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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

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.

• 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 in Damn Yankees as "Gloria Thorpe"
  • Pat Carroll in Catch a Star as "'Gift of the Magi' Performer" / "Co-respondent" / "Girl in 'Las Vegas'" / "Mom" / "Mrs Ennis" / "Southern Belle" / "The Ingenue" / "Trixie"
  • Judy Tyler in Pipe Dream as "Suzy"

• 1957 Edith Adams in Li'l Abner as "Daisy Mae"
  • Virginia Gibson in Happy Hunting as "Beth Livingstone"
  • Irra Petina in Candide as "Madame Sofronia" / "Old Lady"
  • Jo Sullivan in The Most Happy Fella as "Rosabella"

• 1958 Barbara Cook in The Music Man as "Marian Paroo"
  • Susan Johnson in Oh, Captain! as "Mae"
  • Carol Lawrence in West Side Story as "Maria"
  • Jacquelyn McKeever in Oh Captain! as "Mrs. Maud St. James"
  • Josephine Premice in Jamaica as "Ginger"

• 1959 Pat Stanley in Goldilocks as "Lois Lee"
  • Julienne Marie in Whoop-Up as "Mary Champlain"

• 1960 Patricia Neway in The Sound of Music as "The Mother Abbess"
  • Sandra Church in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Pert Kelton in Greenwillow as "Gramma Briggs"
  • Lauri Peters and the Children (Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Rogers, William Snowden, Joseph Stewart) in The Sound of Music as "Liesl von Trapp", "Louisa von Trapp", "Gretl von Trapp", "Marta von Trapp", "Brigitta von Trapp", "Friedrich von Trapp" and "Kurt von Trapp" (respectively)

• 1961 Tammy Grimes in The Unsinkable Molly Brown as "Molly Tobin"
  • Nancy Dussault in Do Re Mi as "Tilda Mullen"
  • Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie as "Rose Grant"

• 1962 Phyllis Newman in Subways Are for Sleeping as "Martha Vail"
  • Elizabeth Allen in The Gay Life as "Magda"
  • Barbara Harris in From the Second City as "Performer"
  • Barbra Streisand in I Can Get It for You Wholesale as "Miss Marmelstein"

• 1963 Anna Quayle in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off as "Anya" / "Evie" / "Ginnie" / "Ilse"
  • Ruth Kobart in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Domina"
  • Virginia Martin in Little Me as "Baby" / "Belle"
  • Louise Troy in Tovarich as "Natalia Mayovskaya"

• 1964 Tessie O'Shea in The Girl Who Came to Supper as "Ada Cockle"
  • Julienne Marie in Foxy as "Celia"
  • Kay Medford in Funny Girl as "Mrs. Brice"
  • Louise Troy in High Spirits as "Ruth Condomine"

• 1965 Maria Karnilova in Fiddler on the Roof as "Golde"
  • Luba Lisa in I Had a Ball as "Addie"
  • Carrie Nye in Half a Sixpence as "Helen Walsingham"
  • Barbara Windsor in Oh! What a Lovely War as "Performer"

• 1966 Beatrice Arthur in Mame as "Vera Charles"
  • Helen Gallagher in Sweet Charity as "Nickie"
  • Patricia Marand in It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman! as "Lois Lane"
  • Charlotte Rae in Pickwick as "Mrs. Bardell"

• 1967 Peg Murray in Cabaret as "Fraulein Kost"
  • Leland Palmer in A Joyful Noise as "Miss Jimmie"
  • Josephine Premice in A Hand is on the Gate as "Performer"
  • Susan Watson in A Joyful Noise as "Jenny Lee"

• 1968 Lillian Hayman in Hallelujah, Baby! as "Momma"
  • Geula Gill in The Grand Music Hall of Israel as "Performer"
  • Julie Gregg in The Happy Time as "Laurie Mannon"
  • Alice Playten in Henry, Sweet Henry as "Kafritz"

• 1969 Marian Mercer in Promises, Promises as "Marge MacDougall"
  • Sandy Duncan in Canterbury Tales as "Alison" / "May" / "Molly" / "The Sweetheart"
  • Lorraine Serabian in Zorba as "Leader"
  • Virginia Vestoff in 1776 as "Abigail Adams"

• 1970 Melba Moore in Purlie as "Lutiebelle"
  • Bonnie Franklin in Applause as "Bonnie"
  • Penny Fuller in Applause as "Eve Harrington"
  • Melissa Hart in Georgy as "Meredith"

• 1971 Patsy Kelly in No, No Nanette as "Pauline"
  • Barbara Barrie in Company as "Sarah"
  • Pamela Myers in Company as "Marta"

• 1972 Linda Hopkins in Inner City as "Performer"
  • Adrienne Barbeau in Grease as "Rizzo"
  • Bernadette Peters in On The Town as "Hildy Esterhazy"
  • Beatrice Winde in Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death as "Performer"

