Tony Winners for Best Actress in a Musical

The Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards are given by the American Theatre Wing for achievement in the Broadway theater.

• Glenn Close (born 1947)

  American actress.

  • 1995 Tony Award for her performance in Sunset Boulevard
• Helen Gallagher (born 1926)

  American actress.

  • 1971 Tony Award winner for her performance in No, No, Nannette
• Mary Martin (born 1913, died 1990)

  American singer and actress.

  • Three-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1950, for South Pacific; 1955, for Peter Pan; and 1960, for The Sound of Music
• Carol Channing (born 1923)

  American actress.

  • 1964 Tony Award winner for her performance in Hello Dolly!
• Nanette Fabray (born 1920)

  American actress.

  • 1949 Tony Award winner for her performance in Love Life
• Tyne Daly (born 1946)

  American actress.

  • 1990 Tony Award winner for her performance in Gypsy
• Lauren Bacall (born 1924)

  American actress. Original name: Betty Joan Perske.

  • Two-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1970, for Applause, and 1981, for Woman of the Year
• Judy Holliday (born 1922, died 1965)

  American actress. Original name: Judith Tuvim.

  • 1957 Tony Award winner for her performance in Bells are Ringing
• Ethel Merman (born 1909, died 1984)

  American singer and actress.

  • 1951 Tony Award winner for her performance in Call Me Madam
• Rosalind Russell (born 1911, died 1976)

  American actress.

  • 1953 Tony Award winner for her performance in Wonderful Town
• Liza Minnelli (born 1946)

  American singer and actress.

  • Two-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1965, for Flora, the Red Menace, and 1978 and The Act
• Elizabeth Seal (born 1933)

  Italian actress.

  • 1961 Tony Award winner for her performance in Irma la Douce
• Barbara Harris (born 1935)

  American actress.

  • 1967 Tony Award winner for her performance in The Apple Tree
• Gwen Verdon (born 1925)

  Actress, singer and dancer.

  • Three-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1956, for Damn Yankees; 1958, for New Girl in Town; and 1959, for Redhead
• Bernadette Peters (born 1948)

  American singer and actress.

  • 1986 Tony Award winner for her performance in Song and Dance
  • 1999 Tony Award winner for her performance in the musical Annie Get Your Gun.
• Glynis Johns (born 1923)

  English actress.

  • 1973 Tony Award winner for her performance in A Little Night Music
• Angela Lansbury (born 1925)

  British-American actress.

  • Four-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1966, for Mame; 1969, for Dear World; 1975, for Gypsy; and 1979, for Sweeney Todd
• Vivien Leigh (born 1913, died 1967)

  British actress. Original name: Vivian Hartley.

  • 1963 Tony Award winner for her performance in Tovarich
• Natalia Makarova (born 1940)

  Ballet dancer.

  • 1983 Tony Award winner for her performance in On Your Toes
• Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958)

  American actress.

  • 1997 Tony Award winner for her performance in Chicago
• Grace Hartman
  • 1948 Tony Award winner for her performance in Angel in the Wings
• Gertrude Lawrence (born 1898, died 1952)

  English-American actress.

  • 1952 Tony Award winner for her performance in The King and I
• Dolores Gray (born 1924)

  American actress.

  • 1954 Tony Award winner for her performance in Carnival in Flanders
• Thelma Ritter (born 1905, died 1969)

  American actress.

  • 1958 Tony Award winner for her performance in New Girl in Town
• Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936)

  Italian-American singer and actress.

  • 1962 Tony Award for her performances in Carnival and No Strings
• Patricia Routledge (born 1929)

  English actress.

  • 1968 Tony Award winner for her performance in Darling of the Day
• Leslie Uggams (born 1943)

  American singer and actress.

  • 1968 Tony Award winner for her performance in Hallelujah, Baby
• Alexis Smith (born 1921, died 1993)

  Canadian-born American actress.

  • 1972 Tony Award winner for her performance in Follies
• Virginia Capero

  Actress.

  • 1974 Tony Award winner for her performance in Raisin
• Donna McKechnie

  Dancer and actress.

  • 1976 Tony Award winner for her performance in A Chorus Line
• Dorothy Loudon (born 1933)
  • 1977 Tony Award winner for her performance in Annie
• Patti LuPone (born 1949)

  American actress.

  • 1980 Tony Award winner for her performance in Evita
• Jennifer Holliday

  American singer and actress.

  • 1982 Tony Award winner for her performance in Dreamgirls
• Maryann Plunkett
  • 1987 Tony Award winner for her performance in Me and My Girl
• Ruth Brown

  Actress.

  • 1989 Tony Award winner for her performance in Black and Blue
• Donna Murphy

  American actress.

  • 1996 Tony Award winner for her performance in the musical The King and I .
• Chita Rivera (born 1933)

  American singer and actress.

  • Two-time Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Musical: 1984, for The Rink, and 1993, for Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Joanna Gleason (born 1950)

  Canadian actress.

  • 1988 Tony Award winner for her performance in Into the Woods
• Faith Prince
  • 1992 Tony Award winner for her performance in Guys and Dolls
• Natasha Richardson
  • 1998 Tony Award best actress in a musical for her performance in the musical Cabaret.