Special Tony Award includes Lifetime Achievement Award:

1940s

• 1947 Dora Chamberlain for unfailing courtesy as treasurer of the Martin Beck Theatre
• 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Ira Katzenberg for enthusiasm as inveterate first-nighters
• 1947 Jules Leventhal for the season's most prolific backer and producer
• 1947 Burns Mantle for the annual publication of The Ten Best Plays
• 1947 P. A. MacDonald for intricate construction for the production of If the Shoe Fits
• 1947 Vincent Sardi for providing a transient home and comfort station for theatre folk at Sardi's for 20 years
• 1948 Rosalind Gilder Contribution To Theatre Through A Publication for Editor, Theatre Arts
• 1948 Vera Alle Distinguished Wing Volunteer Worker Through The War And After
• 1948 Experimental Theatre Inc., For Experiment In Theatre, John Garfield Accepted
• 1948 The Cast of The Importance of Being Earnest Outstanding Foreign Company
• 1948 June Lockhart For Love or Money Outstanding Performance By Newcomers
• 1948 James Whitmore Command Decision Outstanding Performance By Newcomers
• 1948 Robert W. Dowling Progressive Theatre Operators to President of City Investing Company, owner of several theatres in New York
• 1948 Paul Beisman Progressive Theatre Operators to Operator of the American Theatre, St. Louis
• 1948 George Pierce for twenty-five years of courteous and efficient service as a backstage doorman (Empire Theatre)
• 1948 Mary Martin Annie Get Your Gun Spreading Theatre To The Country While The Originals Perform In New York
• 1948 Joe E. Brown Harvey Spreading Theatre To The Country While The Originals Perform In New York

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1950s

• 1950 Maurice Evans Brock Pemberton, founder of awards and its original chairman (posthumous).
• 1950 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presented a special award to volunteer worker Philip Faversham of the American Theatre Wing's hospital program.
• 1950 Brock Pemberton founder of awards and its original chairman (posthumous)
• 1951 Ruth Green for her services as a volunteer in arranging reservation and seating for the five Tony Awards.
• 1952 Judy Garland for an important contribution to the revival of vaudeville through her recent stint at the Palace Theatre.
• 1952 Edward Kook for his contributing to and encouraging the development of stage lighting and electronics.
• 1952 Charles Boyer for distinguished performance in Don Juan in Hell, thereby assisting in a new theatre trend.
• 1953 Beatrice Lillie for An Evening with Beatrice Lillie.
• 1953 Danny Kaye for heading a variety bill at the Palace Theatre. Equity Community Theatre.
• 1955 Proscenium Productions an Off-Broadway company at the Cherry Lane Theatre, for generally high quality and viewpoint shown in The Way of the World and Thieves Carnival. Presented to Warren Enters, Robert Merriman and Sybil Trubin.
• 1956 City Center
• 1956 Fourth Street Chekov Theatre
• 1956 The Shakespearewrights
• 1956 The Threepenny Opera distinguished Off-Broadway production; Carmen Capalbo, Stanley Chase, producers.
• 1956 The Theatre Collection of the N.Y. Public Library on it's twenty-fifth anniversary, for its distinguished service to the theatre. George Freedley, founder and curator, accepted.
• 1957 American Shakespeare Festival Stratford, Connecticut
• 1957 Jean-Louis Barrault--French Repertory
• 1957 Robert Russell Bennett
• 1957 William Hammerstein
• 1957 Paul Shyre
• 1958 New York Shakespeare Festival for presenting free performances in Central Park and the Hecksher Theater.
• 1958 Mrs. Martin Beck for fifteen years of untiring dedication to the American Theatre Wing, which she served as treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. Presented by Elaine Perry, daughter of Antoinette Perry.
• 1958 Circle in the Square Phoenix Theatre, Esther Hawley
• 1959 John Gielgud for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play, Ages of Man.
• 1959 Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse for a collaboration that lasted longer than Gilbert and Sullivan.
• 1959 Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante (Pamela Austin, Colette Brosset, Roger Caccia, Yvonne Constant, Genevieve Coulombel, Robert Dhery, Michael Kent, Jean Lefevre, Jacques Legras, Michael Modo, Pierre Olaf, Nicole Parent, Ross Parker, Henri Pennec), for contribution to the theatre.

