Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

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The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical is awarded to the actress who is voted the best non-starring actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. This award was introduced in 1950; prior to 1976, it was known as "Best Performance by a Featured or Supporting Actress in a Musical".

Contents

1 Winners and Nominees
2 1950s
3 1960s
4 1970s
5 1980s
6 1990s
7 2000s
8 Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Featured Actress in a Musical

Winners and Nominees

In the following list, the winner is displayed first; the non-winning nominees, where known, are second. Prior to 1956, records of nominees were not kept.

1950s

'1950 Juanita Hall in South Pacific'' as Bloody Mary

'1951 Isabel Bigley in Guys and Dolls'' as Sarah Brown

'1952 Helen Gallagher in Pal Joey'' as Gladys Bumps

'1953 Sheila Bond in Wish You Were Here'' as Fay Fromkin

'1954 Gwen Verdon in Can-Can'' as Claudine/Eve

'1955 Carol Haney in The Pajama Game'' as Gladys

'1956 Lotte Lenya in The Threepenny Opera'' as Jenny
*Rae Allen. Damn Yankees''
*Pat Carroll. Catch a Star''
*Judy Tyler. Pipe Dream''

'1957 Edith Adams in Li'l Abner'' as Daisy Mae
*Virginia Gibson. Happy Hunting''
*Irra Petina. Candide''
*Jo Sullivan. The Most Happy Fella''

'1958 Barbara Cook in The Music Man'' as Marian Paroo
*Susan Johnson. Oh, Captain!''
*Carol Lawrence. West Side Story''
*Jacquelyn McKeever. Oh Captain!''
*Josephine Premice. Jamaica''

'1959 Pat Stanley in Goldilocks'' as Lois Lee
*Julienne Marie. Whoop-Up''

1960s

'1960 Patricia Neway in The Sound of Music'' as The Mother Abbess
*Sandra Church. ''
*Pert Kelton. Greenwillow''
*Lauri Peters. and the Children (Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Rogers, William Snowden, Joseph Stewart) The Sound of Music''

'1961 Tammy Grimes in The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' as Molly Tobin

*Nancy Dussault. Do Re Mi''

*Chita Rivera. Bye, Bye Birdie''

'1962 Phyllis Newman in Subways Are for Sleeping'' as Martha Vail
*Elizabeth Allen. The Gay Life''
*Barbara Harris. From the Second City''
*Barbra Streisand. I Can Get It for You Wholesale''

'1963 Anna Quayle in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off'' as Anya/Evie/Ginnie/Ilse
*Ruth Kobart. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''
*Virginia Martin. Little Me''
*Louise Troy. Tovarich''

'1964 Tessie O'Shea in The Girl Who Came to Supper'' as Ada Cockle
*Julienne Marie. Foxy''
*Kay Medford. Funny Girl''
*Louise Troy. High Spirits''

'1965 Maria Karnilova in Fiddler on the Roof'' as Golde
*Luba Lisa. I Had a Ball''
*Carrie Nye. Half a Sixpence''
*Barbara Windsor. Oh, What a Lovely War''

'1966 Beatrice Arthur in Mame'' as Vera Charles
*Helen Gallagher. Sweet Charity''
*Patricia Marand. Superman''
*Charlotte Rae. Pickwick''

'1967 Peg Murray in Cabaret'' as Fraulein Kost
*Leland Palmer. A Joyful Noise''
*Josephine Premice. A Hand is on the Gate''
*Susan Watson. A Joyful Noise''

'1968 Lillian Hayman in Hallelujah, Baby!'' as Momma
*Geula Gill. The Grand Music Hall of Israel''
*Julie Gregg. The Happy Time''
*Alice Playten. Henry, Sweet Henry''

'1969 Marian Mercer in Promises, Promises'' as Marge MacDougall
*Sandy Duncan. Canterbury Tales''
*Lorraine Serabian. Zorba''
*Virginia Vestoff. 1776''

1970s

'1970 Melba Moore in Purlie'' as Lutiebelle
*Bonnie Franklin. Applause''
*Penny Fuller. Applause''
*Melissa Hart. Georgy''

