Who Played Child in Show Boat

Child is a role in Show Boat, a musical that opened Los Angeles in 1944.

Based on the novel <i>Show Boat</i> by Edna Ferber.<p>An epic musical revealing life behind the scenes on a show boat. Magnolia falls in love with Gaylord, a river gambler, and leaves her father’s show boat to marry him in the 1880s. Years of heartbreak return her to the show boat in the 1920s.

28 actors have played Child in Show Boat.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Betty Barker	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Billy De Forest	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Billy O'Connor	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Carol Lewis	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Dolores Gamble	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Edward Hayes	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Eugene Steiner	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Miriam Quinn	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Roland Gamble	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Sybil Stocking	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Betty Barker	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Billy De Forest	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Billy O'Connor	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Carol Lewis	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Dolores Gamble	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Edward Hayes	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Eugene Steiner	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Frances Schneider	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Gene Ferguson	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Herbert Bennettson	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Joan Jackson	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Kenneth Demeaux	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Michael Lee	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Miriam Quinn	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Roland Gamble	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Sybil Stocking	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Bonnie Sawyer	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Claudia Crawford	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Dale Dennard	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Georgianna Catal	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Ginger Brooks	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Joan Nickel	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Leonard Grinnage	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Jeanne Ladomirak	Broadway Showboat	1966
Lisa Huggins	Broadway Showboat	1966
Michael Grady	Broadway Showboat	1966
Paul Dwyer	Broadway Showboat	1966
William Sims	Broadway Showboat	1966

Other Roles in Show Boat

Role	Production	Opened
Ata	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Backwoodsman	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Barker	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Bora Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Cap'n Andy	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Child	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Dahomey Queen	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Dolly	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Doorman at Trocadero	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Drunk	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Ellie	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
English Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Ethel	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Fatima	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Frank	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
French Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Gaylord Ravenal	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Greek Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Indian Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Italian Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Jake	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Jeb	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Jim	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Jimmy Craig	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Joe	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Kim	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Kim (child)	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Landlady	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Lottie	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Magnolia	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Mala	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Man with Guitar	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Mother Superior	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Old Lady on the Levee	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Old Sport	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Parthy Ann Hawks	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Performer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Pete	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Queenie	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Rubber Face	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Russian Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Sal	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Sally	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Sam	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Scotch Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Singer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Sister	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Spanish Dancer	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Steve	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Strong Woman	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
The Show Boat Ensemble	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Vallon	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Windy	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944

“Child” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
1984	West End	2016
Dracula	Broadway	2004
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	West End	2002
Medea	Broadway	2002
Marie Christine	Broadway	1999
Wonderful Town	Off-Broadway	1994
Street Scene	West End	1989
Highest Standard of Living	Off-Broadway	1986
Balm in Gilead	Off-Broadway	1984
Evita	Broadway	1979
Siamsa	Broadway	1976
All God's Chillun Got Wings	Broadway	1975
Ulysses in Nighttown	Broadway	1974
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Broadway	1974
I and Albert	West End	1972
Ari	Broadway	1971
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen	Broadway	1970
The Good Woman of Setzuan	Broadway	1970
Georgy	Broadway	1970
Cyrano de Bergerac	Broadway	1968
A Time for Singing	Broadway	1966
Pickwick	Broadway	1965
Here's Love	Broadway	1963
We Take the Town	Broadway	1962
13 Daughters	Broadway	1961
The Music Man	West End	1961
From A to Z	Broadway	1960
Saratoga	Broadway	1959
The Legend of Lizzie	Broadway	1959
The Miracle Worker	Broadway	1959
Flower Drum Song	Broadway	1958
Seventh Heaven	Broadway	1955
The Wisteria Trees	Broadway	1955
My Darlin' Aida	Broadway	1952
Buttrio Square	Broadway	1952
Three Wishes for Jamie	Broadway	1952
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Broadway	1951
Music in the Air	Broadway	1951
Dance Me a Song	Broadway	1950
Love Life	Broadway	1948
Magdalena	Broadway	1948
As the Girls Go	Broadway	1948
Lute Song	Broadway	1946
Mexican Hayride	Broadway	1944
Song of Norway	Broadway	1944
This Rock	Broadway	1943
Carmen Jones	Broadway	1943
Porgy and Bess	Broadway	1942
Lady in the Dark	Broadway	1941
Sunny River	Broadway	1941
Liliom	Broadway	1940
The American Way	Broadway	1939
Swingin' The Dream	Broadway	1939
The Case of Philip Lawrence	Broadway	1937
White Horse Inn	Broadway	1936
The Green Pastures	Broadway	1930
The Little Poor Man	Broadway	1925
Sally	Broadway	1920

Photos from Show Boat

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