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	\| name = Rosemary Harris		\| name = Rosemary Harris
	\| image = Rosemary Harris ~~Spiderman~~ ~~2007~~ ~~Shankbone~~.jpg		\| image = Rosemary Harris in Wuthering Heights (1958) (cropped).jpg
	\| caption = Harris in ~~2007~~		\| caption = Harris in 1958
	\| birth_name = Rosemary Ann Harris		\| birth_name = Rosemary Ann Harris
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1927\|9\|19}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1927\|9\|19\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = ], Suffolk, England		\| birth_place = ], Suffolk, England
	\| spouse = {{plainlist\|		\| spouse = {{plainlist\|
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	'''Rosemary Ann Harris''' (born ~~September~~ 19, 1927) is an English actress. She is the recipient of an ], a ], and a ] as well as nominations for an ], a ], and three ]. Harris was inducted into the ] in 1986, and she won the ] in 2017.		'''Rosemary Ann Harris''' (born 19 September 1927) is an English actress. She is the recipient of an ], a ], and a ] as well as nominations for an ], a ], and three ]. Harris was inducted into the ] in 1986, and she won the ] in 2017.

	Harris began her stage career in 1948, before making her Broadway debut in 1952. For her New York stage work, she is a four-time ] winner and nine-time ] nominee, winning the ] in for portraying ] in '']'' (1966). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in '']'' (1972), '']'' (1976), '']'' (1984), '']'' (1985), '']'' (1986), '']'' (1996), '']'' (2000), and '']'' (2010).		Harris began her stage career in 1948, before making her Broadway debut in 1952. For her New York stage work, she is a four-time ] winner and nine-time ] nominee, winning the ] in for portraying ] in '']'' (1966). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in '']'' (1972), '']'' (1976), '']'' (1984), '']'' (1985), '']'' (1986), '']'' (1996), '']'' (2000), and '']'' (2010).

	She won the ] for her portrayal of ] in the BBC serial '']'' (1976), and the ] for playing Berta Palitz Weiss in the miniseries '']'' (1978). For her performance in the historical drama film '']'' (1994) she was nominated for the ]. Harris is also known for her portrayal of ], the paternal aunt of ] in ]'s '']'' ~~(2002),~~ '']'' ~~(2004), and '']'' (2007).~~		She won the ] for her portrayal of ] in the BBC serial '']'' (1976), and the ] for playing Berta Palitz Weiss in the miniseries '']'' (1978). For her performance in the historical drama film '']'' (1994) she was nominated for the ]. Harris is also known for her portrayal of ], the paternal aunt of ], in ]'s ] (2002-2007).

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	From 1979 to 1980 she starred in the CBS ] miniseries '']'' opposite ]. Reviewing the BBC's 1983 production of '']'', an adaptation of ]'s ], John J. O'Connor of ''The New York Times'' wrote: "A luminous, flawless performance by Miss Harris makes Mrs. Ramsay as memorable on film as she is on the printed page."<ref name="New York Times 12 October 1984">{{cite news \|last= O'Connor \|first= John J.\|title= TV Weekend; Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse'\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/12/arts/tv-weekend-virginia-woolf-s-to-the-lighthouse.html\| date= 12 October 1984\|newspaper= ] \|location=New York City\| access-date= 9 June 2016 }}</ref> She played Ann Barrington in the ] directed '']'' (1983) written by ]. She acted with ] and ]. The film looks at the media world in ]'s Britain around the time of the ]. ] of '']'' declared, " film's most arresting character is Ann, a beautiful woman whose intelligence is demonstrated both in the writing and in Miss Harris's superlative performance."<ref>{{cite news\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/19/movies/movies-the-ploughman-s-lunch-an-exercise-in-duplicity.html\|title= MOVIES: 'THE PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH,' AN EXERCISE IN DUPLICITY\|work= The New York Times\|date= 19 October 1984\|accessdate= January 25, 2024\|last1= Canby\|first1= Vincent}}</ref> She also took film roles in '']'' (1988) and '']'' (1989), and '']'' (1992). She returned to Broadway acting in ]'s '']'' (1991).		From 1979 to 1980 she starred in the CBS ] miniseries '']'' opposite ]. Reviewing the BBC's 1983 production of '']'', an adaptation of ]'s ], John J. O'Connor of ''The New York Times'' wrote: "A luminous, flawless performance by Miss Harris makes Mrs. Ramsay as memorable on film as she is on the printed page."<ref name="New York Times 12 October 1984">{{cite news \|last= O'Connor \|first= John J.\|title= TV Weekend; Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse'\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/12/arts/tv-weekend-virginia-woolf-s-to-the-lighthouse.html\| date= 12 October 1984\|newspaper= ] \|location=New York City\| access-date= 9 June 2016 }}</ref> She played Ann Barrington in the ] directed '']'' (1983) written by ]. She acted with ] and ]. The film looks at the media world in ]'s Britain around the time of the ]. ] of '']'' declared, " film's most arresting character is Ann, a beautiful woman whose intelligence is demonstrated both in the writing and in Miss Harris's superlative performance."<ref>{{cite news\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/19/movies/movies-the-ploughman-s-lunch-an-exercise-in-duplicity.html\|title= MOVIES: 'THE PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH,' AN EXERCISE IN DUPLICITY\|work= The New York Times\|date= 19 October 1984\|accessdate= January 25, 2024\|last1= Canby\|first1= Vincent}}</ref> She also took film roles in '']'' (1988) and '']'' (1989), and '']'' (1992). She returned to Broadway acting in ]'s '']'' (1991).