'1971 Patsy Kelly in No, No Nanette'' as Pauline
*Barbara Barrie. Company''
*Pamela Myers. Company''

'1972 Linda Hopkins in Inner City'' as Performer
*Adrienne Barbeau. Grease''
*Bernadette Peters. On The Town''
*Beatrice Winde. Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death''

'1973 Patricia Elliott in A Little Night Music'' as Countess Charlotte Malcolm
*Hermione Gingold. A Little Night Music''
*Patsy Kelly. Irene''
*Irene Ryan. Pippin''

'1974 Janie Sell in Over Here!'' as Mitzi
*Leigh Berry. Cyrano''
*Maureen Brennan. Candide''
*June Gable. Candide''
*Ernestine Jackson. Raisin''

'1975 Dee Dee Bridgewater in The Wiz'' as Glinda
*Susan Browning. Goodtime Charley''
*Zan Charisse. ''
*Taina Elg. Where's Charley?''
*Kelly Garrett. The Night That Made America Famous''
*Donna Theodore. Shenandoah''

'1976 Kelly Bishop in A Chorus Line'' as Sheila
*Priscilla Lopez. A Chorus Line''
*Patti Lupone. The Robber Bridegroom''
*Virginia Seidel. Very Good Eddie''

'1977 Delores Hall in Your Arm's Too Short to Box With God'' as Performer
*Ellen Green. Threepenny Opera''
*Millicent Martin. Side by Side by Sondheim''
*Julie N. McKenzie. Side by Side by Sondheim''

'1978 Nell Carter in Ain't Misbehavin''' as Performer
*Imogene Coca. On the Twentieth Century''
*Ann Reinking. Dancin'''
*Charlaine Woodard. Ain't Misbehavin'''

'1979 Carlin Glynn in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' as Mona Stangley
*Joan Ellis. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''
*Millicent Martin. King of Hearts''
*Maxine Sullivan. My Old Friends''

1980s

'1980 Priscilla Lopez in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine'' as Gino
*Debbie Allen. West Side Story''
*Glenn Close. Barnum''
*Josie de Guzman. West Side Story''

'1981 Marilyn Cooper in Woman of the Year'' as Jan Donovan
*Phyllis Hyman. Sophisticated Ladies''
*Wanda Richert. 42nd Street''
*Lynne Thigpen. Tintypes''

'1982 Liliane Montevecchi in Nine (musical)'' as Liliane La Fleur
*Laurie Beechman. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''
*Karen Akers. Nine (musical)''
*Anita Morris. Nine (musical)''

'1983 Betty Buckley in Cats'' as Grizabella
*Christine Andreas. On Your Toes''
*Karla Burns. Show Boat''
*Denny Dillon. My One and Only''

'1984 Lila Kedrova in Zorba'' as Madame Hortense
*Martine Allard. The Tap Dance Kid''
*Liz Callaway. Baby''
*Dana Ivey. Sunday in the Park with George''

'1985 Leilani Jones in Grind'' as Satin
*Evalyn Baron. Quilters''
*Mary Beth Peil. The King and I''
*Lenka Peterson. Quilters''

'1986 Bebe Neuwirth in Sweet Charity'' as Nicky
*Patti Cohenour. The Mystery of Edwin Drood''
*Jana Schneider. The Mystery of Edwin Drood''
*Elisabeth Welch. Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood''

'1987 Frances Ruffelle in Les Misérables'' as Eponine
*Jane Connell. Me and My Girl''
*Judy Kuhn. Les Misérables''
*Jane Summerhays. Me and My Girl''

'1988 Judy Kaye in The Phantom of the Opera'' as Carlotta Guidicelli
*Leleti Khumalo. Sarafina!''
*Alyson Reid. Cabaret''
*Regina Resnik. Cabaret''

'1989 Debbie Shapiro in Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' as Bathing Beauty/Company Member of "...Forum"/Hildy/Mazeppa/Overture Singer/Rosalia/Singer
*Jane Lanier. Jerome Robbins' Broadway''
*Faith Prince. Jerome Robbins' Broadway''
*Julie Wilson. Legs Diamond''

