1965 Tony Awards results (19th) Winners & nominees

This page lists the winners from the 19th Tony Awards, held on June 13, 1965. The 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Best Musical

• Fiddler on the Roof

• Golden Boy
• Half a Sixpence
• Oh, What a Lovely War!

Best Play

• The Subject Was Roses

• Luv
• The Odd Couple
• Tiny Alice

Best Author (Dramatic)

• Neil Simon (The Odd Couple)

• Edward Albee (Tiny Alice)
• Frank Gilroy (The Subject Was Roses)
• Murray Schisgal (Luv)

Best Author of a Musical

• Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Jerome Coopersmith (Baker Street)
• Beverley Cross (Half a Sixpence)
• Sidney Michaels (Ben Franklin in Paris)

Best Original Score

• Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse (The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd)
• David Heneker (Half a Sixpence)
• Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim (Do I Hear a Waltz?)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Walter Matthau (The Odd Couple)

• John Gielgud (Tiny Alice)
• Donald Pleasence (Poor Bitos)
• Jason Robards (Hughie)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Irene Worth (Tiny Alice)

• Marjorie Rhodes (All in Good Time)
• Beah Richards (The Amen Corner)
• Diana Sands (The Owl and the Pussycat)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Zero Mostel (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Sammy Davis, Jr. (Golden Boy)
• Cyril Ritchard (The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd)
• Tommy Steele (Half a Sixpence)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Liza Minnelli (Flora the Red Menace)

• Elizabeth Allen (Do I Hear a Waltz?)
• Nancy Dussault (Bajour)
• Inga Swenson (Baker Street)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Jack Albertson (The Subject Was Roses)

• Murray Hamilton (Absence of a Cello)
• Martin Sheen (The Subject Was Roses)
• Clarence Williams III (Slow Dance on the Killing Ground)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Alice Ghostley (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window)

• Rae Allen (Traveller Without Luggage)
• Alexandra Berlin (All in Good Time)
• Carolan Daniels (Slow Dance on the Killing Ground)

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Victor Spinetti (Oh, What a Lovely War!)

• Jack Cassidy (Fade Out – Fade In)
• James Grout (Half a Sixpence)
• Jerry Orbach (Guys and Dolls)

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Maria Karnilova (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Luba Lisa (I Had a Ball)
• Carrie Nye (Half a Sixpence)
• Barbara Windsor (Oh, What a Lovely War!)

Best Scenic Design

• Oliver Smith (Baker Street, Luv, The Odd Couple)

• Boris Aronson (Fiddler on the Roof, Incident at Vichy)
• Sean Kenny (The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd)
• Beni Montresor (Do I Hear a Waltz?)

Best Costume Design

• Patricia Zipprodt (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Jane Greenwood (Tartuffe)
• Motley (Baker Street)
• Freddy Wittop (The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd)

Best Direction of a Play

• Mike Nichols (Luv, The Odd Couple)

• William Ball (Tartuffe)
• Ulu Grosbard (The Subject Was Roses)
• Alan Schneider (Tiny Alice)

Best Direction of a Musical

• Jerome Robbins (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Joan Littlewood (Oh, What a Lovely War!)
• Anthony Newley (The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd)
• Gene Saks (Half a Sixpence)

Best Choreography

• Jerome Robbins (Fiddler on the Roof)

• Peter Gennaro (Bajour)
• Donald McKayle (Golden Boy)
• Onna White (Half a Sixpence)

Special Tony Award

• Gilbert Miller
• Oliver Smith

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