	For her role as Rose Haigh-Wood in the historical drama '']'' she won the ] and received a nomination for the ]. Harris acted with ] and ]. The film was based on the ] by ]. She returned to Broadway in a revival of ]'s '']'' (1996) for which she received a nomination for the ]. That same year she had a brief role as Player Queen in ]'s film adaptation of '']'' (1996). Harris and her daughter Ehle, played the young and elderly incarnations, respectively, of the same character in ]'s 1999 film '']'', about a Hungarian-Jewish family. They previously played the young and old Calypso in the ] production of '']'' (1992).<ref>{{cite news \|last=Kehr \|first=Dave \|author-link=Dave Kehr \|date=16 June 2000 \|title=AT THE MOVIES; A Resemblance? It's Only Natural \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/16/movies/at-the-movies-a-resemblance-it-s-only-natural.html \|work=The New York Times \|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref> In 1999 she starred in the ] directed film '']'' based on the ] book of the same name. Harris acted with ], ], ], and ].		For her role as Rose Haigh-Wood in the historical drama '']'' she won the ] and received a nomination for the ]. Harris acted with ] and ]. The film was based on the ] by ]. She returned to Broadway in a revival of ]'s '']'' (1996) for which she received a nomination for the ]. That same year she had a brief role as Player Queen in ]'s film adaptation of '']'' (1996). Harris and her daughter ], played the young and elderly incarnations, respectively, of the same character in ]'s 1999 film '']'', about a Hungarian-Jewish family. They previously played the young and old Calypso in the ] production of '']'' (1992).<ref>{{cite news \|last=Kehr \|first=Dave \|author-link=Dave Kehr \|date=16 June 2000 \|title=AT THE MOVIES; A Resemblance? It's Only Natural \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/16/movies/at-the-movies-a-resemblance-it-s-only-natural.html \|work=The New York Times \|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref> In 1999 she starred in the ] directed film '']'' based on the ] book of the same name. Harris acted with ], ], ], and ].

	=== 2000–present ===		=== 2000–present ===
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	~~She~~ had a recurring role as ] in the ], reprising the role in the sequels '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2007). These films were critically acclaimed and were commercially successful. Directed by ] ~~they~~ also starred ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Salfino \|first1=Michael \|title=Hold On, You're Spider-Man's Aunt May? \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/spider-mans-aunt-may-has-never-looked-younger-1498667227 \|work=] \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|date=28 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Monahan \|first1=Mark \|title=The face is familiar: Rosemary Harris \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3670713/The-face-is-familiar-Rosemary-Harris.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3670713/The-face-is-familiar-Rosemary-Harris.html \|archive-date=11 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|work=] \|date=25 January 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her film roles during this period included the supernatural horror film '']'' (2000) starring ], the romantic comedy '']'' (2001) with ] and ], and the comedy-drama '']'' starring ]. Harris appeared in the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway staged reading of '']''.<ref> at Theater Mania</ref> In 2007, she received the ] for fine arts. Her husband, John Ehle, won the same award in 1972 for literature.<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815185943/http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncawards/nca2.asp?bn=rhehle \|date=15 August 2008}}</ref> Also in 2007 she acted in ]'s crime thriller '']'' for which she received the ] along with the cast.		Harris had a recurring role as ] in the ], reprising the role in the sequels '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2007). These films were critically acclaimed and were commercially successful. Directed by ], the films also starred ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Salfino \|first1=Michael \|title=Hold On, You're Spider-Man's Aunt May? \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/spider-mans-aunt-may-has-never-looked-younger-1498667227 \|work=] \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|date=28 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Monahan \|first1=Mark \|title=The face is familiar: Rosemary Harris \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3670713/The-face-is-familiar-Rosemary-Harris.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3670713/The-face-is-familiar-Rosemary-Harris.html \|archive-date=11 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|work=] \|date=25 January 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her film roles during this period included the supernatural horror film '']'' (2000) starring ], the romantic comedy '']'' (2001) with ] and ], and the comedy-drama '']'' starring ]. Harris appeared in the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway staged reading of '']''.<ref> at Theater Mania</ref> In 2007, she received the ] for fine arts. Her husband, John Ehle, won the same award in 1972 for literature.<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815185943/http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncawards/nca2.asp?bn=rhehle \|date=15 August 2008}}</ref> Also in 2007 she acted in ]'s crime thriller '']'' for which she received the ] along with the cast.

	Harris took limited film roles in the drama '']'' with ], the romantic comedy '']'' starring ], ], and ], and the musical drama '']'' (2015) with ]. She had a guest starring role in '']'' (2010). On 11 September 2018, a week before her 91st birthday, Harris took over the role of Mrs Higgins in ] from ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/first-look-at-tony-winner-rosemary-harris-in-my-fair-lady-on-broadway\|title=First Look at Tony Winner Rosemary Harris in My Fair Lady on Broadway\|first=Hannah\|last=Vine\|date=28 September 2018\|website=Playbill\|access-date=14 December 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085106/http://www.playbill.com/article/first-look-at-tony-winner-rosemary-harris-in-my-fair-lady-on-broadway\|archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/rosemary-harris-returns-to-broadway-in-my-fair-lady-at-lincoln-center-theater\|title=Rosemary Harris returns to Broadway in My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater\|website=New York Theater Guide\|date=11 September 2018 \|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> She recently acted in the ] limited series '']'' (2020) as a guest actress and had a recurring role in the ] comedy series '']'' (2022).		Harris took limited film roles in the drama '']'' with ], the romantic comedy '']'' starring ], ], and ], and the musical drama '']'' (2015) with ]. She had a guest starring role in '']'' (2010). On 11 September 2018, a week before her 91st birthday, Harris took over the role of Mrs Higgins in ] from ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/first-look-at-tony-winner-rosemary-harris-in-my-fair-lady-on-broadway\|title=First Look at Tony Winner Rosemary Harris in My Fair Lady on Broadway\|first=Hannah\|last=Vine\|date=28 September 2018\|website=Playbill\|access-date=14 December 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085106/http://www.playbill.com/article/first-look-at-tony-winner-rosemary-harris-in-my-fair-lady-on-broadway\|archive-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/rosemary-harris-returns-to-broadway-in-my-fair-lady-at-lincoln-center-theater\|title=Rosemary Harris returns to Broadway in My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater\|website=New York Theater Guide\|date=11 September 2018 \|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> She recently acted in the ] limited series '']'' (2020) as a guest actress and had a recurring role in the ] comedy series '']'' (2022).

