Dorothy Loudon wins 1977 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

the nominees for the best performance by an actress in a musical are plumber Dale he sang a best to warm George Gershwin his heart as she and Porgy triumphed over catfish row Ernestine Jackson whose sister Sarah Brown made Saints out of sinners and proved that the guy was only doing it for some doll Dorothy Loudon who plays Miss Hannigan the head of the orphanage and is Denise deliciously mean and vicious and evil and survives the depression and little girls and Andrea McArdle who as Annie survives Miss Hannigan and almost everything the world throws at her and her dog sandy the winner is Dorothea Lange let's Cara I'm so glad I bought this dress oh look at matches I am so thrilled I don't know where to begin they said we could take our time I had a feeling if I ever got up here I could work this room I don't know where to begin I died I just really don't I want to begin I suppose with them the most wonderful company I know there are home meat and cheese and wine and watch and listened and they're the greatest company in the world and the crew and I want to thank Mike Nichols for hiring me I want to thank Martin Charnin for directing me and helping me to get where I got with Miss Hannigan I want to thank Tommy imean for writing Miss Hannigan and Peter Gennaro for letting me do all that stuff and oh my lord uh whoever either tell me scream out what I forgot uh Charles Strouse the marvelous core and of course Martin Charnin again just everyone I want to thank my friend who happens to be my agent Lionel larner and I'd my husband Norman who knew I could do it all along when I didn't know it and all you people talk about survival I mean

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Keywords: Dorothy Loudon, Tony Award, Annie, Miss Hannigan

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Length: 3min 39sec (219 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 13 2014