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Daisy Gamble/Melinda Welles
Portrayed by: Barbara Harris
Daisy, a clairvoyant 22-year-old florist who is the reincarnation of Melinda, a 18th-century English noblewoman.
Dr. Mark Bruckner
Portrayed by: John Cullum
An Austrian hypnotherapist
Edward Moncrief
Portrayed by: Clifford David
Portrait painter, Melinda's lover
Themistocles Kriakos
Portrayed by: Titos Vandis
A Greek shipping magnate interested in reincarnation
Warren Smith
Portrayed by: William Daniels
Daisy's bland but nice fiancé
Film
Daisy Gamble/Melinda Welles
Portrayed by: Barbra Streisand
Daisy, a clairvoyant 22-year-old florist who is the reincarnation of Melinda, a 18th-century Englishwoman, the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman.
Dr. Mark Chabot
Portrayed by: Yves Montand
A French hypnotherapist
Warren Pratt
Portrayed by: Larry Blyden
Daisy's bland but nice fiancé
Revival
David Gamble
Portrayed by: David Turner
A gay florist who is trying to quit smoking for his boyfriend.
- Camp Gay
- Commitment Issues: Struggling to commit to his boyfriend, Warren, who wants to move in together
- Deconfirmed Bachelor: At the end, finally gets past his commitment issues and moves in with Warren
- Florence Nightingale Effect: Falls in love with his psychiatrist
- Incompatible Orientation: Falls in love with the straight Mark
- Informed Attribute: We never actually see his floral arrangements, but are consistently told that they are beautiful. This talent ultimately convinces a customer to invest in him opening his own flower shop.
- Past-Life Memories
- Really Gets Around: Implied, before Warren.
- Smoking Is Not Cool: Trying to stop smoking because of Warren's allergies
Dr. Mark Bruckner
Portrayed by: Harry Connick Jr
A widower and psychoanalyst
- Hospital Hottie: A psychiatrist played by Harry Connick Jr
- Loving a Shadow: Loves Melinda Wells, who only appears to exist in the unconscious memories of David Gamble
- The Lost Lenore: Sings a ballad, "She Isn't You," about how no woman can compare to his late wife... until Melinda
- The Mourning After: He is not over the death of his wife years ago
- The Shrink
Melinda Wells
Portrayed by: Jessie Mueller
A band singer from the 1940s
- Glamorous Wartime Singer: A big band singer in the 1940s
- Loving a Shadow
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Retroactive Recognition: Jessie Mueller in her first Broadway leading role. - Reincarnation Romance: Begins a relationship with Mark through her future self, David.
- The Chanteuse
Warren Smith
Portrayed by: David Turner
David's boyfriend
- All Love Is Unrequited: Ultimately averted
- Common Law Marriage: What he seeks with David
- Control Freak
- Disposable Fiancé: Averted. He gets the guy.
- Hello, Attorney!: A "handsome, charming, and dependable" attorney
- Nice Guy
- Retroactive Recognition: Will later go on to star in a much more successful musical with Jessie Mueller, Waitress
- Straight Gay
Muriel Benson
Portrayed by: Sarah Stiles
David's roommate
- Only Sane Man: often serves as David's voice of reason
Sharone Stein
Portrayed by: Kerrey O'Malley
Dr. Bruckner's colleague, who is in love with him
- All Love Is Unrequited
- Office Romance: averted, to her displeasure