• 1973 Patricia Elliott in A Little Night Music as "Countess Charlotte Malcolm"
  • Hermione Gingold in A Little Night Music as "Madame Armfeldt"
  • Patsy Kelly in Irene as "Mrs. O'Dare"
  • Irene Ryan in Pippin as "Berthe"

• 1974 Janie Sell in Over Here! as "Mitzi"
  • Leigh Beery in Cyrano as "Roxana"
  • Maureen Brennan in Candide as "Cunegonde"
  • June Gable in Candide as "Old Lady"
  • Ernestine Jackson in Raisin as "Ruth Younger"

• 1975 Dee Dee Bridgewater in The Wiz as "Glinda"
  • Susan Browning in Goodtime Charley as "Agnes Sorel"
  • Zan Charisse in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Taina Elg in Where's Charley? as "Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez"
  • Kelly Garrett in The Night That Made America Famous as "Performer"
  • Donna Theodore in Shenandoah as "Anne"

• 1976 Kelly Bishop in A Chorus Line as "Sheila"
  • Priscilla Lopez in A Chorus Line as "Diana"
  • Patti LuPone in The Robber Bridegroom as "Rosamund"
  • Virginia Seidel in Very Good Eddie as "Mrs. Elsie Darling"

• 1977 Delores Hall in Your Arms Too Short to Box with God as "Performer"
  • Ellen Greene in Threepenny Opera as "Jenny"
  • Millicent Martin in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Performer"
  • Julia McKenzie in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Perfomer"

• 1978 Nell Carter in Ain't Misbehavin' as "Performer")
  • Imogene Coca in On the Twentieth Century as "Letitia Primrose"
  • Ann Reinking in Dancin' as "Performer"
  • Charlaine Woodard in Ain't Misbehavin' as "Performer"

• 1979 Carlin Glynn in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as "Mona Stangley"
  • Joan Ellis in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as "Shy"
  • Millicent Martin in King of Hearts as "Madeleine"
  • Maxine Sullivan in My Old Friends as "Mrs. Cooper"

• 1980 Priscilla Lopez in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine as "Gino"
  • Debbie Allen in West Side Story as "Anita"
  • Glenn Close in Barnum as "Chairy Barnum"
  • Jossie de Guzman in West Side Story as "Maria"

• 1981 Marilyn Cooper in Woman of the Year as "Jan Donovan"
  • Phyllis Hyman in Sophisticated Ladies as "Performer"
  • Wanda Richert in 42nd Street as "Peggy Sawyer"
  • Lynne Thigpen in Tintypes as "Performer"

• 1982 Liliane Montevecchi in Nine as "Liliane La Fleur"
  • Laurie Beechman in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as "The Narrator"
  • Karen Akers in Nine as "Luisa Contini"
  • Anita Morris in Nine as "Carla"

• 1983 Betty Buckley in Cats as "Grizabella"
  • Christine Andreas in On Your Toes as "Frankie Frayne"
  • Karla Burns in Show Boat as "Queenie"
  • Denny Dillon in My One and Only as "Mickey"

• 1984 Lila Kedrova in Zorba as "Madame Hortense"
  • Martine Allard in The Tap Dance Kid as "Emma"
  • Liz Callaway in Baby as "Lizzie Fields"
  • Dana Ivey in Sunday in the Park with George as "Naomi Eisen" / "Yvonne"

• 1985 Leilani Jones in Grind as "Satin"
  • Evalyn Baron in Quilters as "Daughter"
  • Mary Beth Peil in The King and I as Anna Leonowens
  • Lenka Peterson in Quilters as "Sarah"

• 1986 Bebe Neuwirth in Sweet Charity as "Nicky"
  • Patti Cohenour in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "Rosa Bud" / "Miss Deirdre Peregrine"
  • Jana Schneider in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "Helena Landless" / "Miss Janet Conover"
  • Elisabeth Welch in Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood as "Performer"

• 1987 Frances Ruffelle in Les Misérables as "Eponine "
  • Jane Connell in Me and My Girl as "Maria"
  • Judy Kuhn in Les Misérables as "Cosette"
  • Jane Summerhays in Me and My Girl as "Lady Jaqueline Carstone"

• 1988 Judy Kaye in The Phantom of the Opera as "Carlotta Guidicelli"
  • Leleti Khumalo in Sarafina! as "Sarafina"
  • Alyson Reed im Cabaret as "Sally Bowles"
  • Regina Resnik in Cabaret as "Fraulein Schneider"

• 1989 Debbie Shapiro in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Bathing Beauty" / "Company Member of '...Forum'" / "Hildy" / "Mazeppa" / "Overture Singer" / "Rosalia" / "Singer"
  • Jane Lanier in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Socialite" / "2nd Dancer"
  • Faith Prince in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "Ma" / "Tessie"
  • Julie Wilson in Legs Diamond as "Flo"