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Ehle and Harris settled in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,<ref name="WashingtonPost1986" /> where their daughter, Jennifer, was born in 1969. ] followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming a noted film, television and Broadway actress.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last1=Kavanagh \|first1=Julie \|last2=Avedon \|first2=Richard \|title=Chameleons \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/05/13/chameleons \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|magazine=] \|date=13 May 1996}}</ref> Harris' archive is part of the performing arts collections at the ], which include her scripts, photographs, posters, correspondence, playbills, and other ephemera.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Research Guide: Harry Ransom Center \|url=https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/guides/Performers \|access-date=2023-12-04 \|website=www.hrc.utexas.edu}}</ref>		Ehle and Harris settled in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,<ref name="WashingtonPost1986" /> where their daughter, ], was born in 1969. Jennifer followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming a noted film, television and Broadway actress.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last1=Kavanagh \|first1=Julie \|last2=Avedon \|first2=Richard \|title=Chameleons \|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/05/13/chameleons \|access-date=4 August 2018 \|magazine=] \|date=13 May 1996}}</ref> Harris' archive is part of the performing arts collections at the ], which include her scripts, photographs, posters, correspondence, playbills, and other ephemera.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Research Guide: Harry Ransom Center \|url=https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/guides/Performers \|access-date=2023-12-04 \|website=www.hrc.utexas.edu}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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This article is about the British actress. For the author of children's fiction, see Rosemary Harris (writer). British actress (born 1927)

Rosemary Harris
Harris in 1958
Born	Rosemary Ann Harris (1927-09-19) 19 September 1927 (age 97) Ashby, Suffolk, England
Years active	1948–present
Spouses	Ellis Rabb (m. 1959; div. 1967) John Ehle (m. 1967; died 2018)
Children	Jennifer Ehle

Rosemary Ann Harris (born 19 September 1927) is an English actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Laurence Olivier Awards. Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1986, and she won the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre in 2017.

Harris began her stage career in 1948, before making her Broadway debut in 1952. For her New York stage work, she is a four-time Drama Desk Award winner and nine-time Tony Award nominee, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in for portraying Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1966). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Old Times (1972), The Royal Family (1976), Heartbreak House (1984), Pack of Lies (1985), Hay Fever (1986), A Delicate Balance (1996), Waiting in the Wings (2000), and The Royal Family (2010).

She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of George Sand in the BBC serial Notorious Woman (1976), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for playing Berta Palitz Weiss in the miniseries Holocaust (1978). For her performance in the historical drama film Tom & Viv (1994) she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Harris is also known for her portrayal of May Parker, the paternal aunt of Peter Parker, in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007).

Early life

Harris was born on 19 September 1927 in Ashby, Suffolk, the daughter of Enid Maude Frances (née Campion) and Stafford Berkeley Harris. One of her grandmothers was from Kronstadt in the Habsburg Empire (today Romania). Her father was in the Royal Air Force, and as a result, Harris' family lived in India during her early childhood. She attended convent schools, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1951 to 1952.

Career

1948–1965: Rise to prominence

Early in her acting career, she gained experience in English repertory theatre. In 1948, she acted in Kiss and Tell at Eastbourne and Margate with Tilsa Page and John Clark and later with Anthony Cundell's company at Penzance, where she played the mother in Black Chiffon. She went from Penzance to train at RADA. She first appeared in New York City in 1951 in Moss Hart's Climate of Eden, and then returned to Britain for her West End debut in The Seven Year Itch which ran for a year at the Aldwych.

Harris then entered a classical acting period in productions with the Bristol Old Vic and then the Old Vic, appearing at the latter as Ophelia in the National Theatre Company's opening production of Hamlet in October 1963, alongside Peter O'Toole in the title role. Writing in UK newspaper The Guardian in 2003 as part of a series on landmark theatre productions, playwright Samantha Ellis noted of the National Theatre's opening night:

Olivier gloomily anticipated bad reviews. But RB Marriott, in The Stage, found O'Toole to be "a magnificent Prince" and Rosemary Harris "the most real and touching Ophelia". (In contrast, Felix Barker, in the Evening News, called her "an embarrassing deb who has had too much gin".) And Harold Hobson, in The Sunday Times, was overcome.

Her first film followed, Beau Brummell (1954) with Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor, and then a touring season with the Old Vic brought her back to Broadway in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Troilus and Cressida. She met Ellis Rabb who had plans to start his own producing company on Broadway. The following year she portrayed Desdemona in a television production of William Shakespeare's Othello directed by Tony Richardson Harris acted opposite Paul Rogers, Robert Hardy, and Nigel Davenport. In 1957 she appeared in two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1958 she acted alongside John Williams, and Maurice Evans in the NBC production of Dial M for Murder. That same year she portrayed Catherine Linton acting alongside Richard Burton who portrayed Heathcliff in the CBS television production of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. By 1959, the Association of Producing Artist (APA) was established, and she and Rabb were married on 4 December of that year.

In 1962, she returned to Britain and Chichester Festival Theatre during its opening season when the director was Laurence Olivier; she appeared as Elena in Olivier's celebrated 1962–63 Chichester production of Uncle Vanya. She reprised her role in the 1963 British film adaptation acting opposite Olivier, Michael Redgrave, and Joan Plowright. In 1964, she was Ophelia to Peter O'Toole's Hamlet in the inaugural production of the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. She returned to Broadway portraying Megara in Herakles at the Lyceum Theatre. That same year she portrayed Alice Sycamore in You Can't Take It with You. She also appeared in an off-Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman at the Phoenix Theatre.

