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. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Year 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"

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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 Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was a Tony Award winning 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. ... Anna Leonowens (November, 1831 - January 19, 1915) is chiefly famous for being the British governess portrayed in the musical The King and I. The play, based on adaptations of her factually slipshod memoirs, provides a fictionalised look at her life in the royal court of Siam (present-day Thailand). ... Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film, stage actress. ... Logo for the 2003 Broadway revival of Wonderful Town Wonderful Town is a musical with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein. ... Dolores Gray (born 7th June 1924, Chicago) was a well-known Broadway star in the 1940s-1950s. ... Carnival in Flanders is a musical with a book by Preston Sturges, lyrics by Johnny Burke, and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. ... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... Statue of Peter Pan in St. ... Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright, J. M. 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 during the 1950s (when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball), in Washington, D.C., with a script by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. ... Carol Channing, ca. ... 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. ... Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born 1 October 1935) is an Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning English actress, singer, and author, who became famous for her starring roles in the Broadway musical My Fair Lady and the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). ... 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 Frederick 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. ... Happy Hunting was a 1956 musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, lyrics by Matt Dubey, and music by Harold Karr. ... 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 was orignally a a novel by Chinese American author C.Y. Lee. ...

1960s

• 1960 Mary Martin in The Sound of Music as "Maria von Trapp"
  • 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 (musical) 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 Zorba as "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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James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey and Una Merkel. ... Eileen Herlie (born Eileen Herlihy on March 8, 1920) is a Scottish-American actress. ... Take Me Along Sam Shubert Theatre Opened: Thursday, October 22, 1959 Producer: David Merrick Director: Peter Glenville Music and Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Joseph Stein and Robert Russell Original NY production Musical based on Ah, Wilderness! Nat Miller - Walter Pidgeon Essie Miller - Una Merkel Art Miller - James Cresson Richard Miller... 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. ... Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. ... Irma la Douce is a 1956 French stage musical whose book and lyrics were written by Alexandre Breffort with music by Marguerite Monnot. ... Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born 1 October 1935) is an Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning English actress, singer, and author, who became famous for her starring roles in the Broadway musical My Fair Lady and the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). ... The musical, Camelot, was written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and is loosely based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T.H. White novel The Once and Future King. ... Guinevere was King Arthurs Queen. ... Carol Channing, ca. ... Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. ... Do Re Mi is a theater musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and book by Garson Kanin. ... Italian-born actress and singer Anna Maria Alberghetti won a Tony in 1962 as Best Actress (Musical) for Carnival (she tied with Diahann Carroll for the musical No Strings, which co-starred Richard Kiley). ... Carnival!   was a 1960s Tony-award winning Broadway musical starring Kay Ballard, Jerry Orbach, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Bob Merrill, Henry Lascoe, Richard Chamberlain, and Mel Torme. ... Diahann Carroll, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935) is an American actress and singer. ... No Strings is a musical drama with a book by Samuel Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers, his only score written without a collaborator. ... Molly Picon Molly Picon was born Margaret Pyekoon in New York City on June 1, 1898. ... Milk and Honey is an original musical by Jerry Herman and Don Appell. ... Elaine Stritch, (born on February 2, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan) is an Irish-American actress and singer with a brassy, rough voice known for her brash, vocal characters. ... Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was an English actress. ... Original Broadway Cast CD Tovarich is a 1963 musical play in two acts with book by David Shaw; music by Lee Pockriss and lyrics by Anne Croswell; based on the comedy by Jacques Deval and Robert E. Sherwood, translation from the original French of Jacques Deval by Bettina Liebowitz Knapp... Cover of 2003 rerelease of two 1963 albums - Georgia Brown and Georgia Brown sings Gershwin. ... Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. ... Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. ... Mr. ... Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts. ... DVD cover Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... Carol Channing, ca. ... 1994 Cast Recording Hello, Dolly! is one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever written. ... Beatrice Lillie (May 29, 1894-January 20, 1989) was the outstanding comedic actress of her time. ... High Spirits is a Broadway musical with book, music, and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray, based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Original cast album Funny Girl is a semi-biographical musical based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph // Biography Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedienne, singer, and entertainer. ... Inga Swenson (born December 29, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Swedish-American actress who stands about 511. Swenson is best known to American audiences for her portrayal of Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and ascerbic German cook (later Head Housekeeper) on the TV sitcom Benson. ... 110 in the Shade is a musical with lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt and book by N. Richard Nash, based on Nashs play The Rainmaker. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 musical by Kander and Ebb starring Liza Minnelli in the title role. ... Elizabeth Allen (born Elizabeth Ellen Gillease) (January 25, 1929 – September 19, 2006) was an American actress. ... Do I Hear A Waltz? is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. ... Nancy Dussault (b. ... Bajour is a Broadway musical that first opened on 23 Nov 1964 at the Shubert Theatre, with music and lyrics by Walter Marks, and book by Ernest Kinoy based on stories by Joseph Mitchell originally published in The New Yorker. ... Inga Swenson (born December 29, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Swedish-American actress who stands about 511. Swenson is best known to American audiences for her portrayal of Gretchen Kraus, the autocratic and ascerbic German cook (later Head Housekeeper) on the TV sitcom Benson. ... Baker Street was a Broadway musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel. ... Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy Award-nominated English actress, best-known for playing mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. ... Mame is a Broadway musical based on the novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and score by Jerry Herman. ... Barbara Harris (born July 25, 1935) is the American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress. ... On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever is an original musical play with music by Burton Lane and lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner. ... Actress Julie Harris photo taken by Carl Van Vechten 1952 Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) is an American actress. ... Skyscraper is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by James Van Heusen. ... 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. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. ... Barbara Harris (born July 25, 1935) is the American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress. ... The Apple Tree is a musical with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. ... Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 – November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. ... 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... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... I Do! I Do! is a 1966 Broadway musical based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and Score by Harvey Schmidt. ... Walking Happy is a theater musical with music by James Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings. ... Katherine Patricia Routledge CBE (born 17 February 1929) is a Tony Award-winning English actress who is best known to television audiences for her role of Hyacinth Bucket in the television comedy series Keeping Up Appearances. ... Darling of the Day is a musical with a book by Nunnally Johnson, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, and music by Jule Styne. ... Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943 in New York City) is an African American actress and singer, best known for her Tony Award-winning work in Hallelujah, Baby! Uggams first started in show business in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on the television series Beulah. ... Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comdenwith a book by Arthur Laurents. ... Melina Mercouri (Μελίνα Μερκούρη, born Maria Amalia Mercouri) (Athens, Greece, October 18, 1920 – New York City, March 6, 1994) was a famous Greek actress, singer, and political activist. ... Illya Darling is a musical with a book by Jules Dassin, music by Manos Hadjidakis, and lyrics by Joe Darion. ... Brenda Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Italian American stage, motion picture, and television actress. ... How Now, Dow Jones is a Broadway musical comedy. ... Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy Award-nominated English actress, best-known for playing mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Maria Karnilova (Born Maria Dovgolenko August, 1920--April, 2001) was a Tony Award winning American performing actress. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ... Promises, Promises is a musical, based on the film The Apartment by Billy Wilder. ...

