Who Played Ellie in Show Boat

Ellie is a role in Show Boat, a musical that opened West End in 2006.

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.

20 actors have played Ellie in Show Boat.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Eva Puck	Broadway Show Boat	1927
Eva Puck	Broadway Show Boat	1932
Colette Lyons	Los Angeles Show Boat	1944
Colette Lyons	Broadway Show Boat	1946
Clare Alden	Broadway Show Boat	1948
Diana Drake	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Marian Niles	Broadway Show Boat	1954
Ruta Lee	US Tour Show Boat	1960
Jane Kean	Off-Broadway Show Boat	1961
Allyn Ann McLerie	Broadway Showboat	1966
Carrie Wilder	Broadway Show Boat	1983
Paige O'Hara	Broadway Show Boat	1983
Lenora Nemetz	Milburn, NJ (Regional) Show Boat	1989
Janie Dee	West End Show Boat	1990
Ann Van Cleave	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Beth Leavel	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Clare Leach	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Dorothy Stanley	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Karen Curlee	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Tari Kelly	Broadway Show Boat	1994
Clare Leach	West End Show Boat	1998
Emma Dodd	West End Show Boat	2006
Stephanie Gibson	Regional (US) Show Boat	2018

Other Roles in Show Boat

Role	Production	Opened
Captain Andy	West End Show Boat	2006
Ellie	West End Show Boat	2006
Frank	West End Show Boat	2006
Gaylord Ravenal	West End Show Boat	2006
Jake	West End Show Boat	2006
Joe	West End Show Boat	2006
Julie	West End Show Boat	2006
Landlady	West End Show Boat	2006
Magnolia	West End Show Boat	2006
Mother Superior	West End Show Boat	2006
Parthy Ann Hawkes	West End Show Boat	2006
Pete/Backwoodsman	West End Show Boat	2006
Queenie	West End Show Boat	2006
Sheriff Vallon/Radio Man	West End Show Boat	2006
Steve	West End Show Boat	2006
Windy	West End Show Boat	2006

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