1966–1999: Theatre roles and acclaim

Harris gained acclaim working further with the APA, and was cast as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter opposite Robert Preston's Henry II at the Ambassador Theatre. She received praise for the role as well as the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Rabb directed her one last time as Natasha in War and Peace in 1967, the same year they agreed to divorce. A little while later, Harris married the American writer John Ehle. The two of them can be heard interviewing prospective candidates, Black public school student candidates for scholarships to all-white private "Segregation academies", on surviving recordings. Ehle was the manager for this Stouffer Foundation program. In 1968 she portrayed Gabrielle Chandebisse in the film A Flea in Her Ear based on the 1907 French farce of the same name by Georges Feydeau. She acted with Rex Harrison and Louis Jourdan. She received Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nominations for her roles as Anna in Harold Pinter's Old Times (1971) and Julie Cavendish in George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's The Royal Family (1975).

During this time she portrayed Blanche DuBois in the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) and Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1973). In 1974, Harris starred in the BBC TV serial Notorious Woman, which aired on PBS in the US as part of Masterpiece Theatre. For this role, she won the 1976 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – TV Drama for the 1978 NBC miniseries Holocaust, which also starred Meryl Streep and James Woods. Also in 1978 she acted in Franklin J. Schaffner's science-fiction thriller The Boys from Brazil acting with Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, and Denholm Elliott. The film received critical acclaim and earned three Academy Award nominations.

From 1979 to 1980 she starred in the CBS Western miniseries The Chisholms opposite Robert Preston. Reviewing the BBC's 1983 production of To the Lighthouse, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name, John J. O'Connor of The New York Times wrote: "A luminous, flawless performance by Miss Harris makes Mrs. Ramsay as memorable on film as she is on the printed page." She played Ann Barrington in the Richard Eyre directed The Ploughman's Lunch (1983) written by Ian McEwan. She acted with Jonathan Pryce and Tim Curry. The film looks at the media world in Margaret Thatcher's Britain around the time of the Falklands War. Vincent Canby of The New York Times declared, " film's most arresting character is Ann, a beautiful woman whose intelligence is demonstrated both in the writing and in Miss Harris's superlative performance." She also took film roles in Crossing Delancey (1988) and The Delinquents (1989), and The Bridge (1992). She returned to Broadway acting in Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers (1991).

For her role as Rose Haigh-Wood in the historical drama Tom & Viv she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Harris acted with Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson. The film was based on the 1984 play of the same name by Michael Hastings. She returned to Broadway in a revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (1996) for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. That same year she had a brief role as Player Queen in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet (1996). Harris and her daughter Jennifer Ehle, played the young and elderly incarnations, respectively, of the same character in István Szabó's 1999 film Sunshine, about a Hungarian-Jewish family. They previously played the young and old Calypso in the Channel 4 production of The Camomile Lawn (1992). In 1999 she starred in the Hugh Hudson directed film My Life So Far based on the Denis Forman book of the same name. Harris acted with Colin Firth, Irène Jacob, Malcolm McDowell, and Kelly Macdonald.

2000–present

Harris had a recurring role as Aunt May Parker in the first film adaptation of Spider-Man, reprising the role in the sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). These films were critically acclaimed and were commercially successful. Directed by Sam Raimi, the films also starred Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, J. K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina. Her film roles during this period included the supernatural horror film The Gift (2000) starring Cate Blanchett, the romantic comedy Blow Dry (2001) with Alan Rickman and Natasha Richardson, and the comedy-drama Being Julia starring Annette Bening. Harris appeared in the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway staged reading of Wit & Wisdom. In 2007, she received the North Carolina Award for fine arts. Her husband, John Ehle, won the same award in 1972 for literature. Also in 2007 she acted in Sidney Lumet's crime thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead for which she received the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast along with the cast.

Harris took limited film roles in the drama Is Anybody There? with Michael Caine, the romantic comedy This Means War starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, and Tom Hardy, and the musical drama The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015) with Matthew Macfadyen. She had a guest starring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010). On 11 September 2018, a week before her 91st birthday, Harris took over the role of Mrs Higgins in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady from Diana Rigg. She recently acted in the HBO limited series The Undoing (2020) as a guest actress and had a recurring role in the HBO Max comedy series Search Party (2022).

Personal life

Ehle and Harris settled in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where their daughter, Jennifer Ehle, was born in 1969. Jennifer followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming a noted film, television and Broadway actress. Harris' archive is part of the performing arts collections at the Harry Ransom Center, which include her scripts, photographs, posters, correspondence, playbills, and other ephemera.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	Beau Brummell	Mrs. Fitzherbert	film debut
1957	The Shiralee	Lily Parker
1963	Uncle Vanya	Yelena
1968	A Flea in Her Ear	Gabrielle Chandebisse
1978	The Boys from Brazil	Mrs. Doring
1983	The Ploughman's Lunch	Ann Barrington
1988	Crossing Delancey	Pauline Swift
1989	The Delinquents	Isobel
1992	The Bridge	Aunt Jude
1994	Tom & Viv	Rose Haigh-Wood
1996	Hamlet	Player Queen
1999	My Life So Far	Gamma
1999	Sunshine	Valerie Sors
2000	The Gift	Annie's Granny
2001	Blow Dry	Daisy
2002	Spider-Man	Aunt May Parker
2004	Spider-Man 2	Aunt May Parker
2004	Being Julia	Julia's mother
2007	Spider-Man 3	Aunt May Parker
2007	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Nanette
2008	Is Anybody There?	Elsie
2008	The Monday Before Thanksgiving	Lillian Cotlo	Short film
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	VALIS (voice role)
2012	This Means War	Nana Foster
2015	The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music	Older Agathe von Trapp

