The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is awarded to the actress who was voted as the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the lists below, the winner is displayed first, the non-winning nominees second.

1940s

• 1948 Grace Hartman in Angel in the Wings as Nettie/Mrs. Blodgett/Ruth/Mrs. Hutchinson

• 1949 Nanette Fabray in Love Life as Susan Cooper

Grace Hartman has been the name of several noted public figures: Grace Armstrong Hartman, first female mayor of Sudbury, Ontario (and one of the earliest in all of Canada), Grace Fulcher Hartman, former president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and the first woman to lead a major labour... Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. ... Love Life was a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics). ...

1950s

• 1950 Mary Martin in South Pacific as Nellie Forbush

• 1951 Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam as Sally Adams

• 1952 Gertrude Lawrence in The King and I as Anna Leonowens

• 1953 Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood

• 1954 Dolores Gray in Carnival in Flanders as Cornelia

• 1955 Mary Martin in Peter Pan as Peter Pan

• 1956 Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees as Lola
  • Carol Channing in The Vamp as Flora Weems
  • Nancy Walker in Phoenix '55 as "A Funny Heart" Performer/"Down to the Sea" Performer/"Finale" Performer/"Tomorrow Is Here" Performer/Annie Snodgrass/Chickie Popjoy/Millie Wubble/The Maiden

• 1957 Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing as Ella Peterson
  • Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle
  • Ethel Merman in Happy Hunting as Liz Livingstone

• 1958 (tie) Thelma Ritter in New Girl In Town as Marthy; Gwen Verdon in New Girl In Town as Anna
  • Lena Horne in Jamaica as Savannah
  • Beatrice Lillie in Ziegfeld Follies as Hostess/Kabuki Lil/Lucille/Singer/The Lady/The Original Cast/The Rajah's Favorite

• 1959 Gwen Verdon in Redhead as Essie Whimple
  • Miyoshi Umeki in Flower Drum Song as Mei-Li

Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Call Me Madam is one of Irving Berlins last musical comedies. ... Gertrude Lawrence (June 4, 1898 - September 6, 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s-40s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was an American film and stage actress. ... Logo for the New Broadway Revival Wonderful Town is a musical with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Bill Jeffery. ... Dolores Gray (born 7th June 1924, Chicago) was a well-known Broadway star in the 1940s-1950s. ... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... Peter Pan is a fictional character created by British novelist and playwright, James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937), as well as the title of a stage play and novel based on the character. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... Damn Yankees is a musical comedy, a modern retelling of the Faust legend set in Washington, D.C., with book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ... Carol Channing photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1956 Carol Channing (born on January 31, 1921 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actress whose career was built largely on two roles, Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly!. She is easily recognized by her distinctive... Spoiler warning: // Main characters Raiden Raiden (real name Jack) is the protagonist of the Plant Chapter, the main portion of Metal Gear Solid 2. ... Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. ... Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress. ... Bells Are Ringing is a stage musical first mounted in 1956. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1902 – February 5, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American character actress of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ... A New Girl in Town (Musical) A New Girl in Town was a musical from a book by George Abbott, which was based on Eugene ONeills play Anna Christie. The music was written by Bob Merrill. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... A New Girl in Town (Musical) A New Girl in Town was a musical from a book by George Abbott, which was based on Eugene ONeills play Anna Christie. The music was written by Bob Merrill. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... Beatrice Lillie (May 29, 1894-January 20, 1989) was the outstanding comedic actress of her time. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... // Redhead (Musical) Redhead is a Broadway musical set in London in the 1880s, around the time of Jack the Ripper. ... Miyoshi Umeki (born on April 3, 1929 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan) is an actress. ... Flower Drum Song is a Broadway musical with a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The book for the musical was written by Hammerstein and Joseph Fields, based on the novel Flower Drum Song by C.Y. Lee. ...

