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Most Wins for Female Acting in a Musical
This list features the female actors that have won the most Best Actress in a Musical awards in Tony Awards history.
RANK | ACTRESS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | YEARS |
1 | Angela Lansbury | 4 | 4 | Mame (1966), Dear World (1969), Gypsy (1975), Sweeney Todd (1979) |
2 | Gwen Verdon | 5 | 3 | Damn Yankees (1956), New Girl in Town (1958), Redhead (1959) |
3 | Mary Martin | 4 | 3 | South Pacific (1950), Peter Pan (1955), The Sound of Music (1960) |
4 | Chita Rivera | 8 | 2 | The Rink (1984), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993) |
5 | Sutton Foster | 7 | 2 | Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), Anything Goes (2011) |
6 | Bernadette Peters | 6 | 2 | Song and Dance (1986), Annie Get Your Gun (1999) |
7 | Patti LuPone | 5 | 2 | Evita (1980), Gypsy (2008), |
8 | Donna Murphy | 5 | 2 | Passion (1994), The King and I (1996) |
9 | Christine Ebersole | 3 | 2 | 42nd Street (2001), Grey Gardens (2007) |
10 | Liza Minnelli | 3 | 2 | Flora the Red Menace (1965), The Act (1978) |
11 | Lauren Bacall | 2 | 2 | Applause (1970), Woman of the Year (1981) |
12 | Victoria Clark | 2 | 2 | The Light in the Piazza (2005), Kimberley Akimbo (2023) |
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