Tony Awards

Oscar & Tony Winning Roles – Actress: Havilland & Jones/The Heiress, Lapotaire & Cotillard/Edith Piaf, Frelich & Matlin/Children of a Lesser God, Caldwell & Smith/Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rosemary Harris & KHep in a tie/Lion in Winter (/2 noms), Julie Harris & Minnelli/Sally Bowles, Shirley Booth/Come Back Little Sheba (/2 noms), Anne Bancroft/Miracle Worker, Hagen & Kelly/Country Girl, Hagen & Taylor/Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (/3 noms), Tandy in a tie & Leigh/Streetcar Named Desire (/2 noms).

Other: Olivier & Fiennes/Hamlet (/3 noms), Abraham & McKellen/Amadeus (/2 noms), PSH & Morse/Truman Capote, Paul Scofield/Man for All Seasons, Lemmon & Fonda/Mister Roberts, Jose Ferrer/Cyrano, Jack Albertson/The Subject was Roses. Only The Heiress won the Oscar 1^st.

3+ play Tony Performers: Julie Harris, Caldwell, Tandy. Booth, Frank Langella

Of 2-Tony roles (mostly a phenomenon w/2000s revivals), ones w/2+ Drama Desk noms (All have had 2 Tony noms since Drama Desks started), in winning order: Medea, Fences’ Rose, Real Thing’s Henry, Angels in America’s Prior, Private Lives’ Amanda, Virginia Woolf’s George, Long Day’s Journey’s James.

The most Tonys acting-dominant play in a year is 1984’s Real Thing with its two lead wins and a supporting win. The most actressing-dominant is August Osage County, and the most actor-dominant is Angels in America which did equally well both years. I understand the latter two given the writing/roles, but not the 1^st one at all.

Tony sweeps (Actor/Actress/Director) Real Thing, Fences, Woolf.
Overall (Pulitzer/Tony/Drama Desk) Doubt, Angels, August

No Off-Broadway play has won Actor + Actress Drama Desks. No play has won Actor + Actress at Tonys and Drama Desks. Musicals are much less of a factor at the Oscars, but South Pacific is the only one to get 4 acting Tonys. The adaptation was mostly ignored. The other 2 to get the so-called Big 6 were also adapted, with decent but not memorable awards results.