1960s

• 1960 Mary Martin in The Sound of Music as Maria Rainer
  • Carol Burnett in Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred
  • Dolores Gray in Destry Rides Again as Frenchy
  • Eileen Herlie in Take Me Along as Lily Miller
  • Ethel Merman in Gypsy as Mama Rose

• 1961 Elizabeth Seal in Irma La Douce as Irma-La-Douce
  • Julie Andrews in Camelot as Guenevere
  • Carol Channing in Show Girl as "Calypso Pete" Performer/"My Kind of Love" Performer/"The Girl in the Show" Performer/"The Story of Marie" Performer/Carol's Musical Theatre/Lynn/Naomi/Report from Las Vegas/The Foreign Star/The Inside Story/The Palace Theatre
  • Nancy Walker in Do Re Mi as Kay Cram

• 1962 (tie) Anna Maria Alberghetti in Carnival as Lili; Diahann Carroll in No Strings as Barbara Woodruff
  • Molly Picon in Milk and Honey as Clara Weiss
  • Elaine Stritch in Sail Away as Mimi Paragon

• 1963 Vivien Leigh in Tovarich as Tatiana
  • Georgia Brown in Oliver! as Nancy
  • Nanette Fabray in Mr. President as Nell Henderson
  • Sally Ann Howes in Brigadoon as Fiona MacLaren

• 1964 Carol Channing. Hello, Dolly! as Dolly Levi
  • Beatrice Lillie in High Spirits as Madame Arcati
  • Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
  • Inga Swenson in 110 in the Shade as Lizzy Curry

• 1965 Liza Minnelli in Flora the Red Menace as Flora
  • Elizabeth Allen in Do I Hear a Waltz? as Leona Samish
  • Nancy Dussault in Bajour as Emily Kirsten
  • Inga Swenson in Baker Street as Irene Adler

• 1966 Angela Lansbury in Mame as Mame Dennis
  • Barbara Harris in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Daisy Gamble/Melinda
  • Julie Harris in Skyscraper as Georgina
  • Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine

• 1967 Barbara Harris in The Apple Tree as Eve/Princess Barbara/Ella/Passionella
  • Lotte Lenya in Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider
  • Mary Martin in I Do! I Do! as She (Agnes)
  • Louise Troy in Walking Happy as Maggie Hobson

• 1968 (tie) Patricia Routledge in Darling of the Day as Alice Challice; Leslie Uggams in Hallelujah, Baby! as Georgina
  • Melina Mercouri in Illya Darling as Illya
  • Brenda Vaccaro in How Now, Dow Jones as Cynthia

• 1969 Angela Lansbury in Dear World as Countess Aurelia
  • Maria Karnilova in Zorbaas Madame Hortense
  • Dorothy Loudon in The Fig Leaves Are Falling as Lillian Stone
  • Jill O'Hara in Promises, Promises as Fran Kubelik

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1970s

• 1970 Lauren Bacall in Applause as Margo Channing
  • Katharine Hepburn in Coco as Coco Chanel
  • Dilys Watling in Georgy as Georgy

• 1971 Helen Gallagher in No, No Nanette as Lucille Early
  • Susan Browning in Company as April
  • Sandy Duncan in The Boy Friend as Maisie
  • Elaine Stritch in Company as Joanne

• 1972 Alexis Smith in Follies as Phyllis Rogers Stone
  • Jonelle Allen in Two Gentlemen of Verona as Silvia
  • Dorothy Collins in Follies as Sally Durant Plummer
  • Mildred Natwick in 70, Girls, 70 as Ida Dodd

• 1973 Glynis Johns in A Little Night Music as Desiree Armfeldt
  • Leland Palmer in Pippin as Fastrada
  • Debbie Reynolds in Irene as Irene O'Dare
  • Marcia Rodd in Shelter as Maud

• 1974 Virginia Capers in Raisin as Lena Younger
  • Carol Channing in Lorelei as Dessert/Lorelei Lee
  • Michele Lee in Seesaw as Gittel Mosca

• 1975 Angela Lansbury in Gypsy as Mama Rose
  • Lola Falana in Doctor Jazz as Edna Mae Sheridan
  • Bernadette Peters in Mack and Mabel as Mabel Normand
  • Ann Reinking in Goodtime Charley as Joan of Arc

• 1976 Donna McKechnie in A Chorus Line as Cassie
  • Vivian Reed in Bubbling Brown Sugar as Marsha/Young Irene
  • Chita Rivera in Chicago as Velma Kelly
  • Gwen Verdon in Chicago as Roxie Hart

• 1977 Dorothy Loudon in Annie as Miss Hannigan
  • Clamma Dale in Porgy and Bess as Bess
  • Ernestine Jackson in Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown
  • Andrea McArdle in Annie as Annie