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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Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... Ewan McGregor as Sky Masterson in the 2005 London revival of Guys and Dolls Guys And Dolls is a hit 1950 musical. ... Andrea McArdle is an American singer and actress. ... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... The Act is a Broadway musical by the writing team of Kander and Ebb with a book by George Furth. ... Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an Academy Award-nominated Jewish American actress of movie, television, and theater distinguished by an unusual gift for comedy. ... On the Twentieth Century, was a Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman, directed by Hal Prince. ... Eartha Kitt (who was born Eartha Mae Keith, January 17, 1927)[1] is an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. ... Timbuktu is a Broadway production that opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 1, 1978 and ran for 243 performances. ... Frances Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress. ... Angel was a Broadway musical which opened at the Minskoff Theatre in New York on May 4th 1978. ... Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy Award-nominated English actress, best-known for playing mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical (also considered by many to be an English language opera due to the form and the construct of the show) with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. ... Tovah Feldshuh (born Terri Sue Feldshuh December 27, 1952) actress, singer, playwright. ... Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs. ... Original cast recording Ballroom was a 1978 Broadway musical based on the 1975 Emmy Award-winning television drama Queen of the Stardust Ballroom. ... Alexis Smith Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was an actress. ... Platinum is a Broadway musical with a book by Bruce Vilanch and Will Holt (who wrote the lyrics) and music by Gary William Friedman. ...

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"

• 1985 - Due to a lack of successful musicals, there were no actresses nominated in this category in 1985

• 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 "Singer"
  • Sharon McNight in Starmites as "Diva / Mother"

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Sugar Babies is a musical comedy from the 1970s that was a tribute to the old burlesque era. ... Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924) is an American film and stage actress. ... 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 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Bring Back Birdie is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. ... Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum American singer most closely associated with the folk rock and country rock genres prevalent in the 1970s. ... Poster announcing the copyright performance at the Bijou Theatre, Paignton 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 Jennifer-Yvette Holliday on October 19, 1960 in Riverside, Texas) is an American singer and actress. ... Dreamgirls is an award-winning Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1,522 performances. ... Christopher Marlowe (baptised February 26, 1564–May 30, 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... 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Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... The Rink is the tenth musical written by the composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb, the creators of both Cabaret and Chicago. ... 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 May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... The Rink is the tenth musical written by the composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb, the creators of both Cabaret and Chicago. ... Bernadette Peters is an American Tony Award-winning 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 is an American Tony Award-winning 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 actor, 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 musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. ... 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 Tony Award-winning 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. ... Catherine Cox (b. ... Teresa Stratas (b. ... Rags is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and music by Charles Strouse. ... 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. ... Romance/Romance is a musical with a book and lyrics by Barry Harman and music by Keith Herrmann. ... 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 Perón in the Broadway musical Evita. ... 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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 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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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. ... Ewan McGregor as Sky Masterson in the 2005 London revival of Guys and Dolls Guys And Dolls is a hit 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 Tony Award-winning 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 1993 Broadway musical written by John Kander and Fred Ebb with book by Terrence McNally. ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy first published in periodical installments from 1875 to 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 1983 musical, with book, lyrics, and music by Willy Russell. ... Bernadette Peters is an American Tony Award-winning actress and singer. ... The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 film about an actor who sublets an apartment from another actor, who neglects to tell his former girlfriend, the current occupant. ... 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 a five time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Sunset Boulevard is a musical play based on the movie of the same title. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sunset Boulevard (1950 film). ... Rebecca Luker is an American musical theatre actress and soprano who has appeared in several prominent Broadway productions. ... Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. One notable exception is the song Bill, which was originally written for Kern in 1918 by P. G. Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat, and two songs... 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Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London), is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. ... 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 musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. ... Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress and singer. ... Emily Skinner (born June 29, 1970) is an American musical theatre actress known for her roles in Broadway productions. ... 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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 as "Penelope Pennywise"
  • Jennifer Laura Thompson in Urinetown 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"

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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)

• Lauren Bacall (2)