Who Played Mimi in Can-Can

Mimi is a role in Can-Can, a musical that opened US Tour in 1955.

The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.

5 actors have played Mimi in Can-Can.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Ann Sparkman	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Dania Krupska	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Barbara Allen	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Dorothy D'Honau	Off-Broadway Can-Can	1962
Donna King	Broadway Can-Can	1981

Other Roles in Can-Can

Role	Production	Opened
2d Waiter	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Bailiff	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Boris Adzinidzinadze	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Cafe Customer	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Cafe Waiter	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Celestine	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Claudine	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Court President, Henri Marceaux	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Customer	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Dancer	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Doctor	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Etienne	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Gabrielle	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Hercule	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Hilaire Jussac	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Jailer	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Judge Aristide Forestier	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Judge Paul Barriere	US Tour Can-Can	1955
La Mome Pistache	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Marie	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Mimi	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Model	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Policeman	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Prosecutor	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Registrar	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Second	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Theophile	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Waiter	US Tour Can-Can	1955

“Mimi” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical	Broadway	2018
Rent Remixed	West End	2007
Miss Saigon	West End	1989
The Gay Life	Broadway	1961
Guys and Dolls	Broadway	1950
La Bohéme	Broadway	1944

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