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	A Cradle of Wlllow	Tansy Clampett	Television debut Television film
1952	Studio One in Hollywood	Herself	Episode: "The Great Lady"
1955	Othello	Desdemona	Television film
1957	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Louise Rogers / Countess Helen Sorrington-Mattoni	Season 2 Episodes 26,27: "I Killed the Count Parts 2 & 3"
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Dorothy Whitely	Season 3 Episode 1: "The Glass Eye"
	Twelfth Night	Viola	Television film
1958	Suspicion	Sybil Merton	Episode: "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"
	Omnibus	Cordelia	Episode: "Moment of Truth"
	Dial M for Murder	Margot Wendice	Television film
	Folio	Dynamene	Episode: "A Phoenix Too Frequent"
	DuPont Show of the Month	Cathy Linton	Episode: Wuthering Heights
1959	Encounter	Norah Marsh	Episode: "The Land of Promise"
1964	Profiles in Courage	Mary S. McDowell	Episode: "Mary S. McDowell"
1966	Blithe Spirit	Elvira Condomine	Television film
1967	Uncle Vanya	Jelena Andrejewna	Television film
1974	Notorious Woman	George Sand	Television miniseries; 7 episodes
1977	The Royal Family	Julie Cavendish	Television film
1978	Holocaust	Berta Palitz Weiss	Television miniseries; 4 episodes
1979–1980	The Chisholms	Minerva Chisholm	Television miniseries; 13 episodes
1983	To the Lighthouse	Mrs. Ramsay	Television film
1992	The Camomile Lawn	Calypso (older)	Television miniseries; 2 episodes
1994	Under the Hammer	Hester Bovington	Episode: "The Spectre at the Feast"
1994	Summer Day's Dream	Margaret Dawlish	One-off production in the BBC's Performance series
1996	The Little Riders	Grandma Roden	Television film
1996	Death of a Salesman	Linda	Television film
2004	Belonging	May	Television film
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Francine Brooks	Episode: "Wet"
2014	The Money	Ellen Knox	Television film
2020	The Undoing	Janet Fraser	Episode: "Trial by Fury"
2022	Search Party	Beatrice	2 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1952	The Climate of Eden	Mabel	Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
1953–54	The Seven Year Itch	The Girl	Aldwych Theatre, London
1954	The Crucible	Elizabeth Proctor	Bristol Old Vic, London
1956	Troilus and Cressida	Cressida	Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway
1957	The Glass Eye	Dorothy Witley	ANTA Playhouse, New York
1958	Interlock	Hilde	ANTA Playhouse, New York
1958	The Disenchanted	Jere Halliday	Coronet Theatre, Broadway
1960	The Tumbler	Lennie	Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
1963	Uncle Vanya	Ilyena	Chichester Festival Theatre, London
1963	Hamlet	Ophelia	Old Vic Theatre, London
1965	Judith	Judith	Phoenix Theatre, Off-Broadway
	Man and Superman	Violet Robinson
	War and Peace	Natasha Rostova
	Herakles	Megara	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
1966	The Lion in Winter	Eleanor	Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
1966–67	The School for Scandal	Lady Teazle	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
1966	Right You Are If You Think You Are	Signora Ponza
1966	We, Comrades Three	Young Woman
1967	The Wild Duck	Gina
	You Can't Take it With You	Alice Sycamore
	War and Peace	Natasha Rostova
1971–72	Old Times	Anna	Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway
1973	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
1973	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway
1975–76	The Royal Family	Julie Cavendish	Brooklyn Academy of Music Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
1977	The New York Idea	Vida Phillimore	Brooklyn Academy of Music
1977	The Three Sisters	Olga	Brooklyn Academy of Music
1983	Heartbreak House	Hesione Hushabye	Circle in the Square Theatre, Off-Broadway
1983	Heartbreak House	Hesione Hushabye	Theatre Royal, London
1985	Pack of Lies	Barbara Jackson	Royale Theatre, Broadway
1985–86	Hay Fever	Judith Bliss	Music Box Theatre, Broadway
1991–93	Lost in Yonkers	Grandma Kurnitz	Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway Royal Strand Theatre, London
1994–95	An Inspector Calls	Sybil Birling	Royale Theatre, Broadway
1996	A Delicate Balance	Agnes	Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1999	Waiting in the Wings	May Davenport	Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
2002	All Over	The Wife	Gramercy Theatre, New York City
2005	The Other Side	Levana Julak	Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway
2007	Oscar and the Lady in Pink	Performer	Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
2008	Oscar and the Lady in Pink	Performer	Florence Gould Hall, New York City
2009	The Royal Family	Fanny Cavendish	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway
2012	The Road to Mecca	Miss Helen	American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
2014	Indian Ink	Eleanor Swan	Laura Pels Theatre, Off-Broadway
2018−19	My Fair Lady	Mrs. Higgins	Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Dark Side of the Moon	Miner Woman (voice role)	PC version for Windows 95/98

Awards and nominations

Film and television

Year	Association	Category	Title	Results
1976	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	Notorious Woman	Won
1976	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama	Notorious Woman	Nominated
1978	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	Holocaust	Nominated
1978	Golden Globe Award	Best actress in a Television Series - Drama	Holocaust	Won
1984	BAFTA Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Ploughman's Lunch	Nominated
1994	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Tom & Viv	Nominated
1994	National Board of Review	Best Supporting Actress	Tom & Viv	Won
2007	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Acting Ensemble	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Nominated
2007	Gotham Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Won

Theatre accolades

Year	Association	Category	Title	Results
1966	Tony Awards	Best Actress in a Play	The Lion in Winter	Won
1972			Old Times	Nominated
1976			The Royal Family	Nominated
1984			Heartbreak House	Nominated
1985			Pack of Lies	Nominated
1986			Hay Fever	Nominated
1996			A Delicate Balance	Nominated
2000			Waiting in the Wings	Nominated
2010		Best Featured Actress in a Play	The Royal Family	Nominated
2019		Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre		Won
1972	Drama Desk Award	Best Performance	Old Times	Won
1973			A Streetcar Named Desire	Won
1973			The Merchant of Venice	Won
1976		Actress in a Play	The Royal Family	Won
1984			Heartbreak House	Nominated
1985			Pack of Lies	Won
1996			A Delicate Balance	Nominated
1981	Laurence Olivier Award	Actress in a Revival	All My Sons	Nominated
1983		Actress in a Revival	Heartbreak House	Nominated
1993		Supporting Actress	Lost in Yonkers	Nominated
1962	Obie Award	Distinguished Performance by an Actress	The Tavern, The School for Scandal, The Seagull	Won
1965			Judith, Man and Superman, War and Peace	Won
2003			All Over	Nominated

