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Film and TV actresses who have also won a Tony Award for stage acting
List of Famous Actresses Who Won Tonys for Plays. Several famous Hollywood actresses have won Tony Awards for their performances in plays. This all-star group includes several women who have also won Emmy and Oscar Awards. One famous actress even earned three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play.
Who is the most famous actress who won a Tony Award for a play? Scarlett Johansson tops our list. She won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 2010 for her performance as Catherine in A View from the Bridge. Glen Close won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. In 1984 she won for her performance as Annie in The Real Thing and in 1992 she won for her performance as Paulina Salas Escobar in Death and the Maiden.
Academy Award winning actress Jessica Tandy won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for her performances as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1948), Fonsia Dorsey in The Gin Game (1978) and Annie Nations in Foxfire (1983). Fargo actress Frances McDormand won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2011 for her performance as Margie Walsh in Good People.
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Audrey Hepburn won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play in 1954 for playing the title character in Ondine. She is one of very few people who has won the coveted EGOT: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award.
Angela Lansbury won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2009 for her performance as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. She has also won four Tonys for her work in musicals, in 1966, 1969, 1975, and 1979.
Glen Close won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. In 1984 she won for her performance as Annie in The Real Thing, and in 1992, she won for her performance as Paulina Salas Escobar in Death and the Maiden. Close also won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in 1995.
Age: 76
Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America
