Norma Desmond
West, and Mary Pickford.
Miriam Hopkins and Mary Astor played the role in two separate t.v. productions based on the film.
In the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical, the role was played by Patti LuPone (in London’s West End), Elaine Paige (in London’s West End and on Broadway), Glenn Close (in Los Angeles and on Broadway), Betty Buckley (in London’s West End and on Broadway), Rita Moreno (in London’s West End), Diahann Carroll (in Toronto), Faith Brown in a 2001 UK tour revival, Debra Byrne, Maria Mercedes and Judi Connelli in the two separate Australian productions and Helen Schneider, Christina Grimandi, Sue Mathys and Daniela Ziegler in the German version of the musical; Pia Douwes and Simone Kleinsma played the role in the 2008 Dutch tour of the show. Petula Clark, who appeared in the London production and took the show on a lengthy tour throughout the US, has