• 1978 Liza Minnelli in The Act as Michelle Craig
  • Madeline Kahn in On the Twentieth Century as Lily Garland
  • Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu! as Shaleem-La-Lume
  • Frances Sternhagen in Angel as Eliza Gant

• 1979 Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
  • Tovah Feldshuh in Sarava as Flor
  • Dorothy Loudon in Ballroom as Bea Asher
  • Alexis Smith in Platinum as Lila Halliday

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Lansbury on the cover of a book based on her character in the TV series, Murder, She Wrote Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an Oscar-nominated English-American actress. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Lola Falana (born Loletha Elaine Falana) (September 11, 1942 - ) is an American dancer and actress of part Cuban descent. ... Doctor Jazz is a popular dixieland song originally written by Joe King Oliver and Walter Melrose in the 1920s. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... Mack & Mabel is a Broadway musical play. ... Ann Reinking (born November 10, 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor and dancer who made her movie debut in 1979 in All That Jazz in the role loosely based on herself and her relationship with Bob Fosse. ... 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1980s

• 1980 Patti LuPone in Evita as Eva Peron
  • Christine Andreas in Oklahoma! as Laurey
  • Sandy Duncan in Peter Pan as Peter Pan
  • Ann Miller in Sugar Babies as Ann

• 1981 Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year as Tess Harding
  • Meg Bussert in Brigadoon as Fiona MacLaren
  • Chita Rivera in Bring Back Birdie as Rose Grant
  • Linda Ronstadt in The Pirates of Penzance as Mabel

• 1982 Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls as Effie Melody White
  • Lisa Mordente in Marlowe as Emelia Bossano
  • Mary Gordon Murray in Little Me as Belle
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph in Dreamgirls as Deena Jones

• 1983 Natalia Makarova in On Your Toes as Vera Barnova/Princess Zenobia/Strip Tease Girl
  • Lonette McKee in Show Boat as Julie
  • Chita Rivera in Merlin as The Queen
  • Twiggy in My One and Only as Edith Herbert

• 1984 Chita Rivera in The Rink as Anna
  • Rhetta Hughes in Amen Corner as Margaret Alexander
  • Liza Minnelli in The Rink as Angel
  • Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George as Dot/Marie

• 1986 Bernadette Peters in Song and Dance as Emma
  • Debbie Allen in Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine
  • Cleo Laine in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as The Princess Puffer/Miss Angela Prysock
  • Chita Rivera in Jerry's Girls as Performer

• 1987 Maryann Plunkett in Me and My Girl as Sally Smith
  • Catherine Cox in Oh Coward! as Performer
  • Teresa Stratas in Rags as Rebecca Hershkowitz

• 1988 Joanna Gleason in Into the Woods as The Baker's Wife
  • Alison Fraser in Romance/Romance as Josefine Weninger/Monica
  • Judy Kuhn in Chess as Florence
  • Patti Lupone in Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney

• 1989 Ruth Brown in Black and Blue as Singer
  • Charlotte d'Amboise in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as Anita/Company Member of "...Forum"/Peter Pan
  • Linda Hopkins in Black and Blue as Siner
  • Sharon McNight in Starmites as Diva/Mother

Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Peron in the Broadway musical Evita. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Peron, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Sandy Duncan (born February 20, 1946 in Henderson, Texas) is an American singer and actress of stage and television. ... Peter Pan is a fictional character created by British novelist and playwright, James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937), as well as the title of a stage play and novel based on the character. ... Ann Miller was born on April 12, 1923 (some sources still indicate 1919) and died on January 22, 2004. ... Sugar Babies is a musical comedy from the 1970s that was a tribute to the old burlesque era. ... Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924) is an American film and stage actress and a former model. ... Woman of the Year is a 1942 romantic comedy film in which a feminist, chosen Woman of the Year, tries to keep the spark in her personal relationship. ... DVD cover Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer most closely associated with the country rock genre prevalent in the 1970s. ... The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ... Jennifer Holliday (born October 19, 1960 in Riverside, Texas) is a R&B and dance music singer and actress who gained fame for her portrayal of Effie White in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. ... Dreamgirls is an award-winning Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1522 performances. ... Christopher Marlowe (baptised February 26, 1564–May 30, 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... Little Me was the parody confessional self-indulgent autobiography of Belle Poitrine (Pretty Bosom), subtitled The Intimate Memoirs of the Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mame. ... 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Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat). ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys (Merlin the Wise); also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the Wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in Arthurian legends, starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ... Twiggy back in the late 1960s Twiggy in recent years Twiggy (born Leslie Hornby on September 19, 1949) is a British supermodel, actress, and singer, now usually known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... The Rink, a silent film from 1916, was Charlie Chaplins 8th film for Mutual Films. ... Rhetta Hughes is a R&B singer and actress. ... Amen Corner may refer to: Amen Corner (band) Amen Corner (musical) Amen Corner (place) The Amen Corner is a play by James Baldwin, which addresses themes of the role of the church in the African-American family and the effect of a poverty born of racial prejudice on the African... Liza Minnelli. ... The Rink, a silent film from 1916, was Charlie Chaplins 8th film for Mutual Films. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... Song and Dance is a musical by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... Debbie Allen (born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress, choreographer, film director, television producer and a member of the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a 1966 musical show directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. ... Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE, (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on October 28, 1927 in Middlesex, England) is a scat and jazz singer and an actor. ... The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Jerrys Girls is a Broadway musical revue based on the songs of composer Jerry Herman. ... Me and My Girl is a popular British stage musical, with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. ... Teresa Stratas (b. ... A rag is a piece of old cloth used to clean or wipe things. ... Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian-born actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Alison Fraser Alison Fraser is an American singer and actress. ... Judy Kuhn is an American actress and singer. ... Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice and Benny Andersson, the creators of Chess Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA. The story involves a romantic triangle between two players in a world chess championship, and a woman... Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Peron in the Broadway musical Evita. ... For the song by Guns N Roses, see Anything Goes (song) Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Ruth Brown (b. ... Black And Blue is an album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1976. ... Charlotte dAmboise (May 11, 1964) is a professional dancer and actor on the stage, in movies, and on television. ... Jerome Robbins Broadway is a broadway production that were an anthology of songs taken from past shows that were either directed or choreographed by Jerome Robbins. ... Linda Hopkins (born Melinda Helen Mathews, December 14, 1924) is an American blues and gospel singer. ... 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1990s

• 1990 Tyne Daly in Gypsy as Mama Rose
  • Georgia Brown in Threepenny Opera as Mrs. Peachum
  • Beth Fowler in Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
  • Liliane Montevecchi in Grand Hotel, The Musical as Elizaveta Grushinskaya

• 1991 Lea Salonga in Miss Saigon as Kim
  • June Angela in Shogun: The Musical as Lady Mariko
  • Dee Hoty in The Will Rogers Follies as Betty Blake
  • Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan as Peter Pan

• 1992 Faith Prince in Guys and Dolls as Miss Adelaide
  • Jodi Benson in Crazy for You as Polly Baker
  • Josie de Guzman in Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown
  • Sophie Hayden in The Most Happy Fella as Rosabella

• 1993 Chita Rivera in Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical as Aurora/Spider Woman
  • Ann Crumb in Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
  • Stephanie Lawrence in Blood Brothers as Mrs. Johnstone
  • Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl as Paula

• 1994 Donna Murphy in Passion as Fosca
  • Susan Egan in Beauty and the Beast as Belle
  • Dee Hoty in The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public as Mona Stangley
  • Judy Kuhn in She Loves Me as Amalia Balash

• 1995 Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond
  • Rebecca Luker in Show Boat as Magnolia

• 1996 Donna Murphy in The King and I as Anna Leonowens
  • Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria as Victoria Grant (did not accept nomination)
  • Crista Moore in Big - The Musical as Susan
  • Daphne Rubin-Vega in Rent as Mimi Marquez

• 1997 Bebe Neuwirth in Chicago as Velma Kelly
  • Pamela Isaacs in The Life as Queen
  • Tonya Pinkins in Play On! as Lady Liv
  • Karen Ziemba in Steel Pier as Rita Racine

• 1998 Natasha Richardson in Cabaret as Sally Bowles
  • Betty Buckley in Triumph of Love as Hesione
  • Marin Mazzie in Ragtime as Mother
  • Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner in Side Show as Violet Hilton and Daisy Hilton

• 1999 Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun as Annie Oakley
  • Carolee Carmello in Parade as Lucille Frank
  • Dee Hoty in Footloose as Vi Moore
  • Sian Phillips in Marlene as Marlene Dietrich