References

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"anti-aircraft corps | august | smyth pigott | 1919 | 1083 | Flight Archive". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
"Rosemary Harris". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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Hollywood made in Romania (partea a II-a). eroiiromanieichic.ro (8 December). Retrieved on 13 January 2013.
"Interview with Actor Rosemary Harris". Broadway World. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ Rosenfeld, Megan (30 March 1986). "Rosemary Harris, Blissfully". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Welsh, Anne Marie (29 September 2007). "Six decades on, Rosemary Harris's career is still in the 'Pink'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Hischak, Thomas S. (2001). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969–2000. Oxford University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-19-512347-0.
Gussow, Mel (27 May 1996). "For Rosemary Harris, A Delicate Balance Of Her Art and Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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Bordman, Gerald; Hischak, Thomas S. (2004). The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. Oxford University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-19-516986-7.
Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8108-9307-8.
"National Theatre actress: 'I wasn't a bit nervous'". BBC Online. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
Ellis, Samantha (12 March 2003). "Hamlet, National Theatre, October 1963". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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Reich, Ronni (25 February 2014). "Rosemary Harris returns to the New York stage". NJ.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Sandomir, Richard (12 April 2018). "John Ehle, Who Rooted His Novels in Appalachia, Is Dead at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Glass, Ira; Secret, Mosi (8 September 2017). "Essay B". This American Life. WBEZ. Retrieved 24 January 2021. A transcript is also available.
"A Flea in Her Ear". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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Canby, Vincent (19 October 1984). "MOVIES: 'THE PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH,' AN EXERCISE IN DUPLICITY". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Kehr, Dave (16 June 2000). "AT THE MOVIES; A Resemblance? It's Only Natural". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
Salfino, Michael (28 June 2017). "Hold On, You're Spider-Man's Aunt May?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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External links

Rosemary Harris at IMDb
Rosemary Harris at the Internet Broadway Database
Rosemary Harris at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Presenting Rosemary Harris website: articles and images
Rosemary Harris – Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org

Awards for Rosemary Harris

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

1975–2000

Ellen Burstyn (1975)
Rosemary Harris (1976)
Irene Worth (1977)
Jessica Tandy (1978)
Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979)
Pat Carroll (1980)
Joan Copeland (1981)
Zoe Caldwell (1982)
Jessica Tandy (1983)
Joan Allen (1984)
Rosemary Harris (1985)
Lily Tomlin (1986)
Linda Lavin (1987)
Stockard Channing (1988)
Pauline Collins (1989)
Geraldine James (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl (1991)
Laura Esterman (1992)
Jane Alexander (1993)
Myra Carter (1994)
Cherry Jones (1995)
Zoe Caldwell (1996)
Janet McTeer (1997)
Cherry Jones (1998)
Kathleen Chalfant (1999)
Eileen Heckart (2000)

2001–2022

Mary-Louise Parker (2001)
Lindsay Duncan (2002)
Vanessa Redgrave (2003)
Viola Davis / Phylicia Rashad (2004)
Cherry Jones (2005)
Lois Smith (2006)
Eve Best (2007)
Deanna Dunagan (2008)
Janet McTeer (2009)
Jan Maxwell (2010)
Frances McDormand (2011)
Tracie Bennett (2012)
Cicely Tyson (2013)
Audra McDonald (2014)
Helen Mirren (2015)
Jessica Lange (2016)
Laura Linney (2017)
Glenda Jackson (2018)
Elaine May (2019)
Liza Colón-Zayas (2020)
No Award (2021)
Phylicia Rashad (2022)

