Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical |
Location | United States New York City |
Presented by | American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League |
Currently held by | Bonnie Milligan for Kimberly Akimbo (2023) |
Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950. The award was not given at the first three Tony Award ceremonies. Nominees were not announced publicly until 1956.
Year | Actress | Musical | Character |
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1950 (4th) | |||
Juanita Hall | South Pacific | Bloody Mary | |
1951 (5th) | |||
Isabel Bigley | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | |
1952 (6th) | |||
Helen Gallagher | Pal Joey | Gladys Bumps | |
1953 (7th) | |||
Sheila Bond | Wish You Were Here | Fay Fromkin | |
1954 (8th) | |||
Gwen Verdon | Can-Can | Claudine | |
1955 (9th) | |||
Carol Haney | The Pajama Game | Gladys Hotchkiss | |
1956 (10th) [1] | |||
Lotte Lenya | The Threepenny Opera | Jenny | |
Rae Allen | Damn Yankees | Gloria Thorpe | |
Pat Carroll | Catch a Star! | Various Characters | |
Judy Tyler | Pipe Dream | Suzy | |
1957 (11th) [2] | |||
Edie Adams | Lil' Abner | Daisy Mae | |
Virginia Gibson | Happy Hunting | Beth Livingstone | |
Irra Petina | Candide | The Old Lady / Madame Sofronia | |
Jo Sullivan Loesser | The Most Happy Fella | Rosabella | |
1958 (12th) [3] | |||
Barbara Cook | The Music Man | Marian Paroo | |
Susan Johnson | Oh, Captain! | Mae | |
Carol Lawrence | West Side Story | Maria | |
Jackie McKeever | Oh, Captain! | Mrs. Maud St.James | |
Josephine Premice | Jamaica | Ginger | |
1959 (13th) [4] | |||
Pat Stanley | Goldilocks | Lois Lee | |
Julienne Marie | Whoop-Up | Mary Champlain |
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Winners are in boldface
Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories
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