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The 23 pages that link to Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, each with the reason it gives.

• Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayCompared with: It is the parallel leading-performance category for actresses in plays.

• Helen HayesRelated: Hayes won this award twice, for Happy Birthday and Time Remembered.

• Vivien LeighRelated: Leigh won for her Broadway portrayal of Blanche DuBois.

• Anne BancroftRelated: Bancroft won this award for The Miracle Worker and later earned four more acting Tonys.

• Maggie Smith (actress)Related: Smith won for Lettice and Lovage, extending her acclaim to American theatre.

• Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a PlayCompared with: It distinguishes leading performances from the featured work honored here.

• Uta HagenRelated: Hagen received this award for her performance in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

• Jessica TandyRelated: Tandy won for The Gin Game, one of several major honors in her stage career.

• Lauren BacallRelated: Bacall won twice in this category, for Applause and Woman of the Year.

• Ethel BarrymoreRelated: The award was named in Barrymore’s honor after her death.

• Lynn FontanneRelated: Fontanne won the award in 1959 for her performance in The Visit.

• Edith EvansRelated: Evans won it for her 1970 Broadway performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

• Ellen BurstynRelated: Burstyn received it for Same Time, Next Year.

• Kathleen TurnerRelated: Turner won it in 1990 for playing Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

• Rosalind RussellRelated: Russell won the award for originating the title role in Auntie Mame.

• Wendy HillerRelated: Hiller won it for her role in the 1958 Broadway production of Separate Tables.

• Cherry JonesBroader topic: Jones won this award for The Heiress and Doubt: A Parable.

• Estelle ParsonsRelated: Her nomination for Morning’s at Seven recognized her later Broadway work.

• Geraldine PageRelated: Page won in 1959 for her performance in Sweet Bird of Youth.

• Marcia Gay HardenRelated: Harden won for her role in God of Carnage in 2009.

• Maureen StapletonRelated: Stapleton won for her performance in The Rose Tattoo.

• Mercedes RuehlRelated: Ruehl won for Lost in Yonkers, reflecting her standing as a stage performer.

• Shirley BoothRelated: Booth won the award for Come Back, Little Sheba and later for The Matchmaker.