Drama League Distinguished Performance Award

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
1952–1975	Helen Hayes (1952) Judith Anderson (1954) Mary Martin (1955) Claire Trevor (1956) Polly Bergen (1957) Julie Harris (1959) Ingrid Bergman (1960) Judith Anderson (1961) Julie Harris (1962) Kim Stanley (1963) Shelley Winters (1964) Lynn Fontanne (1965) Simone Signoret (1966) Geraldine Page (1967) Maureen Stapleton (1968) Geraldine Page (1969) Patty Duke (1970) Lee Grant (1971) Glenda Jackson (1972) Susan Hampshire / Cloris Leachman (1973) Mildred Natwick / Cicely Tyson (1974) Katharine Hepburn / Jessica Walter (1975)
1976–2000	Susan Clark / Rosemary Harris (1976) Patty Duke / Sally Field (1977) Meryl Streep / Joanne Woodward (1978) Bette Davis (1979) Patty Duke (1980) Vanessa Redgrave (1981) Ingrid Bergman (1982) Barbara Stanwyck (1983) Jane Fonda (1984) Joanne Woodward (1985) Marlo Thomas (1986) Gena Rowlands (1987) Jessica Tandy (1988) Holly Hunter (1989) Barbara Hershey (1990) Lynn Whitfield (1991) Gena Rowlands (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Kirstie Alley (1994) Glenn Close (1995) Helen Mirren (1996) Alfre Woodard (1997) Ellen Barkin (1998) Helen Mirren (1999) Halle Berry (2000)
2001–present	Judy Davis (2001) Laura Linney (2002) Maggie Smith (2003) Meryl Streep (2004) S. Epatha Merkerson (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Helen Mirren (2007) Laura Linney (2008) Jessica Lange (2009) Claire Danes (2010) Kate Winslet (2011) Julianne Moore (2012) Laura Linney (2013) Jessica Lange (2014) Frances McDormand (2015) Sarah Paulson (2016) Nicole Kidman (2017) Regina King (2018) Michelle Williams (2019) Regina King (2020) Kate Winslet (2021) Amanda Seyfried (2022) Ali Wong (2023) Jodie Foster (2024)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
1969–1979	Linda Cristal (1969) Peggy Lipton (1970) Patricia Neal (1971) Gail Fisher (1972) Lee Remick (1973) Angie Dickinson (1974) Lee Remick (1975) Susan Blakely (1976) Lesley Ann Warren (1977) Rosemary Harris (1978) Natalie Wood (1979)
1980–1999	Yoko Shimada (1980) Linda Evans / Barbara Bel Geddes (1981) Joan Collins (1982) Jane Wyman (1983) Angela Lansbury (1984) Sharon Gless (1985) Angela Lansbury (1986) Susan Dey (1987) Jill Eikenberry (1988) Angela Lansbury (1989) Sharon Gless / Patricia Wettig (1990) Angela Lansbury (1991) Regina Taylor (1992) Kathy Baker (1993) Claire Danes (1994) Jane Seymour (1995) Gillian Anderson (1996) Christine Lahti (1997) Keri Russell (1998) Edie Falco (1999)
2000–2019	Sela Ward (2000) Jennifer Garner (2001) Edie Falco (2002) Frances Conroy (2003) Mariska Hargitay (2004) Geena Davis (2005) Kyra Sedgwick (2006) Glenn Close (2007) Anna Paquin (2008) Julianna Margulies (2009) Katey Sagal (2010) Claire Danes (2011) Claire Danes (2012) Robin Wright (2013) Ruth Wilson (2014) Taraji P. Henson (2015) Claire Foy (2016) Elisabeth Moss (2017) Sandra Oh (2018) Olivia Colman (2019)
2020–present	Emma Corrin (2020) Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (2021) Zendaya (2022) Sarah Snook (2023)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
1954–1975	Nina Foch (1954) Marjorie Rambeau (1955) Debbie Reynolds (1956) Sybil Thorndike (1957) Kay Walsh (1958) Edith Evans (1959) Shirley Jones (1960) Ruby Dee (1961) Angela Lansbury (1962) Margaret Rutherford (1963) Edith Evans (1964) Joan Blondell (1965) Vivien Merchant (1966) Marjorie Rhodes (1967) Virginia Maskell (1968) Pamela Franklin (1969) Karen Black (1970) Cloris Leachman (1971) Marisa Berenson (1972) Sylvia Sidney (1973) Valerie Perrine (1974) Ronee Blakley (1975)
1976–2000	Talia Shire (1976) Diane Keaton (1977) Angela Lansbury (1978) Meryl Streep (1979) Eva Le Gallienne (1980) Mona Washbourne (1981) Glenn Close (1982) Linda Hunt (1983) Sabine Azéma (1984) Anjelica Huston (1985) Dianne Wiest (1986) Olympia Dukakis (1987) Frances McDormand (1988) Mary Stuart Masterson (1989) Winona Ryder (1990) Kate Nelligan (1991) Judy Davis (1992) Winona Ryder (1993) Rosemary Harris (1994) Mira Sorvino (1995) Juliette Binoche / Kristin Scott Thomas (1996) Anne Heche (1997) Christina Ricci (1998) Julianne Moore (1999) Lupe Ontiveros (2000)
2001–present	Cate Blanchett (2001) Kathy Bates (2002) Patricia Clarkson (2003) Laura Linney (2004) Gong Li (2005) Catherine O'Hara (2006) Amy Ryan (2007) Penélope Cruz (2008) Anna Kendrick (2009) Jacki Weaver (2010) Shailene Woodley (2011) Ann Dowd (2012) Octavia Spencer (2013) Jessica Chastain (2014) Jennifer Jason Leigh (2015) Naomie Harris (2016) Laurie Metcalf (2017) Regina King (2018) Kathy Bates (2019) Youn Yuh-jung (2020) Aunjanue Ellis (2021) Janelle Monáe (2022) Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023) Elle Fanning (2024)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Drama (1996–2005)	Courtney Love (1996) Julianne Moore (1997) Kimberly Elise (1998) Chloë Sevigny (1999) Jennifer Ehle / Rosemary Harris (2000) Jennifer Connelly (2001) Edie Falco (2002) Maria Bello (2003) Gena Rowlands (2004) Laura Linney (2005)
Musical or Comedy (1996–2005)	Debbie Reynolds (1996) Joan Cusack (1997) Joan Allen (1998) Catherine Keener (1999) Kate Hudson (2000) Maggie Smith (2001) Tovah Feldshuh (2002) Patricia Clarkson (2003) Regina King (2004) Rosario Dawson (2005)
Motion Picture (2006–present)	Jennifer Hudson (2006) Amy Ryan (2007) Rosemarie DeWitt (2008) Mo'Nique (2009) Jacki Weaver (2010) Jessica Chastain (2011) Anne Hathaway (2012) June Squibb (2013) Patricia Arquette (2014) Alicia Vikander (2015) Naomie Harris (2016) Lois Smith (2017) Regina King (2018) Jennifer Lopez (2019) Amanda Seyfried (2020) Kirsten Dunst (2021) Claire Foy (2022) Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023)

