Clarence Derwent Awards

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The Clarence Derwent Awards are Broadway theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association.

Clarence Derwent was a London-born actor, director and manager who was President of Actors' Equity 1946 – 1952. His will stipulated that two five-hundred-dollar prizes were to be given out annually to the best individual supporting performances on Broadway. However, he wanted to see the awards given out, and they were thus started in 1945. (Derwent died in 1959). ^[1]

1 Past winners
- 1.1 Most promising male
- 1.2 Most promising female
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Past winners

[edit] Most promising male

1945 : Frederick O'Neal – as Frank in Anna Lucasta.
1946 : Paul Douglas – as Herry Brock in Born Yesterday.
1947 : Tom Ewell – as Fred Taylor in John Loves Mary.
1948 : Lou Gilbert – as Charlie in Hope Is a Thing with Feathers.
1949 : Ray Walston – as Traveling Salesman in Summer and Smoke.
1950 : Douglas Watson – as Young Liberal in Wisteria Trees.
1951 : Frederic Warriner – as Soames in Getting Married.

and : Logan Ramsey – as Willie Pentridge in High Ground.

1952 : Iggie Wolfington – as Chef in Mrs. McThing.
1953 : David J. Stewart – as The Baron in Camino Real.
1954 : David Lewis – as Joe Wicks in King of Hearts.
1955 : Fritz Weaver – as Flaminero in The White Devil.
1956 : Gerald Hiken – as Telegen in Uncle Vanya.
1957 : Ellis Rabb – as Alceste in The Misanthrope.
1958 : George C. Scott – as Richard III in Richard III.
1959 : David Hurst – as Police Inspector in Look After Lulu.
1960 : William Daniels – as Peter in Zoo Story.
1961 : Eric Christmas – as Rector Olive in Little Moon of Alba.
1962 : Gene Wilder – as Dutch Hotel Valet in Complaisant Lover.
1963 : Gene Hackman – as Football Player in Children from their Games.
1964 : Richard McMurray – as Magazine Editor in A Case of Libel.
1965 : Jame Sanchez – as Jesus in Conerico Was Here to Stay.
1966 : Christopher Walken – as King Phillip of France in The Lion in Winter.

and : Tom Ahearne – as Mayor in Hogan's Goat (special citation).

1967 : Austin Pendleton – as Irwin Ingham in Hail Scrawdyke.

and : Philip Bosco – as Lincoln Center Rep in The Alchemist (special citation).

1968 : David Birney – as Troubled Youth in Summertree.
1969 : Ron O'Neal – as Gabe in No Place to be Somebody.
1970 : Jeremiah Sullivan – as Gravedigger in A Scent of Flowers.
1971 : James Woods – as Lenny in Saved.
1972 : Richard Backus – as Wesley in Promenade All.
1973 : Christopher Murney – as Sylvester in Tricks.
1974 : Thom Christopher – as Waiter in Noel Coward in 2 Keys.
1975 : Reyno – as Lou in The First Breeze of Summer.
1976 : Peter Evans – as Richie in Streamers.
1977 : Barry Preston – as The Eccentric Dance in Bubbling Brown Sugar.
1978 : Morgan Freeman – as Zeke in The Mighty Gents.
1979 : Richard Cox – as Dan Danger in Platinum.
1980 : Eric Peterson – as Billy Bishop in Billy Bishop Goes to War.
1981 : Bob Gunton – as 21 Characters in How I Got That Story.
1982 : Larry Riley – as Private J. Memphis in A Soldier's Play.
1983 : John Malkovich – as Lee in True West.
1984 : Peter Gallagher – as Billy in The Real Thing.
1985 : Bill Sadler – as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Biloxi Blues.
1986 : John Mahoney – as Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves.
1987 : Courtney B. Vance – as Cory Maxson in Fences.
1988 : B.D. Wong – as Song Lilong in M. Butterfly.
1989 : John Pankow – as Eamon in Aristocrats.
1990 : Michael Jeter – as Otto Kringelein in Grand Hotel.
1991 : Danny Gerard – as Arty in Lost in Yonkers.

and : James McDaniel – as Paul Portier in Six Degrees of Separation.

1992 : Patrick Fitzgerald – as Sean O'Casey in Grandchild of Kings.
1993 : Joe Mantello – as Louis Ironson in Angels in America.
1994 : Robert Stanton – as Various roles in All in the Timing.
1995 : Billy Crudup – as The Tutor in Arcadia.
1996 : Ruben Santiago Hudson – as Canewell in Seven Guitars.
1997 : Alan Tudyk – as Alan, Multiple roles in Bunny, Bunny.
1998 : Sam Trammell – as The Son in Ah, Wilderness!.
1999 : Robert Sella – as Clifford in Side Man.
2000 : Derek Smith – as The King in Green Bird and as Bastard in King John.
2001 : David Burtka – as Boy in The Play About the Baby.
2002 : Sam Robards – as Gustav Eberson in The Man Who Had All the Luck.
2003 : Denis O'Hare – as Mason Marzac in Take Me Out.
2004 : John Tartaglia – as Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q.
2005 : Christian Borle – as Historian, Not Dead Fred, French Guard, Minstrel and Prince Herbert in Monty Python's Spamalot.
2006 : Jason Ritter – as Woodson Bull III in Third.
2007 : Lin-Manuel Miranda – as Usnavi in In the Heights.
2008 : Michael Esper – as Skip in Crazy Mary.

