Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play | |
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2023 recipient: Miriam Silverman | |
Description | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play |
Location | United States New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Miriam Silverman for The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (2023) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."[1]
The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic). Patricia Neal won the first such award for her portrayal of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public:[2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".[3] The award was renamed in 1976, when Shirley Knight became the first winner under the new title for her role as Carla in Robert Patrick's Kennedy's Children. Its most recent recipient is Miriam Silverman for the role of Mavis Parodus Bryson, in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.
Six actresses (Christine Baranski, Judith Ivey, Judith Light, Swoosie Kurtz, Audra McDonald, and Frances Sternhagen) hold the record for most awards in this category, each with two total. Portrayals of Ruth Younger in A Raisin in the Sun and Mavis Parodus Bryson in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window have won twice. Supporting actresses in two of three plays in Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy (Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound) were nominated for the Tony, and featured actresses in six parts of August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle have also been nominated for the award.
Winners and nominees
1940s
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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1947 (1st) | ||||
Patricia Neal | Another Part of the Forest | Regina Hubbard | ||
1949 (3rd) | ||||
Shirley Booth | Goodbye, My Fancy | Grace Woods |
1950s
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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1951 (5th) | ||||
Maureen Stapleton | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | ||
1952 (6th) | ||||
Marian Winters | I Am a Camera | Natalia Landauer | ||
1953 (7th) | ||||
Beatrice Straight | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor | ||
1954 (8th) | ||||
Jo Van Fleet | The Trip to Bountiful | Jessie Mae Watts | ||
1955 (9th) | ||||
Patricia Jessel | Witness for the Prosecution | Romaine | ||
1956 (10th) | ||||
Una Merkel | The Ponder Heart | Edna Earle Ponder | [4] | |
Diane Cilento | Tiger at the Gates | Helen of Troy | ||
Anne Jackson | Middle of the Night | The Daughter | ||
Elaine Stritch | Bus Stop | Grace Hoylard | ||
1957 (11th) | ||||
Peggy Cass | Auntie Mame | Agnes Gooch | [5] | |
Anna Massey | The Reluctant Debutante | Jane Broadbent | ||
Beryl Measor | Separate Tables | Pat Cooper | ||
Mildred Natwick | The Waltz of the Toreadors | Mme. St. Pé | ||
Phyllis Neilson-Terry | Separate Tables | Mrs. Railton-Bell | ||
Diana Van der Vlis | The Happiest Millionaire | Cordelia Biddle | ||
1958 (12th) | ||||
Anne Bancroft | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | [6] | |
Brenda De Banzie | The Entertainer | Phoebe Rice | ||
Joan Blondell | The Rope Dancers | Mrs. Farrow | ||
Mary Fickett | Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt | ||
Eileen Heckart | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Lottie Lacey | ||
1959 (13th) | ||||
Julie Newmar | The Marriage-Go-Round | Katrin Sveg | [7] | |
Maureen Delany | God and Kate Murphy | Carrie Donovan | ||
Dolores Hart | The Pleasure of His Company | Jessica Poole | ||
Nan Martin | J.B. | Sarah | ||
Bertice Reading | Requiem for a Nun | Nancy Mannigoe |
1960s
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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1960 (14th) | ||||
Anne Revere | Toys in the Attic | Anna Berniers | [8] | |
Leora Dana | The Best Man | Alice Russell | ||
Jane Fonda | There Was a Little Girl | Toni Newton | ||
Sarah Marshall | Goodbye Charlie | Rusty Mayerling | ||
Juliet Mills | Five Finger Exercise | Pamela Harrington | ||
1961 (15th) | ||||
