Question: who originated the role of dolly levi on broadway
Answer: Character Broadway ( 1964 ) West End ( 1965 ) Movie ( 1969 ) Broadway ( 1975 ) Broadway ( 1978 ) West End ( 1979 ) West End ( 1983 ) Broadway ( 1995 ) Paper Mill Playhouse ( 2006 ) West End ( 2009 ) Broadway ( 2017 ) US National Tour ( 2018 ) Dolly Gallagher Levi Carol Channing Mary Martin Barbra Streisand Pearl Bailey Carol Channing Carol Channing Danny La Rue Carol Channing Tovah Feldshuh Samantha Spiro Bette Midler Betty Buckley Horace Vandergelder David Burns Loring Smith Walter Matthau Billy Daniels Eddie Bracken Eddie Bracken Lionel Jeffries Jay Garner Walter Charles Allan Corduner David Hyde Pierce Lewis J.