[edit] Most promising female

1945 : Judy Holliday – as Alice in Kiss Them for Me.
1946 : Barbara Bel Geddes – as Genevra Langdon in Deep Are the Roots.
1947 : Margaret Philips – as Birdie Bagtry in Another Part of the Forest.
1948 : Catherine Ayers – as Susie in Moon of the Caribbean.
1949 : Leora Dana – as Irma in The Madwoman of Chaillot.
1950 : Gloria Lane – as Secretary in The Consul.
1951 : Phyllis Love – as Rose Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo.
1952 : Anne Meacham – as Ensign Jane Hilton in The Long Watch.
1953 : Jenny Egan – as Mary Warren in The Crucible.
1954 : Vilma Murer – as Hilda Kranzbeck in The Winner.
1955 : Vivian Nathan – as Charwoman in Anastasia.
1956 : Frances Sternhagen – as Shavian Heroine in The Admiral Bashville.
1957 : Joan Croydon – as Housekeeper in The Potting Shed.
1958 : Colin Wicox – as Ellen Wells in The Day the Money Stopped.
1959 : Lois Nettleton – as Sheila O'Conner in God & Kate Murphy.
1960 : Rochelle Oliver – as Lily Berniers in Toys in the Attic.
1961 : Rosemary Murphy – as Dorothea Bates in Period of Adjustment.
1962 : Rebecca Drake – as Helen Cobb in Who'll Save the Plowboy.
1963 : Jessica Walter – as Secretary in Photo Finish.
1964 : Joyse Ebert – as Andromache in The Trojan Women.
1965 : Elizabeth Hubbard – as Monica in The Physicist.
1966 : Jean Hepple – as Serving Girl in Sgt. Musgraves Dance.
1967 : Reva Rose – as Lucy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
1968 : Catherine Burns – as Monica in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
1969 : Marlene Warfield – as Discarded Mistress in The Great White Hope.
1970 : Pamela Paton-Wright – as Tillie in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
1971 : Katherine Helmond – as Bananas in The House of Blue Leaves.
1972 : Pamela Bellwood – as Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free.
1973 : Mari Gorman – as Jackie in Hot L Baltimore.
1974 : Ann Reinking – as Maggie in Over Here.
1975 : Marybeth Hurt – as Prue in Love For Love.
1976 : Nancy Snyder – as Joan of Arc in Knock, Knock.
1977 : Rose Gregorio – as Agnes in The Shadow box.
1978 : Margaret Hilton – as Eve in Molly.
1979 : Laurie Kennedy – as Violet in Man and Superman.
1980 : Dianne Wiest – as Elizabeth Barrow in On the Art of Dining.
1981 : Mia Dillon – as Babe Botrelle in Crimes of the Heart.
1982 : Joann Camp – as Skye Bullene in Geniuses.
1983 : Dana Ivey – as Monica Reed in Present Laughter and as Melanie Garth in Quartermaine's Terms.
1984 : Joan Allen – as Hellen Stott in And a Nightingale Sang.
1985 : Joanna Gleason – as Pam in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
1986 : Patti Cohenour – as Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
1987 : Annette Bening – as Holly Dancer in Coastal Disturbances.
1988 : Christine Estabrook – as Sheila in The Boys Next Door.
1989 : Mercedes Ruehl – as Kate Sullivan in Other People's Money.
1990 : Mary-Louise Parker – as Rita in Prelude to a Kiss.
1991 : Jane Adams – as Deirdre McDavey in I Hate Hamlet.
1992 : Tonya Pinkins – as Anita in Jelly's Last Jam.
1993 : Ann Dowd – as Miss Proserpine Garnett in Candida.
1994 : Jeanne Paulen – as Joleen Rowen in The Kentucky Cycle.
1995 : Calista Flockhart – as Laura in The Glass Menagerie.
1996 : Lisa Gay Hamilton – as Veronica in Valley Song.
1997 : Allison Janney – as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter.
1998 : Juliana Soelistyo – as Golden Child in Golden Child.
1999 : Kristin Chenoweth – as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
2000 : Sherie Rene Scott – as Amneris in Aida.
2001 : Spencer Kayden – as Little Sally in Urinetown.
2002 : Anne Hathaway – as Lili in Carnival!.
2003 : Kerry Butler – as Penny Pingleton in Hairspray.
2004 : Anika Noni Rose – as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change.
2005 : Ari Graynor – as Alison in Brooklyn Boy.
2006 : Felicia P. Fields – as Sofia in The Color Purple.
2007 : Leslie Kritzer – as Serena in Legally Blonde: The Musical.
2008 : Zoe Kazan – as Marie in Come Back, Little Sheba, Stella in Things We Want, and Abby in 100 Saints You Should Know.