Is Bryan Cranston the only actor to win lead Tony and Emmy in the same season?

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 12:21pm

The voiceover about McConaughey's potential double oscar/emmy win last night made me think of this.

Michael Moriarty won a lead Tony and a supporting Emmy in 1974. No other best lead actor in a play won an Emmy in the same season. But maybe one of the musical Tony best actors won a lead Emmy that year.

Updated On: 8/27/14 at 12:21 PM

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 8:29pm

Christopher Plummer won the Best Leading Actor Tony for "Barrymore" and Outstanding Leading Actor in a Limited Series Emmy for "The MoneyChangers" in 1977

[theatreguy]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 9:09pm

You got your dates mixed up. Plummer won his Tony for Barrymore in 1997 (and his first, for Cyrano, in 1974).

[OKBroadwayFan]

Posted: 8/27/14 at 12:08pm

Sorry about that,I misread the 1997 as 1977.

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 8/27/14 at 12:33pm

Not sure about actors, but in 1973 Fosse won Best Director at the Tonys (Pippin), Oscars (Cabaret) and Emmys (Liza with a Z).

[ggersten]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 9:22am

Ellen Burstyn won the Tony Award for Same Time Next Year in 1975 and the Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore at the 1975 awards (the film was released in late 1974). That's not Tony and Emmy, but still noteworthy.

Updated On: 8/28/14 at 09:22 AM

[followspot]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:47pm

Off topic (Oscar rather than Emmy), but as with Ellen Burstyn above:

Shirley Booth won the lead Tony in 1953 for TIME OF THE CUCKOO, and won the 1953 lead Oscar for the 1952 release COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (for which she'd won the lead Tony in 1950).

Audrey Hepburn won the lead Tony in 1954 for ONDINE, and won the 1954 lead Oscar for the 1953 release ROMAN HOLIDAY.

[followspot]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:56pm

Mary Martin won both the 1955 Tony Award for Lead Actress in a musical (PETER PAN) and the 1955 Emmy Award for "Best Single Performance" (for the first PETER PAN live broadcast).

But of course, henrik's question regards actors... and remains unanswered.

Updated On: 8/28/14 at 12:56 PM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 3:59pm

Thanks, Followspot; though I had intended the question to be about male actors, it could have easily been about both male and female actors.