1947 Tony Awards results (1st) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 1st Tony Awards, held on April 6, 1947.

Best play

• All My Sons

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac)

• Fredric March (Years Ago)

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Ingrid Bergman (Joan of Lorraine)

• Helen Hayes (Happy Birthday)

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• David Wayne (Finian’s Rainbow)

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Patricia Neal (Another Part of the Forest)

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• David Wayne (Finian’s Rainbow)

Best scenic design in a musical

• David Ffolkes (Henry VIII)

Best costume design in a play

• Lucinda Ballard (Happy Birthday, Another Part of the Forest, Street Scene, John Loves Mary, The Chocolate Soldier)

Best direction of a play

• Elia Kazan (All My Sons)

Best choreography

• Agnes de Mille (Brigadoon)

• Michael Kidd (Finian’s Rainbow)

Special Tony Award

• Dora Chamberlain
• Mr. and Mrs. Ira Katzenberg
• Jules Leventhal
• Burns Mantle
• P. A. MacDonald
• Vincent Sardi

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