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Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. ... June Angela (born August 18, 1959) is an Asian actress, singer, and dancer best known as Julie, the mainstay member of the Short Circus on the PBS childrens television series The Electric Company. ... Will Rogers Follies is a musical about the famed humorist, Will Rogers. ... Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (b. ... Peter Pan is a fictional character created by British novelist and playwright, James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937), as well as the title of a stage play and novel based on the character. ... Faith Prince (born 5 August 1957) is an American actress. ... Guys and Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... Jodi Benson (born October 10, 1961) is a U.S. voice actress and singer, best known for providing the voice of Disneys Princess Ariel, The Little Mermaid. ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... Guys and Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Kiss of the Spider Woman is a 1985 film which tells the story of two men in an Argentine prison during the 1970s military government — one a political prisoner, the other in prison for his homosexuality — who learn to respect each other. ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy first published in 1877. ... Stephanie Lawrence (1950-2000), was a British musical actress who found success after taking over the role of Evita from Marti Webb. ... 20th Anniversary London Poster (c) Bill Kenwright Limited Blood Brothers is a 1982 musical, with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 film which tells the story of an actor who sublets an apartment which already contains a widow and her daughter. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pasión es una obra musical que se estreno en Broadway en 1994, adaptada de la película de Ettore Scola Passione dAmore que, a su vez , se basa en la novela de Igino Tarchetti Fosca. Con libreto de James Lapine y música y letras de Stephen Sondheim. ... Susan Egan (b. ... Premiering on April 18, 1994, Beauty and the Beast is currently one of Broadways longest running productions, devised and produced by Disney Theatrical, a fully owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. ... Judy Kuhn is an American actress and singer. ... She Loves Me is a Broadway musical. ... Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical play based on the movie of the same title. ... Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, which was originally written for Kern in 1918 by P. G. Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music. ... Victor/Victoria is a 1982 musical comedy film. ... Press photo of Daphne Rubin-Vega at the tenth anniversary performance of Rent Daphne Rubin-Vega (born November 18, 1969 in Panama City, Panama), also known simply as Daphne, is a dance music singer and actress. ... Rent is a Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical. ... Bebe Neuwirth Beatrice Bebe Neuwirth (born December 31, 1958) is an American theater, television, and film actress. ... Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. ... Pamela Isaacs is an actress. ... Tonya Pinkins, in a still from All My Children. ... Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. ... Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London, England), is a British actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the most profound and enduring theatrical dynasties of all time. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American theater, film, and television actress. ... Marin Mazzie (born October 9, 1960) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. ... Ragtime is a Broadway musical with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the 1975 novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. ... A side show is an extra secondary production associated with a circus. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ... Carolee Carmello is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musical. ... United States Marines on parade. ... Footloose was based on a movie of the same name which was released in 1984. ... Siân Phillips, CBE is a Welsh actress who was born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips in Betws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on May 14, 1934. ... Marlene is a female German given name. ...

2000s

• 2000 Heather Headley in Aida as Aida
  • Toni Collette in The Wild Party as Queenie
  • Rebecca Luker in The Music Man as Marian Paroo
  • Marin Mazzie in Kiss Me, Kate as Lilli Vanessi/Katharine
  • Audra McDonald in Marie Christine as Marie Christine L'Adrese

• 2001 Christine Ebersole in 42nd Street as Dorothy Brock
  • Blythe Danner in Follies as Phyllis Rogers Stone
  • Randy Graff in A Class Act as Sophie
  • Faith Prince in Bells Are Ringing as Ella Peterson
  • Marla Schaffel in Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre

• 2002 Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie as Millie Dillmount
  • Louise Pitre in Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan
  • Vanessa Williams in Into the Woods as The Witch
  • Nancy Opel in Urinetown The Musical as Penelope Pennywise
  • Jennifer Laura Thompson in Urinetown The Musical as Hope Cladwell

• 2003 Marissa Jaret Winokur in Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad
  • Melissa Errico in Amour as Isabelle
  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in Man of La Mancha as Aldonza/Dulcinea
  • Elizabeth Parkinson in Movin' Out as Brenda
  • Bernadette Peters in Gypsy as Mama Rose

• 2004 Idina Menzel in Wicked as Elphaba
  • Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked as Glinda
  • Stephanie D'Abruzzo in Avenue Q as Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut
  • Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood
  • Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change as Caroline Thibodeaux