• 1990 Randy Graff in City of Angels as "Donna" / "Oolie"
  • Jane Krakowski in Grand Hotel as "Flaemmchen"
  • Kathleen Rowe McAllen in Aspects of Love as "Giulietta Trapani"
  • Crista Moore in Gypsy as "Louise"

• 1991 Daisy Eagan in The Secret Garden as "Mary Lennox"
  • Alison Fraser in The Secret Garden as "Martha"
  • Cady Huffman in The Will Rogers Follies as "Ziegfeld's Favorite"
  • LaChanze in Once on This Island as "Ti Moune"

• 1992 Tonya Pinkins in Jelly's Last Jam as "Sweet Anita"
  • Liz Larsen in The Most Happy Fella as "Cleo"
  • Vivian Reed in The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club as "The Enchantress"
  • Barbara Walsh in Falsettos as "Trina"

• 1993 Andrea Martin in My Favorite Year as "Alice Miller"
  • Jan Graveson in Blood Brothers as "Linda"
  • Lainie Kazan in My Favorite Year as "Belle Steinberg" Carroca
  • Marcia Mitzman in The Who's Tommy as "Mrs. Walker"

• 1994 Audra McDonald in Carousel as "Carrie Pipperidge"
  • Marcia Lewis in Grease as "Miss Lynch"
  • Sally Mayes in She Loves Me as "Ilona Ritter"
  • Marin Mazzie in Passion as "Clara"

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

• 1996 Ann Duquesnay in Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk as "'Da Singer" / "The Chanteuse"
  • Joohee Choi in The King and I as "Tuptim"
  • Veanne Cox in Company as "Amy"
  • Idina Menzel in Rent as "Maureen Johnson"

• 1997 Lillias White in The Life as "Sonja"
  • Marcia Lewis in Chicago as "Matron Mama Morton"
  • Andrea Martin in Candide as "Old Lady"
  • Debra Monk in Steel Pier as "Shelby Stevens"

• 1998 Audra McDonald in Ragtime as "Sarah"
  • Anna Kendrick in High Society as "Dinah Lord"
  • Tsidii Le Loka in The Lion King as "Rafiki"
  • Mary Louise Wilson in Cabaret as "Fraulein Schneider"

• 1999 Kristin Chenoweth in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as "Sally Brown"
  • Gretha Boston in It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues as "Performer"
  • Valarie Pettiford in Fosse as "Performer"
  • Mary Testa in On the Town as "Little Old Lady" / "Madame Maude P. Dilly"

• 2000 Karen Ziemba in Contact as "The Wife"
  • Laura Benanti in Swing! as "Performer"
  • Ann Hampton Callaway in Swing! as "Performer"
  • Eartha Kitt in The Wild Party as "Dolores"
  • Deborah Yates in Contact as "Girl in a Yellow Dress"

• 2001 Cady Huffman in The Producers as "Ulla"
  • Polly Bergen in Follies as "Carlotta Campion"
  • Kathleen Freeman in The Full Monty as "Jeanette Burmeister"
  • Kate Levering in 42nd Street as "Peggy Sawyer"
  • Mary Testa in 42nd Street as "Maggie Jones"

• 2002 Harriet Harris in Thoroughly Modern Millie as "Mrs. Meers"
  • Andrea Martin in Oklahoma! as "Aunt Eller"
  • Judy Kaye in Mamma Mia! as "Rosie"
  • Laura Benanti in Into the Woods as "Cinderella"
  • Spencer Kayden in Urinetown as "Little Sally"

• 2003 Jane Krakowski in Nine as "Carla"
  • Tammy Blanchard in Gypsy as "Louise"
  • Mary Stuart Masterson in Nine as "Luisa Contini"
  • Chita Rivera in Nine as "Liliane La Fleur"
  • Ashley Tuttle in Movin' Out as "Judy"

• 2004 Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, or Change as "Emmie Thibodeaux"
  • Beth Fowler in The Boy from Oz as "Marion Woolnough"
  • Isabel Keating in The Boy from Oz as "Judy Garland"
  • Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town as "Eileen Sherwood"
  • Karen Ziemba in Never Gonna Dance as "Mabel Pritt"

• 2005 Sara Ramirez in Monty Python's Spamalot as "The Lady of the Lake"
  • Joanna Gleason in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as "Muriel Eubanks"
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as "Olive Ostrovsky"
  • Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as "Baroness Bomburst"
  • Kelli O'Hara in The Light in the Piazza as "Clara Johnson"

• 2006 Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone as "The Drowsy Chaperone"
  • Carolee Carmello in Lestat as "Gabrielle"
  • Felicia P. Fields in The Color Purple as "Sofia"
  • Megan Lawrence in The Pajama Game as "Gladys"
  • Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in The Color Purple as "Shug Avery"

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