1965 Tony Awards
Winners and nominees from the Tony Awards.
1965 Tony Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Choreography | Peter Gennaro | Bajour |
| Best Choreography | Jerome Robbins | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Choreography | Donald McKayle | Golden Boy |
| Best Choreography | Onna White | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Costume Design | Motley | Baker Street |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Zipprodt | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood | Tartuffe |
| Best Costume Design | Freddy Wittop | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Jerome Robbins | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Gene Saks | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Joan Littlewood | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Best Direction of a Musical | Anthony Newley | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols | Luv |
| Best Direction of a Play | William Ball | Tartuffe |
| Best Direction of a Play | Mike Nichols | The Odd Couple |
| Best Direction of a Play | Ulu Grosbard | The Subject Was Roses |
| Best Direction of a Play | Alan Schneider | Tiny Alice |
| Best Musical | Jerome Coopersmith | Baker Street |
| Best Musical | Sidney Michaels | Ben Franklin in Paris |
| Best Musical | Joseph Stein, Fiddler on the Roof | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Musical | Golden Boy | Golden Boy |
| Best Musical | Beverley Cross, Half a Sixpence | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Musical | Oh! What a Lovely War | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Richard Rodgers | Do I Hear a Waltz? |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | David Heneker | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Murray Hamilton | Absence of a Cello |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Clarence Williams, III | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Jack Albertson | The Subject was Roses |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Martin Sheen | The Subject Was Roses |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jack Cassidy | Fade Out - Fade In |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Zero Mostel | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sammy Davis | Golden Boy |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Jerry Orbach | Guys and Dolls |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Tommy Steele, James Grout | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Victor Spinetti | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Cyril Ritchard | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Jason Robards | Hughie |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Donald Pleasence | Poor Bitos |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Walter Matthau | The Odd Couple |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | John Gielgud | Tiny Alice |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Maria Karnilova | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Carrie Nye | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Luba Lisa | I Had a Ball |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Barbara Windsor | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Alexandra Berlin | All in Good Time |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Carolan Daniels | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Alice Ghostley | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Rae Allen | Traveller Without Luggage |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nancy Dussault | Bajour |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Inga Swenson | Baker Street |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Elizabeth Allen | Do I Hear a Waltz? |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Liza Minnelli | Flora, the Red Menace |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Marjorie Rhodes | All in Good Time |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Beah Richards | The Amen Corner |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Diana Sands | The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Irene Worth | Tiny Alice |
| Best Play | Murray Schisgal, Murray Schisgal | Luv |
| Best Play | Neil Simon | The Odd Couple |
| Best Play | Neil Simon | The Odd Couple |
| Best Play | Frank Gilroy | The Subject Was Roses |
| Best Play | Frank Gilroy | The Subject Was Roses |
| Best Play | Edward Albee, Edward Albee | Tiny Alice |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Baker Street |
| Best Scenic Design | Beni Montresor | Do I Hear a Waltz? |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Scenic Design | Boris Aronson | Incident at Vichy |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | Luv |
| Best Scenic Design | Oliver Smith | The Odd Couple |
| Best Scenic Design | Sean Kenny | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Claire Nichtern | Luv |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Hume Cronyn, Allen Hogdon Inc., Stevens Productions Inc., Bonfils-Seawell Enterprises | Slow Dance on the Killing Ground |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Robert Whitehead | Tartuffe |
| Producer (Dramatic) | Theatre 1965, Clinton Wilder, Richard Barr | Tiny Alice |
| Producer (Musical) | Harold Prince | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Producer (Musical) | Hillard Elkins | Golden Boy |
| Producer (Musical) | Allen-Hodgdon, Stevens Productions, Harold Fielding | Half a Sixpence |
| Producer (Musical) | David Merrick | The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd |
| Special Tony Award | Gilbert Miller, Oliver Smith | |
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