26 Famous Actresses Who Won Tonys for Plays
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Film and TV actresses who have also won a Tony Award for stage acting
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Elaine May won her first Tony in 2019 for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her work as the Alzheimer's-afflicted grandmother in The Waverly Gallery.
- Age: 87
- Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Scarlett Johansson won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 2010 for her performance as Catherine in A View from the Bridge.- Age: 40
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
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Audrey Hepburn won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play in 1954 for playing the title character in Ondine. She is one of very few people who has won the coveted EGOT: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award.- Age: Dec. at 63 (1929-1993)
- Birthplace: Brussels, Ixelles, Belgium
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Mary-Louise Parker won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2001 for her performance as Catherine in Proof.- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
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Angela Lansbury won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2009 for her performance as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. She has also won four Tonys for her work in musicals, in 1966, 1969, 1975, and 1979.- Age: Dec. at 96 (1925-2022)
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
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Glen Close won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. In 1984 she won for her performance as Annie in The Real Thing, and in 1992, she won for her performance as Paulina Salas Escobar in Death and the Maiden. Close also won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in 1995.- Age: 77
- Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
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Ingrid Bergman won a Tony Award in 1947 for her performance as Mary Grey / Joan of Arc in Joan of Lorraine.- Age: Dec. at 67 (1915-1982)
- Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
- 1Casablanca159 Votes
- 2Notorious127 Votes
- 3Gaslight117 Votes
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Cynthia Nixon won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2006 for her performance as Becca Corbett in Rabbit Hole.- Age: 58
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Anne Bancroft won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1960 for her role as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker. She also won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1958 for her performance as Gittel Mosca in Two for the Seesaw.- Age: Dec. at 73 (1931-2005)
- Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
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Frances McDormand won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2011 for her performance as Margie Walsh in Good People.- Age: 67
- Birthplace: Gibson City, Illinois, USA
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Judi Dench won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1999 for her performance as Esme Allen in Amy's View.- Age: 90
- Birthplace: York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- 1Mrs Brown92 Votes
- 2The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel93 Votes
- 3Notes on a Scandal77 Votes
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Lily Tomlin won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1986 for her portraying various characters in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.- Age: 85
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- 2Big Business33 Votes
- 3Nashville23 Votes
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Ellen Barkin won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2011 for her performance as Dr. Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart.- Age: 70
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Vanessa Redgrave won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2003 for her performance as Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night.- Age: 88
- Birthplace: Greenwich, London, England, UK
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Viola Davis won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2001 for her performance as Tonya in King Hedley II. She also won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2010 for her performance as Rose Maxson in Fences.- Age: 59
- Birthplace: Saint Matthews, South Carolina, USA
- 1The Help126 Votes
- 2Fences78 Votes
- 3Antwone Fisher35 Votes
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Phylicia Rashad won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2004 for her performance as Lena Younger in A Raisin in the Sun.- Age: 76
- Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA
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Marcia Gay Harden won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2009 for her performance as Veronica in God of Carnage.- Age: 65
- Birthplace: La Jolla, California, USA
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Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1975 for her role as Googie Gomez in The Ritz.- Age: 93
- Birthplace: Humacao, Puerto Rico
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Stockard Channing won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1985 for her performance as Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.- Age: 81
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- 1Practical Magic32 Votes
- 2Grease49 Votes
- 3Where the Heart Is20 Votes
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Ellen Burstyn won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1975 for her performance as Doris in Same Time, Next Year.- Age: 92
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Blythe Danner won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1970 for her performance as Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free.- Age: 82
- Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1The X-Files14 Votes
- 2Mr. & Mrs. Bridge12 Votes
- 3Paul13 Votes
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Swoosie Kurtz won two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play. In 1981, she won for her performance as Gwen Landis in Fifth of July. In 1986, she won for her performance as Bananas Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves.- Age: 80
- Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Jessica Tandy won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for her performances as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1948), Fonsia Dorsey in The Gin Game (1978), and Annie Nations in Foxfire (1983).- Age: Dec. at 85 (1909-1994)
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
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Joan Allen won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1988 for her performance as Anna Mann in Burn This.- Age: 68
- Birthplace: Rochelle, Illinois, USA
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Diana Rigg won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1994 for playing the lead role in Medea.- Age: Dec. at 82 (1938-2020)
- Birthplace: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Madeleine Kahn won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1993 for her portrayal of Dr. Gorgeous Teitelbaum in The Sisters Rosensweig.- Age: Dec. at 57 (1942-1999)
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Amanda Plummer won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1982 for her performance as Agnes in Agnes of God.- Age: 67
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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