• 2005 Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza as Margaret Johnson
  • Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity as Charity Hope Valentine
  • Erin Dilly in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Truly Scrumptious
  • Sutton Foster in Little Women as Jo March
  • Sherie Rene Scott in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Christine Colgate

• 2006 LaChanze in The Color Purple as Celie
  • Sutton Foster in The Drowsy Chaperone as Janet Van De Graaff
  • Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
  • Kelli O'Hara in The Pajama Game as Babe Williams
  • Chita Rivera in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life as Chita Rivera

Heather Headley on the cover of her 2002 debut album This Is Who I Am Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Grammy nominated R&B singer from Trinidad and Tobago. ... Aida is a musical drama in two acts based on Giuseppe Verdis Italian-language opera by the same name, which is in turn based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Toni Collette promoting In Her Shoes Antonia Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy award-nominated Australian actress. ... // Original Text The Wild Party, a classic epic poem, is Joseph Moncure Marchs first published work. ... The Music Man is a musical play with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson (story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey), which opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on December 19, 1957. ... Marin Mazzie (born October 9, 1960) is an American actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. ... Audra McDonald Audra McDonald is an American singer and actress. ... Marie Christine is a musical play written by Michael John LaChiusa. ... Christine Ebersole (b. ... 42nd Street is a hugely successful Broadway stage musical, loosely based on the movie of the same name. ... Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is a prolific two time Emmy-winning American actress who has appeared in numerous stage, screen, and film roles. ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ... Randy Graph (Seen here in the middle) on opening night of Fiddler on the Roof (2004) Randy Graff (born May 23, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress. ... Faith Prince (born 5 August 1957) is an American actress. ... Bells Are Ringing was a romantic comedy film was released in 1960 and was directed by Vincente Minnelli. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. ... Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical comedy. ... The Prince Edward Theatre on Old Compton Street Mamma Mia! on Broadway (Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, February 2003) Mamma Mia!, a musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, is based on the songs of ABBA. The title of the musical is taken from the groups 1975 chart... Vanessa Williams on the cover of her 2005 album Everlasting Love Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American R&B/pop/theatrical singer and actress. ... Into the Woods is an award-winning musical featuring a score by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Henry Millers Theatre 2003, Charles Shaughnessy. ... Promotional photograph of musical actress Jennifer Laura Thompson Jennifer Laura Thompson is an American stage actress. ... Henry Millers Theatre 2003, Charles Shaughnessy. ... Marissa Jaret Winokur in Stacked Marissa Jaret Winokur, born February 2, 1973 in New York, is a American actress best known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical, Hairspray. ... Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. ... Amour (French: Love) is a song by the German band Rammstein from their album Reise, Reise. ... Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (b. ... Man of La Mancha is a 1965 Broadway musical in one act which tells the story of the classic novel Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. ... Movin Out is a Broadway dance musical created by Twyla Tharp and based on the music of Billy Joel. ... Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazzara (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City), an actress and singer. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Idina Menzel. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kristin Chenoweth Kristin Chenoweth (born July 24, 1968) is an American soprano and actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Avenue Q is a Broadway musical. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Logo for the New Broadway Revival Wonderful Town is a musical with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Bill Jeffery. ... Tonya Pinkins, in a still from All My Children. ... Caroline, or Change is a sung-through Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori, originally directed by George C. Wolfe. ... Soprano Victoria Clark won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettels The Light in the Piazza. ... The Light in the Piazza is a musical drama by Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book). ... Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy-winning actress, particularly well-known for playing Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a 1966 musical show directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. ... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car is a childrens story written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham; it was first published in 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London and Random House in New York. ... Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. ... Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published on September 30, 1868, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. ... Sherie René Scott is a well-acclaimed American actress and singer. ... Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name. ... LaChanze (The name meaning one who is charmed) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. ... Sutton Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. ... The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical written by alumni of the Second City theatre. ... Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Peron in the Broadway musical Evita. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kelli OHara (born April 16, 197?) is an American actress and singer. ... The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ...

Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Leading Actress in a Musical

• Angela Lansbury (4)

• Mary Martin (3)

• Gwen Verdon (3)

• Liza Minnelli (2)

• Donna Murphy (2)

• Bernadette Peters (2)

• Chita Rivera (2)