Who Played Magnolia Hawkes in Show Boat

Magnolia Hawkes is a role in Show Boat, a musical that opened West End in 1971.

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.