Past Winners
Actress/Actor of the Year (chronologically):
- 1953 – Helen Hayes (also 1969)
- 1954 – Beatrice Lillie
- 1955 – Deborah Kerr
- 1956 – Nancy Kelly (also 1964)
- 1957 – Shirley Booth
- 1958 – Anne Rogers
- 1959 – Ruth Roman
- 1960 – Geraldine Page
- 1961 – Gertrude Berg
- 1962 – Florence Henderson
- 1963 – Julia Meade
- 1964 – Nancy Kelly (also 1956)
- 1965 – Myrna Loy
- 1966 – Carol Channing
- 1967 – Eve Arden
- 1968 – Celeste Holm
- 1969 – Helen Hayes (also 1953)
- 1970 – Barbara Rush
- 1971 – Irene Dailey
- 1972 – Lauren Bacall (also 1984)
- 1973 – Bette Davis
- 1973 – Sada Thompson
- 1974 – Colleen Dewhurst
- 1975 – Angela Lansbury (also 1981)
- 1976 – Julie Harris
- 1977 – Lynn Redgrave (also 1995)
- 1978 – Cloris Leachman
- 1979 – Jessica Tandy
- 1980 – Claudette Colbert
- 1981 – Angela Lansbury (also 1975)
- 1982 – Dorothy Loudon
- 1983 – Ann Miller
- 1984 – Lauren Bacall (also 1972)
- 1985 – Rita Moreno
- 1986 – Lucie Arnaz
- 1987 – Liza Minnelli
- 1988 – Sada Thompson
- 1989 – Lily Tomlin
- 1990 – Ellen Burstyn
- 1991 – Loretta Swit
- 1992 – Hollis Resnik
- 1993 – Stefanie Powers
- 1994 – Bernadette Peters
- 1995 – Lynn Redgrave (also 1977)
- 1996 – Julie Andrews
- 1997 – Faye Dunaway
- 1999 – Brian Dennehy
- 2000 – Heather Headley
- 2002 – Chita Rivera
- 2004 – Elaine Stritch
- 2006 – John Mahoney
- 2008 – Kathleen Turner
- 2009 – William Petersen
- 2010 – Patti LuPone
- 2011 – John O'Hurley
- 2012 – Barbara Cook
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