Fredric March
won the first Tony Award for Best Actor in a play
(tied with José Ferrer) for Years Ago (pictured) on April 6, 1947.
He had won the Oscar for Best Actor on March 13, 1947
for The Best Years of Our Lives.

Five actresses have won a Tony and an Oscar in the same year.

  • Shirley Booth won a Tony for The Time of the Cuckoo and an Oscar for Come Back, Little Sheba (1953).
  • Audrey Hepburn won a Tony for Ondine and an Oscar for Roman Holiday (1954).
  • Ellen Burstyn won a Tony for Same Time, Next Year and an Oscar for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1975).
  • Mercedes Ruehl won a Tony for Lost in Yonkers and an Oscar for The Fisher King (1991).
  • Judi Dench won a Tony for Amy’s View and an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1999).

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