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Eunice Hubbell	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Flower Vendo	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Flower Vendor	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Harold Mitchell	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Negro Woman	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Nurse	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Pablo Gonzales	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Stanley Kowalski	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Stella Kowalski	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Steve Hubbell	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992
Young Collector	Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire	1992

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