Colleen Dewhurst | All the Way Home | Mary Follet | [9] | |
Eileen Heckart | Invitation to a March | DeeDee Grogan | ||
Tresa Hughes | The Devil's Advocate | Nina Sanduzzi | ||
Rosemary Murphy | Period of Adjustment | Dorothea Bates | ||
1962 (16th) | ||||
Elizabeth Ashley | Take Her, She's Mine | Mollie Michaelson | [10] | |
Zohra Lampert | Look: We've Come Through | Jennifer Lewison | ||
Janet Margolin | Daughter of Silence | Anna Albertini | ||
Pat Stanley | Sunday in New York | Eileen Taylor | ||
1963 (17th) | ||||
Sandy Dennis | A Thousand Clowns | Sandra Markowitz | [11] | |
Melinda Dillon | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | ||
Alice Ghostley | The Beauty Part | Various Characters | ||
Zohra Lampert | Mother Courage and Her Children | Kattrin | ||
1964 (18th) | ||||
Barbara Loden | After the Fall | Maggie | [12] | |
Rosemary Murphy | Any Wednesday | Dorothea Cleves | ||
Kate Reid | Dylan | Caitlin Thomas | ||
Diana Sands | Blues for Mister Charlie | Juanita | ||
1965 (19th) | ||||
Alice Ghostley | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | [13] | |
Rae Allen | Traveller Without Luggage | Juliette | ||
Alexandra Berlin | All in Good Time | Violet Fitton | ||
Carolan Daniels | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground | Rosie | ||
1966 (20th) | ||||
Zoe Caldwell | Slapstick Tragedy | Polly | [14] | |
Glenda Jackson | Marat/Sade | Charlotte Corday | ||
Mairin D. O'Sullivan | Philadelphia, Here I Come! | Madge Mulhern | ||
Brenda Vaccaro | Cactus Flower | Toni Simmons | ||
1967 (21st) | ||||
Marian Seldes | A Delicate Balance | Julia | [15] | |
Camila Ashland | Black Comedy | Miss Furnival | ||
Brenda Forbes | The Loves of Cass McGuire | Trilbe Costello | ||
Maria Tucci | The Rose Tattoo | Rose Dell Rose | ||
1968 (22nd) | ||||
Zena Walker | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Sheila | [16] | |
Pert Kelton | Spofford | Mrs. Punck | ||
Ruth White | The Birthday Party | Meg | ||
Eleanor D. "Siddy" Wilson | The Weekend | Mrs. Andrews | ||
1969 (23rd) | ||||
Jane Alexander | The Great White Hope | Eleanor Bachman | [17] | |
Diane Keaton | Play It Again, Sam | Linda Christie | ||
Lauren Jones | Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? | Linda | ||
Anna Manahan | Lovers | Hanna Wilson |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actress | Play | Role(s) | Ref. |
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2020 (74th) | ||||
Lois Smith | The Inheritance | Margaret | [68] | |
Jane Alexander | Grand Horizons | Nancy | ||
Chalia La Tour | Slave Play | Teá | ||
Annie McNamara | Alana | |||
Cora Vander Broek | Linda Vista | Jules | ||
2022 (75th) | ||||
Phylicia Rashad | Skeleton Crew | Faye | [69] | |
Uzo Aduba | Clyde's | Clyde | ||
Rachel Dratch | POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive | Stephanie | ||
Kenita R. Miller | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf | Lady in Red | ||
Julie White | POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive | Harriet | ||
Kara Young | Clyde's | Letitia | ||
2023 (76th) | ||||
Miriam Silverman | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Mavis Parodus Bryson | [70] | |
Nikki Crawford | Fat Ham | Tedra | ||
Crystal Lucas-Perry | Ain't No Mo' | Passenger #5 | ||
Katy Sullivan | Cost of Living | Ani | ||
Kara Young | Jessie | |||
2024 (77th) | Quincy Tyler Bernstine | Doubt | Mrs. Muller | [71] |
Juliana Canfield | Stereophonic | Holly | ||
Celia Keenan-Bolger | Mother Play | Martha | ||
Sarah Pidgeon | Stereophonic | Diana | ||
Kara Young | Purlie Victorious | Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
Win total
- 2 Wins
- Christine Baranski
- Judith Ivey
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Judith Light (consecutive)
- Audra McDonald
- Frances Sternhagen
Nomination total
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Character win total
- 3 Wins
- Mavis Parodus Bryson from The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
- Ruth Younger from A Raisin in the Sun
Character nomination total
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Productions with multiple featured nominations
Winners are in bold.
