Awards & Winners

1985 Helen Hayes Award

Check winners and nominations of 1985 Helen Hayes Award. Check awards winners of The 1st Annual Helen Hayes Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

The 1st Annual Helen Hayes Awards

Helen Hayes Humanitarian Award
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Resident Production

Gary Pearle

Honored for : Cloud 9

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Pearle Cloud 9
Dorothy Neumann Top Girls
Elinor Renfield Passion Play
Elizabeth Swados The Beautiful Lady
Douglas C. Wager Man and Superman
Joy Zinoman My Sister in This House
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Marjorie Slaiman

Honored for : Man and Superman

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Carver Sullivan Much Ado About Nothing
Ann Hould-Ward King Lear
Jared Aswegan The Tempest
Laura Crow Cloud 9
Marjorie Slaiman Man and Superman
Marjorie Slaiman Happy End
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

Derek Jacobi

Honored for : Cyrano de Bergerac
(for the production at the Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mbongeni Ngema Woza Albert!
for the production at the Kreeger Theater
Derek Jacobi Cyrano de Bergerac
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Percy Mtwa Woza Albert!
for the production at the Kreeger Theater
Joe Sears Greater Tuna
James Whitmore Will Rogers, U.S.A.
Charlie Adler Torch Song Trilogy
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Diane Fratantoni

Honored for : Cats
(for the production at the National Theatre)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kaye Ballard Hey, Ma...Kaye Ballard
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Sinéad Cusack Cyrano de Bergerac
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Diane Fratantoni Cats
for the production at the National Theatre
Lenka Peterson Quilters
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Sally Struthers The Odd Couple
for the production at the National Theater
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production

Halo Wines

Honored for : Cloud 9

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Nominee Nominated Work
Halo Wines Cloud 9
Mikel Sarah Lambert Much Ado About Nothing
Sarah Marshall My Sister in This House
Mary Ellen Nester Top Girls
Karen Trott The Beautiful Lady
Marcia Gay Harden Crimes of the Heart
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production

Arena Stage

Honored for : Cloud 9

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arena Stage Cloud 9
Arena Stage Man and Superman
New Playwrights Theatre The Beautiful Lady
New Playwrights Theatre Lydie Breeze
Studio Theatre My Sister in This House
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

Lewis Folden

Honored for : Lydie Breeze

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lewis Folden Lydie Breeze
Russell Metheny King Lear
Russell Metheny My Sister in This House
Loren Sherman Passion Play
William Barclay Much Ado About Nothing
John Arnone Happy End
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

New Playwrights Theatre

Honored for : The Beautiful Lady

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Nominee Nominated Work
New Playwrights Theatre The Beautiful Lady
New Playwrights Theatre Burial Customs
Source Theatre Company The Shady Side
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production

Tami Tappan

Honored for : Lydie Breeze

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth DuVall The Wake of Jamey Foster
Peggy Cosgrave Crimes of the Heart
Tami Tappan Lydie Breeze
Brigid Cleary Enter a Freeman
Barbara Klein Top Girls
The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Estelle Getty

Honored for : Torch Song Trilogy
(for the production at the Warner Theatre)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sal Mistretta Cats
for the production at the National Theatre
Frank Oliver Sugar Babies
for the production at the Warner Thatre
Pete Postlethwaite Cyrano de Bergerac
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Clarence Fountain Gospel at Colonus
for the production at The Fichandler Stage
Estelle Getty Torch Song Trilogy
for the production at the Warner Thatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production

Steven Dawn

Honored for : Lydie Breeze

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Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Dawn Lydie Breeze
Floyd King King Lear
John Leonard The Tempest
Richard Bauer Man and Superman
Mark Hammer Cloud 9
Scott Harlan Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production

François Giroday

Honored for : Man and Superman

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Nominee Nominated Work
François Giroday Man and Superman
Tom Toner The Gin Game
Stanley Anderson Lydie Breeze
Richard Bauer Enter a Freeman
Kevin Donovan Cloud 9
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Daniel MacLean Wagner

Honored for : My Sister in This House

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frances Aronson Happy End
Frances Aronson The Tempest
Stuart Duke King Lear
Allen Lee Hughes Passion Play
Nancy Schertler Lydie Breeze
Daniel MacLean Wagner My Sister in This House