Mar 16, 2010

Peter Pan

The Beauties who have played Peter Pan over the years:

Nina Boucicault, 1904

Zena Dare, 1905

Cecilia Loftus, 1905

Maude Adams, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1915

Pauline Chase, 1906 - 1913, J.M. Barrie's apparent favorite

Gladys Cooper, 1923, 1924

Marilyn Miller, 1924

Betty Bronson, 1924

Jean Forbes-Robertson, 1927 - 1934, 1938

Eva Le Galienne, 1928

Phyllis Calvert, 1947

Mary Martin, 1949 (Thanks, Fresca!)

Jean Arthur, 1950

Margaret Lockwood, 1949, 1950, 1957. Her daughter co-starred as Wendy and later played Peter Pan.


Julia Lockwood, 1959, 1960, 1963

Hayley Mills, 1966

Cathy Rigby, 1974

Mia Farrow, 1976

Sandy Duncan, 1979


People who could've/should've played Peter Pan:


Julie Andrews

Young "Billy" Shatner
Image from the lovely My Star Trek Scrapbook

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*I found this and thought it relevant:

October, 2007 in Japan. I had just gotten a haircut and wanted a picture in my host-families garden for some reason. I happened to stand in a rather Peter Pan like fashion.

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