- Separate Tables -- Beryl Measor and Phyllis Neilson-Terry
- Butterflies Are Free -- Blythe Danner and Eileen Heckart
- Absurd Person Singular -- Geraldine Page and Carole Shelley
- The Shadow Box -- Patricia Elliott and Rose Gregorio
- Bedroom Farce -- Joan Hickson and Susan Littler
- Crimes of the Heart -- Mia Dillon and Mary Beth Hurt
- Hurlyburly -- Judith Ivey and Sigourney Weaver
- The House of Blue Leaves -- Stockard Channing and Swoosie Kurtz
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone -- Kimberleigh Aarn, L. Scott Caldwell and Kimberly Scott
- Our Country's Good -- Amelia Campbell and J. Smith-Cameron
- Angels in America: Millennium Approaches -- Kathleen Chalfant and Marcia Gay Harden
- Dancing at Lughnasa -- Brid Brennan, Rosaleen Linehan and Dearbhla Molloy
- Picnic -- Debra Monk and Anne Pitoniak
- Seven Guitars -- Viola Davis and Michele Shay
- The Last Night of Ballyhoo -- Dana Ivey and Celia Weston
- Morning's at Seven -- Elizabeth Franz, Estelle Parsons and Frances Sternhagen
- Dinner at Eight -- Christine Ebersole and Marian Seldes
- A Raisin in the Sun -- Sanaa Lathan and Audra McDonald
- Doubt: A Parable -- Heather Goldenhersh and Adriane Lenox
- The Coast of Utopia -- Jennifer Ehle and Martha Plimpton
- The Norman Conquests -- Jessica Hynes and Amanda Root
- A View from the Bridge -- Jessica Hecht and Scarlett Johansson
- A Raisin in the Sun -- Sophie Okonedo and Anika Noni Rose
- Noises Off -- Megan Hilty and Andrea Martin
- A Doll's House, Part 2 -- Jayne Houdyshell and Condola Rashād
- Sweat -- Johanna Day and Michelle Wilson (Both this and A Doll's House, Part 2 were nominated the same year)
- Angels in America -- Susan Brown and Denise Gough
- Slave Play -- Chalia La Tour and Annie McNamara
- Clyde's -- Uzo Aduba and Kara Young
- POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive -- Rachel Dratch and Julie White (Both this and Clyde's were nominated the same year)
- Cost of Living -- Katy Sullivan and Kara Young
- Stereophonic -- Juliana Canfield and Sarah Pidgeon
Multiple awards and nominations
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
Trivia
- Supporting actresses in two of three plays in Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy (Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound) were nominated for the Tony.
- Featured actresses in six parts of August Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle have been nominated for the award.
- Featured actress Trazana Beverley in Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is the first African American actor to receive the award.
See also
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- List of Tony Award-nominated productions
Notes
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External links
- Internet Broadway Database Awards Archive
- Official Tony Awards Website Archive
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- Shirley Booth (1949)
- Maureen Stapleton (1951)
- Marian Winters (1952)
- Beatrice Straight (1953)
- Jo Van Fleet (1954)
- Patricia Jessel (1955)
- Una Merkel (1956)
- Peggy Cass (1957)
- Anne Bancroft (1958)
- Julie Newmar (1959)
- Anne Revere (1960)
- Colleen Dewhurst (1961)
- Elizabeth Ashley (1962)
- Sandy Dennis (1963)
- Barbara Loden (1964)
- Alice Ghostley (1965)
- Zoe Caldwell (1966)
- Marian Seldes (1967)
- Zena Walker (1968)
- Jane Alexander (1969)
- Blythe Danner (1970)
- Rae Allen (1971)
- Elizabeth Wilson (1972)
- Leora Dana (1973)
- Frances Sternhagen (1974)
- Rita Moreno (1975)
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- Ann Wedgeworth (1978)
- Joan Hickson (1979)
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- Swoosie Kurtz (1981)
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