Angela Lansbury To Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
This week, Playbill announced that five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Tony Award during this year’s ceremony on June 12, 2022.
Lansbury has previously received Tony Awards for her performances in Mame (1966), Dear World (1969), Gypsy (1975), Sweeney Todd (1979.) and Blithe Spirit (2009.) She was also nominated for her work on Deuce and A Little Night Music (2009)
As Playbill points out, Lansbury held the record of the most Tony-winning actor in history until Audra McDonald surpassed her back in 2014. “Angela Lansbury’s contributions to the stage are insurmountable,” said Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League, and Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, in a joint statement.
Disney fans will know Lansbury from her roll as Miss Eglantine Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks as well as Mrs. Potts in the Beauty and the Beast. She also played The Balloon Lady in Mary Poppins Returns.
The 2022 Tony Awards will be broadcast on LIVE CBS and Paramount+ on June 12 from 7PM ET. The event will be hosted by Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose.
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Source: Playbill.com