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1960s

• 1960 John D. Rockefeller III for vision and leadership in creating the Lincoln Center, a landmark of theatre encompassing the performing arts.
• 1960 James Thurber and Burgess Meredith A Thurber Carnival
• 1961 David Merrick In recognition of a fabulous production record over the last seven years.
• 1961 The Theatre Guild For organizing the first repertory to go abroad for the State Department.
• 1962 Brooks Atkinson Retired drama critic of the New York Times
• 1962 Franco Zeffirelli For designs and direction of the Old Vic's Romeo and Juliet.
• 1962 Richard Rodgers For all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them on stage in No Strings.
• 1963 W. McNeil Lowry On behalf of the Ford Foundation for his and their distinguished support of the American Theatre.
• 1963 Irving Berlin For his distinguished contribution to the musical theatre for these many years
• 1963 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, For Beyond the Fringe, for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy.
• 1964 Eva Le Gallienne Celebrating her 50th year as an actress, honored for her work with the National Repertory Theatre.
• 1965 Gilbert Miller For having produced 88 plays and musicals and for his perseverance which has helped to keep New York and theatre alive
• 1965 Oliver Smith
• 1966 Helen Menken For a lifetime of devotion and dedicated service to the Broadway theatre.
• 1968 Audrey Hepburn
• 1968 Carol Channing
• 1968 Pearl Bailey
• 1968 David Merrick
• 1968 Maurice Chevalier
• 1968 APA-Phoenix Theatre
• 1968 Marlene Dietrich
• 1969 The National Theatre Company of Great Britain
• 1969 The Negro Ensemble Company
• 1969 Rex Harrison
• 1969 Leonard Bernstein
• 1969 Carol Burnett

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1970s

• 1970 Sir Noel Coward for his multiple and immortal contributions to the theatre
• 1970 Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
• 1970 New York Shakespeare Festival for pioneering efforts on behalf of new plays
• 1970 Barbra Streisand
• 1971 Elliot Norton drama critic, for distinguished theatrical commentary.
• 1971 Ingram Ash president of Blaine-Thompson Advertising, for decades of devoted service to the theatre.
• 1971 Playbill for chronicling Broadway through the years.
• 1971 Roger L. Stevens
• 1972 The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society for its many years of service to audiences for touring shows.
• 1972 Fiddler on the Roof on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Presented to Harold S. Prince.
• 1972 Ethel Merman
• 1972 Richard Rodgers
• 1973 John Lindsay Mayor of New York
• 1973 Actor's Fund of America
• 1973 Shubert Organization
• 1974 Liza Minnelli For adding lustre to the Broadway season
• 1974 Bette Midler For adding lustre to the Broadway season
• 1974 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Co-stars and authors of Good Evening
• 1974 A Moon for the Misbegotten An outstanding dramatic revival of an American classic. Produced by Lester Osterman, Elliott Martin and Richard Hurner
• 1974 Candide An outstanding contribution to the artistic development of the musical theatre. Produced by Chelsea Theatre Group, Harold Prince and Ruth Mitchell
• 1974 Actor's Equity Association
• 1974 Theatre Development Fund
• 1974 John F. Wharton Veteran theatrical attorney (Theatre Award '74)
• 1974 John F. Wharton Veteran theatrical attorney (Theatre Award '74)
• 1974 Harold Friedlander The industry's foremost printing expert (Theatre Award '74)
• 1975 Al Hirschfeld For 50 years of theatrical cartoons (Theatre Award '75)
• 1976 Mathilde Pincus For outstanding service to the Broadway musical theatre
• 1976 Thomas H. Fitzgerald To the gifted lighting technician of countless Broadway shows and many Tony telecasts. (Posthumous)
• 1976 Circle in the Square For twenty-five continuous years of quality productions
• 1976 Richard Burton
• 1977 Lily Tomlin
• 1977 Barry Manilow
• 1977 Diana Ross
• 1977 National Theatre for the Deaf
• 1977 Equity Liberty Theatre
• 1978 Charles Moss and Stan Dragoti To the creators (of Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc.) of the I Love New York Broadway Show Tours and its sponsor, the New York State Department of Commerce. (Theatre Award '78)
• 1979 Henry Fonda
• 1979 Walter F. Diehl International President of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Operators, has been an active force in advancing the well-being of the Broadway theatre and of theatre nationally
• 1979 Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center, Waterford, Connecticut

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1980s

• 1980 Mary Tyler Moore Whose Life Is It Anyway?
• 1980 Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut
• 1980 Richard Fitzgerald honored for his installing the infrared system in Broadway theatres, thus bringing the compassion and dedication of making theatergoing for those with impaired hearing, rewarding, and enjoyable (Theatre Award '80)
• 1980 Hobe Morrison theater editor of Variety (Theatre Award '80)
• 1981 Lena Horne Lena Horne: The Lady and her Music
• 1982 The Actors' Fund of America
• 1982 Warner Communications (Theatre Award '82)
• 1982 Radio City Music Hall (Theatre Award '82)
• 1984 La Tragedie de Carmen For outstanding achievement in musical theatre
• 1984 Peter Feller A master craftsman who has devoted forty years to theatre stagecraft and magic
• 1984 A Chorus Line Gold Tony Award, in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical
• 1985 Yul Brynner Honoring his 4,525 performances in The King and I
• 1985 New York State Council on the Arts
• 1987 Jackie Mason for The World According to Me
• 1987 George Abbott on the occasion of his 100th birthday
• 1988 Brooklyn Academy of Music

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1990s

• 1993 Oklahoma! 50th anniversary
• 1994 Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn Lifetime Achievement

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See also

• Tony Award