v t e Special Tony Award
1947–1975	Dora Chamberlain / Ira and Rita Katzenberg / Jules Leventhal / Burns Mantle / P. A. MacDonald / Vincent Sardi Sr. (1947) Vera Allen / Paul Beisman / Joe E. Brown / Cast of The Importance of Being Earnest / Robert W. Dowling / Experimental Theatre Inc. / Rosalind Gilder / June Lockhart / Mary Martin / George Pierce / James Whitmore (1948) No award (1949) Maurice Evans / Philip Faversham / Brock Pemberton (1950) Ruth Green (1951) Charles Boyer / Judy Garland / Edward Kook (1952) Danny Kaye / Beatrice Lillie (1953) No award (1954) Proscenium Productions (1955) Fourth Street Chekov Theatre / City Center / The New York Public Library Theatre Collection / The Shakespearewrights / The Threepenny Opera (1956) American Shakespeare Festival / Jean-Louis Barrault / Robert Russell Bennett / William Hammerstein / Joseph Harbuck / Paul Shyre (1957) Mrs. Martin Beck / New York Shakespeare Festival (1958) Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay / John Gielgud / Cast of La Plume de Ma Tante (1959) Burgess Meredith and James Thurber / John D. Rockefeller III (1960) David Merrick / The Theatre Guild (1961) Brooks Atkinson / Richard Rodgers / Franco Zeffirelli (1962) Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore / Irving Berlin / W. McNeil Lowry (1963) Eva Le Gallienne (1964) Gilbert Miller / Oliver Smith (1965) Helen Menken (1966) No award (1967) APA-Phoenix Theatre / Pearl Bailey / Carol Channing / Maurice Chevalier / Marlene Dietrich / Audrey Hepburn / David Merrick (1968) Leonard Bernstein / Carol Burnett / Rex Harrison / The National Theatre Company of Great Britain / The Negro Ensemble Company (1969) Noël Coward / Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt / New York Shakespeare Festival / Barbra Streisand (1970) Ingram Ash / Elliot Norton / Playbill / Roger L. Stevens (1971) Fiddler on the Roof / Ethel Merman / Richard Rodgers / The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society (1972) The Actors Fund of America / John Lindsay / Shubert Organization (1973) Actors' Equity Association / A Moon for the Misbegotten / Candide / Peter Cook and Dudley Moore / Harold Friedlander / Bette Midler / Liza Minnelli / Theatre Development Fund / John F. Wharton (1974) Al Hirschfeld (1975)
1976–2000	George Abbott / Richard Burton / Circle in the Square Theatre / Thomas H. Fitzgerald / Mathilde Pincus (1976) Cheryl Crawford / Equity Liberty Theatre / Barry Manilow / National Theatre of the Deaf / Diana Ross / Lily Tomlin (1977) Irving Berlin / Stan Dragoti and Charles Moss (1978) Walter F. Diehl / Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center / Henry Fonda / Richard Rodgers (1979) Richard Fitzgerald / Helen Hayes / Mary Tyler Moore / Hobe Morrison (1980) Lena Horne (1981) Radio City Music Hall / The Actors Fund of America / Warner Communications (1982) No award (1983) A Chorus Line / Peter Feller / La Tragedie de Carmen (1984) Yul Brynner / New York State Council on the Arts (1985) No award (1986) George Abbott / Jackie Mason (1987) Brooklyn Academy of Music (1988) No award (1989) No award (1990–1992) Oklahoma! (1993) Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy (1994) Carol Channing / National Endowment for the Arts / Harvey Sabinson (1995) No award (1996) Bernard B. Jacobs (1997) Edward E. Colton / Ben Edwards (1998) Uta Hagen / Arthur Miller / Isabelle Stevenson (1999) Dame Edna: The Royal Tour / T. Edward Hambleton (2000)
2001–present	Paul Gemignani (2001) Julie Harris / Robert Whitehead (2002) Cy Feuer / Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2003) James M. Nederlander (2004) Edward Albee (2005) Sarah Jones / Harold Prince (2006) No award (2007) Robert Russell Bennett / Stephen Sondheim (2008) Jerry Herman (2009) Alan Ayckbourn / Marian Seldes (2010) Athol Fugard / Philip J. Smith (2011) Actors' Equity Association / Hugh Jackman (2012) Bernard Gersten / Ming Cho Lee / Paul Libin (2013) Jane Greenwood (2014) John Cameron Mitchell / Tommy Tune (2015) Sheldon Harnick / Marshall W. Mason / National Endowment for the Arts / Miles Wilkin (2016) James Earl Jones (2017) John Leguizamo / Andrew Lloyd Webber / Chita Rivera / Bruce Springsteen (2018) Rosemary Harris / Marin Mazzie / Terrence McNally / Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company / Jason Michael Webb / Harold Wheeler (2019) The Broadway Advocacy Coalition / David Byrne's American Utopia / Freestyle Love Supreme / Graciela Daniele (2020/21) Angela Lansbury / James C. Nicola (2022) Joel Grey / John Kander (2023) Alex Edelman / Abe Jacob / Nikiya Mathis / Jack O'Brien / George C. Wolfe (2024)

v t e Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play
1947–1975	Ingrid Bergman / Helen Hayes (1947) Judith Anderson / Katharine Cornell / Jessica Tandy (1948) Martita Hunt (1949) Shirley Booth (1950) Uta Hagen (1951) Julie Harris (1952) Shirley Booth (1953) Audrey Hepburn (1954) Nancy Kelly (1955) Julie Harris (1956) Margaret Leighton (1957) Helen Hayes (1958) Gertrude Berg (1959) Anne Bancroft (1960) Joan Plowright (1961) Margaret Leighton (1962) Uta Hagen (1963) Sandy Dennis (1964) Irene Worth (1965) Rosemary Harris (1966) Beryl Reid (1967) Zoe Caldwell (1968) Julie Harris (1969) Tammy Grimes (1970) Maureen Stapleton (1971) Sada Thompson (1972) Julie Harris (1973) Colleen Dewhurst (1974) Ellen Burstyn (1975)
1976–2000	Irene Worth (1976) Julie Harris (1977) Jessica Tandy (1978) Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979) Phyllis Frelich (1980) Jane Lapotaire (1981) Zoe Caldwell (1982) Jessica Tandy (1983) Glenn Close (1984) Stockard Channing (1985) Lily Tomlin (1986) Linda Lavin (1987) Joan Allen (1988) Pauline Collins (1989) Maggie Smith (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Glenn Close (1992) Madeline Kahn (1993) Diana Rigg (1994) Cherry Jones (1995) Zoe Caldwell (1996) Janet McTeer (1997) Marie Mullen (1998) Judi Dench (1999) Jennifer Ehle (2000)
2001–present	Mary-Louise Parker (2001) Lindsay Duncan (2002) Vanessa Redgrave (2003) Phylicia Rashad (2004) Cherry Jones (2005) Cynthia Nixon (2006) Julie White (2007) Deanna Dunagan (2008) Marcia Gay Harden (2009) Viola Davis (2010) Frances McDormand (2011) Nina Arianda (2012) Cicely Tyson (2013) Audra McDonald (2014) Helen Mirren (2015) Jessica Lange (2016) Laurie Metcalf (2017) Glenda Jackson (2018) Elaine May (2019) Mary-Louise Parker (2020/21) Deirdre O'Connell (2022) Jodie Comer (2023) Sarah Paulson (2024)

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