Portrayal in Television
In the first two telecasts of the 1954 Broadway musical version of the play (1955 and 1956), Wendy was portrayed by Kathleen Nolan, who had also played her onstage. In the 1960 telecast of the musical, Ms. Nolan was replaced by Maureen Bailey, whose only major television role this was.
In an all new 1976 made-for-TV musical version in which Mia Farrow played Peter, Wendy was played by Briony McRoberts.
In both these musical versions, Wendy as an adult was played by a different actress.
In the anime series Peter Pan no Boken (Adventures of Peter Pan), which is a part of the World Masterpiece Theater, a rather tomboyish Wendy has a pivotal role in the second part of the series, which depicts a completely original story where Peter Pan, the Lost Kids and the Darling siblings must save a young witch named Luna from the clutches of her evil grandmother, the witch Sinistra, and Wendy is the one who truly saves her. She's also shown directly antagonizing Captain Hook when he kidnaps her in the first part, yelling at him and even impersonating his mother at some point to manipulate his fears against him.
A black-haired Wendy starred in Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, and was portrayed by Christina Lange. She was portrayed without a British accent and wore a crown of flowers in her short hair.
The Disney version of Wendy was featured as one of the guests in House of Mouse; however, despite the fact that Kathryn Beaumont was credited as providing Alice's voice, Wendy said nothing.
Wendy will appear in the final two episodes of the second season of Once Upon a Time.
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