1990s

'1990 Randy Graff in City of Angels'' as Donna/Oolie
*Jane Krakowski. Grand Hotel, The Musical''
*Kathleen Rowe McAllen. Aspects of Love''
*Crista Moore. ''

'1991 Daisy Eagan in The Secret Garden'' as Mary Lennox
*Alison Fraser. The Secret Garden''
*Cady Huffman. The Will Rogers Follies''
*LaChanze. Once on this Island''

'1992 Tonya Pinkins in Jelly's Last Jam'' as Anita
*Liz Larson. The Most Happy Fella''
*Vivian Reed. The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club''
*Barbara Walsh. Falsettos''

'1993 Andrea Martin in My Favorite Year'' as Alice Miller
*Jan Graveson. Blood Brothers''
*Lainie Kazan. My Favorite Year''
*Marcia Mitzman. The Who's Tommy''

'1994 Audra McDonald in Carousel'' as Carrie Pipperidge
*Marcia Lewis. Grease''
*Sally Mayes. She Loves Me''
*Marin Mazzie. Passion''

'1995 Gretha Boston in Show Boat'' as Queenie
*Brenda Braxton. Smokey Joe's Cafe''
*B.J. Crosby. Smokey Joe's Cafe''
*DeLee Lively. Smokey Joe's Cafe''

'1996 Ann Duquesnay in Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk'' as 'Da Singer/The Chanteuse
*Joohee Choi. The King and I''
*Veanne Cox. Company''
*Idina Menzel. Rent''

'1997 Lillias White in The Life'' as Sonja
*Marcia Lewis. Chicago''
*Andrea Martin. Candide''
*Debra Monk. Steel Pier''

'1998 Audra McDonald in Ragtime'' as Sarah
*Anna Kendrick. High Society''
*Tsidii Le Loka. The Lion King''
*Mary Louise Wilson. Cabaret''

'1999 Kristin Chenoweth in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' as Sally Brown
*Gretha Boston. It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues''
*Valarie Pettiford. Fosse''
*Mary Testa. On the Town''

2000s

'2000 Karen Ziemba in Contact'' as The Wife
*Laura Benanti. Swing!''
*Ann Hampton Callaway. Swing!''
*Eartha Kitt. The Wild Party''
*Deborah Yates. Contact''

'2001 Cady Huffman in The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical'' as Ulla
*Polly Bergen. Follies''
*Kathleen Freeman. The Full Monty''
*Kate Levering. 42nd Street''
*Mary Testa. 42nd Street''

'2002 Harriet Harris in Thoroughly Modern Millie'' as Mrs. Meers
*Andrea Martin. Oklahoma!''
*Judy Kaye. Mamma Mia!''
*Laura Benanti. Into the Woods''
*Spencer Kayden. Urinetown The Musical''

'2003 Jane Krakowski in Nine (musical)'' as Carla
*Tammy Blanchard. ''
*Mary Stuart Masterson. Nine (musical)''
*Chita Rivera. Nine (musical)''
*Ashley Tuttle. Movin' Out''

'2004 Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, or Change'' as Emmie Thibodeaux
*Beth Fowler. The Boy from Oz''
*Isabel Keating. The Boy from Oz''
*Jennifer Westfeldt. Wonderful Town''
*Karen Ziemba. Never Gonna Dance''

'2005 Sara Ramirez in Monty Python's Spamalot'' as The Lady of the Lake
*Joanna Gleason. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels''
*Celia Keenan-Bolger. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee''
*Jan Maxwell. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''
*Kelli O'Hara. The Light in the Piazza''

'2006 Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone'' as The Drowsy Chaperone
*Carolee Carmello. Lestat''
*Felicia P. Fields. The Color Purple''
*Megan Lawrence. The Pajama Game''
*Elisabeth Withers-Mendes. The Color Purple''

Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Featured Actress in a Musical

Audra McDonald (2)

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