Премия «Тони» за лучшую женскую роль в пьесе

Award for role in Broadway play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. The award is given to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. Despite the award first being presented in 1947, there were no nominees announced until 1956. There have been two ties in this category, and one three way tie.

Year Actress Play Role(s)Ref. (Reference) 1947(1st) Ingrid Bergman Joan of Lorraine Mary Grey / Joan of Arc Helen Hayes Happy Birthday Addie Bemis 1948(2nd) Judith Anderson Medea Medea Katharine Cornell Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra Jessica Tandy A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois 1949(3rd) Martita Hunt The Madwoman of Chaillot Countess Aurelia

Year Actress Play Role(s)Ref. (Reference) 1950 Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba Lola Delaney 1951 Uta Hagen The Country Girl Georgie Elgin 1952 Julie Harris I Am a Camera Sally Bowles 1953 Shirley Booth The Time of the Cuckoo Leona Samish 1954 Audrey Hepburn Ondine Ondine 1955 Nancy Kelly The Bad Seed Christine Penmark 1956 Julie Harris The Lark Joan of Arc Barbara Bel Geddes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie Pollitt Gladys Cooper The Chalk Garden Mrs. St. Maugham Ruth Gordon The Matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi Siobhán McKenna The Chalk Garden Miss Madrigal Susan Strasberg The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank 1957 Margaret Leighton Separate Tables Ann Shankland / Sibyl Railton Bell Florence Eldridge Long Day's Journey into Night Mary Cavan Tyrone Rosalind Russell Auntie Mame Mame Dennis Sybil Thorndike The Potting Shed Mrs. Callifer 1958 Helen Hayes Time Remembered The Duchess of Pont Au Bronc Wendy Hiller A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie Hogan Siobhán McKenna The Rope Dancers Margaret Hyland Eugenie Leontovich The Cave Dwellers The Queen Mary Ure Look Back in Anger Alison Porter Jo Van Fleet Look Homeward, Angel Eliza Gant 1959 Gertrude Berg A Majority of One Bertha Jacoby Claudette Colbert The Marriage Go Round Content Lowell Lynn Fontanne The Visit Claire Zachanassian Kim Stanley A Touch of the Poet Sara Melody Maureen Stapleton The Cold Wind And The Warm Aunt Ida

Year Actress Play Role(s)Ref. (Reference) 1960 Anne Bancroft The Miracle Worker Annie Sullivan Margaret Leighton Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Claudia McNeil A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger Geraldine Page Sweet Bird of Youth Alexandra Del Lago Maureen Stapleton Toys in the Attic Carrie Berniers Irene Worth Albertine Prine 1961 Joan Plowright A Taste of Honey Josephine Tallulah Bankhead Midgie Purvis Midgie Purvis Barbara Baxley Period of Adjustment Isabel Haverstick Barbara Bel Geddes Mary, Mary Mary McKellaway 1962 Margaret Leighton The Night of the Iguana Hannah Jelkes Gladys Cooper A Passage to India Mrs. Moore Colleen Dewhurst Great Day in the Morning Phoebe Flaherty Kim Stanley A Far Country Elizabeth von Ritter 1963 Uta Hagen Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha Hermione Baddeley The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Flora Goforth Margaret Leighton Tchin Tchin Pamela Pew Pickett Claudia McNeil Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Mama Morris 1964 Sandy Dennis Any Wednesday Ellen Gordon Elizabeth Ashley Barefoot in the Park Corie Bratter Colleen Dewhurst The Ballad of the Sad Café Amelia Evans Julie Harris Marathon '33 June Havoc 1965 Irene Worth Tiny Alice Miss Alice Marjorie Rhodes All in Good Time Lucy Fitton Beah Richards The Amen Corner Sister Margaret Alexander Diana Sands The Owl and the Pussycat Doris 1966 Rosemary Harris The Lion in Winter Eleanor of Aquitaine Sheila Hancock Entertaining Mr Sloane Kath Kate Reid Slapstick Tragedy Celeste/Molly Lee Remick Wait Until Dark Susy Hendrix 1967 Beryl Reid The Killing of Sister George Sister George / June Buckridge Eileen Atkins The Killing of Sister George Childie / Alice McNaught Vivien Merchant The Homecoming Ruth Rosemary Murphy A Delicate BalanceClaire 1968 Zoe Caldwell The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie Colleen Dewhurst More Stately Mansions Sara (Melody) Harford Maureen Stapleton Plaza Suite Karen Nash / Murial Tate / Norma Hubley Dorothy Tutin Portrait of a Queen Queen Victoria 1969 Julie Harris Forty Carats Ann Stanley Estelle Parsons The Seven Descents of Myrtle Myrtle Charlotte Rae Morning, Noon and Night Gertrude / Beryl / Filigree Bones Brenda Vaccaro The Goodbye People Nancy (Silverman) Scott

Year Actress Play Role(s)Ref. (Reference) 1970 Tammy Grimes Private Lives Amanda Prynne Geraldine Brooks Brightower Sara Brightower Helen Hayes Harvey Veta Louise Simmons 1971 Maureen Stapleton The Gingerbread Lady Evy Meara Estelle Parsons And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little Catherine Reardon Diana Rigg Abelard and Heloise Héloïse Marian Seldes Father's Day Marian 1972 Sada Thompson Twigs Ma / Dorothy / Celia / Emily Eileen Atkins Vivat! Vivat Regina! Elizabeth I Colleen Dewhurst All Over The Mistress Rosemary Harris Old Times Anna 1973 Julie Harris The Last of Mrs. Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Jane Alexander 6 Rms Riv Vu Annie Miller Colleen Dewhurst Mourning Becomes Electra Christine Mannon Kathleen Widdoes Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 1974 Colleen Dewhurst A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie Hogan Jane Alexander Find Your Way Home Jacqueline Harrison Julie Harris The Au Pair Man Elizabeth Rogers Madeline Kahn In the Boom Boom Room Chrissy Rachel Roberts The Visit / Chemin de Fer Claire Zachanassian / Francine 1975 Ellen Burstyn Same Time, Next Year Doris Elizabeth Ashley Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie Pollitt Diana Rigg The Misanthrope Célimène Maggie Smith Private Lives Amanda Prynne Liv Ullmann A Doll's House Nora Helmer 1976 Irene Worth Sweet Bird of Youth Alexandra Del Lago Tovah Feldshuh Yentl Yentl Rosemary Harris The Royal Family Julie Cavendish Lynn Redgrave Mrs. Warren's Profession Vivie Warren 1977 Julie Harris The Belle of Amherst Emily Dickinson Colleen Dewhurst Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha Liv Ullmann Anna Christie Anna Christopherson Irene Worth The Cherry Orchard Ranevskaya 1978 Jessica Tandy The Gin Game Fonsia Dorsey Anne Bancroft Golda Golda Meir Anita Gillette Chapter Two Jennie Malone Estelle Parsons Miss Margarida's Way Miss Margarida 1979 Constance Cummings Wings Emily Stilson Carole Shelley The Elephant Man Madge Kendal Jane Alexander First Monday in October Ruth Loomis Frances Sternhagen On Golden Pond Ethel Thayer