Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is awarded to the actress who was voted as the best actress in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. The award has been announced since 1948, but the nominees who did not win have only been announced since 1956.
In the lists below, the winner is displayed first, the non-winning nominees second.
- 1949 Nanette Fabray. Love Life
- 1950 Mary Martin. South Pacific
- 1951 Ethel Merman. Call Me Madam
- 1955 Mary Martin. Peter Pan
- 1958 (tie) Thelma Ritter. New Girl In Town; Gwen Verdon. New Girl In Town
- 1961 Elizabeth Seal. Irma La Douce
- 1962 (tie) Anna Maria Alberghetti. Carnival; Diahann Carroll. No Strings
- 1963 Vivien Leigh. Tovarich
- 1964 Carol Channing. Hello, Dolly!
- 1966 Angela Lansbury. Mame
- 1967 Barbara Harris. The Apple Tree
- 1968 (tie) Patricia Routledge. Darling of the Day; Leslie Uggams. Hallelujah, Baby!
- 1969 Angela Lansbury. Dear World
- 1972 Alexis Smith. Follies
- 1975 Angela Lansbury. Gypsy
- 1976 Donna McKechnie. A Chorus Line
- 1977 Dorothy Loudon. Annie
- 1978 Liza Minnelli. The Act
- 1979 Angela Lansbury. Sweeney Todd
- 1980 Patti Lupone. Evita
- 1982 Jennifer Holliday. Dreamgirls
- 1983 Natalia Makarova. On Your Toes
- 1984 Chita Rivera. The Rink
- 1988 Joanna Gleason. Into the Woods
- 1989 Ruth Brown. Black and Blue
- 1991 Lea Salonga. Miss Saigon
- 1992 Faith Prince. Guys and Dolls
- 1994 Donna Murphy. Passion
- 1996 Donna Murphy. The King and I
- 1997 Bebe Neuwirth. Chicago
- 1998 Natasha Richardson. Cabaret
- 2000 Heather Headley. Aida
- 2004 Idina Menzel, Wicked