Question: who played the original dolly in hello dolly
Answer: Character Broadway ( 1964 ) West End ( 1965 ) Broadway ( 1968 ) Broadway ( 1978 ) West End ( 1979 ) West End ( 1984 ) Broadway ( 1995 ) Paper Mill Playhouse ( 2006 ) West End ( 2009 ) Broadway ( 2017 ) Dolly Gallagher Levi Carol Channing Mary Martin Pearl Bailey Carol Channing Danny La Rue Carol Channing Tovah Feldshuh Samantha Spiro Bette Midler Horace Vandergelder David Burns Loring Smith Cab Calloway Eddie Bracken Lionel Jeffries Jay Garner Walter Charles Allan Corduner David Hyde Pierce Cornelius Hackl Charles Nelson Reilly Garrett Lewis Terrence Emanuel Lee Roy Reams Tudor Davies Michael Sadler Michael DeVries Jonathan Rayson Daniel Crossley Gavin Creel Barnaby Tucker Jerry Dodge Johnny Beecher Grenoldo Frazier Robert Lydiard Richard D