1965 Tony Award Winners - Browse by Year

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Category	Nominee	Show
Actor (Musical)	Zero Mostel	Fiddler on the Roof
Actor (Musical)	Sammy Davis	Golden Boy
Actor (Musical)	Cyril Ritchard	The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd
Actor (Musical)	Tommy Steele	Half a Sixpence
Actor (Play)	Walter Matthau	The Odd Couple
Actor (Play)	John Gielgud	Tiny Alice
Actor (Play)	Donald Pleasence	Poor Bitos
Actor (Play)	Jason Robards	Hughie
Actress (Musical)	Liza Minnelli	Flora, the Red Menace
Actress (Musical)	Elizabeth Allan	Do I Hear a Waltz?
Actress (Musical)	Nancy Dussault	Bajour
Actress (Musical)	Inga Swenson	Baker Street
Actress (Play)	Irene Worth	Tiny Alice
Actress (Play)	Marjorie Rhodes	All in Good Time
Actress (Play)	Beah Richards	The Amen Corner
Actress (Play)	Diana Sands	The Owl and the Pussycat
Book (Musical)	Joseph Stein	Fiddler on the Roof Category originally named Best Author, instead of Best Book.
Book (Musical)	Jerome Coopersmith	Baker Street Category originally named Best Author, instead of Best Book.
Book (Musical)	Beverly Cross	Half a Sixpence Category originally named Best Author, instead of Best Book.
Book (Musical)	Sidney Michaels	Ben Franklin in Paris Category originally named Best Author, instead of Best Book.
Choreographer	Jerome Robbins	Fiddler on the Roof
Choreographer	Peter Gennaro	Bajour
Choreographer	Donald McKayle	Golden Boy
Choreographer	Onna White	Half a Sixpence
Costume Designer	Patricia Zipprodt	Fiddler on the Roof
Costume Designer	Jane Greenwood	Tartuffe
Costume Designer	Motley	Baker Street
Costume Designer	Freddy Wittop	The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd
Director (Musical)	Jerome Robbins	Fiddler on the Roof
Director (Musical)	Joan Littlewood	Oh, What a Lovely War
Director (Musical)	Anthony Newley	The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd
Director (Musical)	Gene Saks	Half a Sixpence
Director (Play)	Mike Nichols	Luv and The Odd Couple
Director (Play)	William Ball	Tartuffe
Director (Play)	Ulu Grosbard	The Subject was Roses
Director (Play)	Alan Schneider	Tiny Alice
Featured Actor (Musical)	Victor Spinetti	Oh, What a Lovely War
Featured Actor (Musical)	Jack Cassidy	Fade Out--Fade In
Featured Actor (Musical)	James Grout	Half a Sixpence
Featured Actor (Musical)	Jerry Orbach	Guys and Dolls
Featured Actor (Play)	Jack Albertson	The Subject was Roses
Featured Actor (Play)	Murray Hamilton	Absence of a Cello
Featured Actor (Play)	Martin Sheen	The Subject was Roses
Featured Actor (Play)	Clarence Williams, III	Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Featured Actress (Musical)	Maria Karnilova	Fiddler on the Roof
Featured Actress (Musical)	Luba Lisa	I Had a Ball
Featured Actress (Musical)	Carrie Nye	Half a Sixpence
Featured Actress (Musical)	Barbara Windsor	Oh, What a Lovely War
Featured Actress (Play)	Alice Ghostley	The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Featured Actress (Play)	Rae Allen	Traveller Without Luggage
Featured Actress (Play)	Alexandra Berlin	All in Good Time
Featured Actress (Play)	Carolan Daniels	Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Musical		Fiddler on the Roof Produced by Harold Prince
Musical		Golden Boy Produced by Hillard Elkins
Musical		Half a Sixpence Produced by Allen Hodgdon, Stevens Productions, and Harold Fielding
Musical		Oh, What a Lovely War Produced by David Merrick and Gerry Raffles
Play	Neil Simon	The Odd Couple
Play	Edward Albee	Tiny Alice
Play	Frank Gilroy	The Subject was Roses
Play	Murray Schisgal	Luv
Play		The Subject was Roses By Frank Gilroy. Produced by Edgar Lansbury.
Play		Luv By Murray Schisgal. Produced by Clair Nichtern.
Play		The Odd Couple By Neil Simon. Produced by Saint-Subber.
Play		Tiny Alice By Edward Albee. Produced by Theatre 1965, Richard Barr, and Clinton Wilder.
Producers (Dramatic)	Claire Nichtern	Luv
Producers (Dramatic)	Hume Cronyn, Allen Hogdon Inc., Stevens Productions Inc., and Bonfils-Seawell Enterprises	Slow Dance on the Killing Ground
Producers (Dramatic)	Theatre 1965, Richard Barr, and Clinton Wilder	Tiny Alice
Producers (Dramatic)	Robert Whitehead	Tartuffe
Producers (Musical)	Harold Prince	Fiddler on the Roof
Producers (Musical)	Allen-Hodgdon, Stevens Productions and Harold Fielding	Half a Sixpence
Producers (Musical)	Hillard Elkins	Golden Boy
Producers (Musical)	David Merrick	The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
Scenic Designer	Oliver Smith	Baker Street, Luv and The Odd Couple
Scenic Designer	Boris Aronson	Fiddler on the Roof and Incident at Vichy
Scenic Designer	Sean Kenny	The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
Scenic Designer	Beni Montresor	Do I Hear a Waltz?
Score	Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick	Fiddler on the Roof Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist'
Score	Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley	The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist'
Score	David Heneker	Half a Sixpence Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist'
Score	Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim	Do I Hear a Waltz? Category was previously named 'Composer and Lyricist'
Special Tony Awards	Gilbert Miller	For having produced 88 plays and musicals and for his perseverance which has helped to keep New York and theatre alive
Special Tony Awards	Oliver Smith