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Who Played General Matilda B. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls

General Matilda B. Cartwright is a role in Guys and Dolls, a musical that opened Broadway in 2009.

Tony Award nominee Oliver Platt stars as Nathan Detroit in this brand new production of Guys And Dolls, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo. Packed with such classic hits as "Fugue for Tinhorns," "A Bushel and a Peck," "Adelaide's Lament," "I'll Know," "Guys and Dolls," "More I Cannot Wish You," "Luck Be A Lady," and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat," Guys and Dolls features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure," two short stories by Damon Runyon, it also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably "Pick the Winner."

18 actors have played General Matilda B. Cartwright in Guys and Dolls.

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Performer Production Opened
Jeanne Schlegel Broadway Guys and Dolls 1950
Maria Novotna Broadway Guys and Dolls 1950
Netta Packer Broadway Guys and Dolls 1950
Suzanne Hanson Broadway Guys and Dolls 1950
Kate Tomlinson Broadway Guys and Dolls 1955
Claire Waring Broadway Guys and Dolls 1965
Jeanne Schlegel Broadway Guys and Dolls 1965
Claire Waring Off-Broadway Guys and Dolls 1966
Edye Byrde Broadway Guys and Dolls 1976
Helen Gelzer Broadway Guys and Dolls 1976
Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Eleanor Glockner Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Leah Hocking Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Louisa Flaningam Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Ruth Williamson Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Ruth Williamson Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Susann Fletcher Broadway Guys and Dolls 1992
Sharon D Clarke West End Guys and Dolls 1996
Donna Migliaccio US Tour Guys and Dolls 2001
Andrea Chamberlain Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Mary Testa Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009

Other Roles in Guys and Dolls

Role Production Opened
Agatha Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Angie the Ox Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Arvide Abernathy Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Benny Southstreet Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Big Jule Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Brandy Bottle Bates Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Calvin Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Carmen Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Damon Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Ensemble Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
General Matilda B. Cartwright Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Harry the Horse Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Hot Box Girl Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Joey Biltmore Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Liver Lips Louie Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Lt. Brannigan Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Martha Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Mimi Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Miss Adelaide Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Nathan Detroit Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Nicely-Nicely Johnson Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Performer Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Rusty Charlie Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Sarah Brown Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Scranton Slim Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Sky Masterson Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
Society Max Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009
The Greek Broadway Guys and Dolls 2009

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