Kids/Teens who won Tonys...

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 8:53pm

I just watched my tape of the 1996 Tonys, and was wondering who the actress was in one of the clips who won some sort of Tony in 1991? She was very little and very cute.

Have there been other young performers to get Tonys?

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 8:57pm

Daisy Egan from the Secret Garden won best actress

[magruder]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 8:58pm

That was Daisey Eagan, who won the featured actress in a musical Tony for The Secret Garden.

I think Frankie Michaels, who won a Tony for his performance as Young Patrick in Mame may still hold the record as youngest Tony winner...

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 9:02pm

No. I think that's Daisy Eagen. She was 11 or 12.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 9:03pm

Yeah, Frankie is the youngest, though Daisy wasn't much older than him when she won. He was 10 and she was 11. I can't recall any other kids that have won besides those two.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 9:24pm

The youngest winner of Best Actress/Musical is Miss Liza May Minnelli at 19 for Flora.

Updated On: 9/7/04 at 09:24 PM

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 9:28pm

Magruder is right. The Internet Broadway Database notes that Frankie Michaels (winner Best Featured Actor/Musical, 1966) is the youngest PERSON to ever win a Tony Award (at age 10). Mame is his only B'way credit.

Updated On: 9/7/04 at 09:28 PM

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:18am

Children should not win Tonys. That's stupid. They don't know what they're doing. *sigh

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:26am

If they're able to better convey a character over actors with more experience and several times their age, they sure as hell do know what they're doing.

[cutiepie0882]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 12:31am

bronxboundexpress, what makes you so sure they don't know what they're doing? They may be incredibly talented, don't judge! Well, actually, they have to be extremely talented to win a Tony so yeh.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 11:54am

Whatever happened to Frankie Michaels?

There's no info on ibdb besides Mame, and there's nothing besides a short stint on a soap on imdb.

It's so bizarre when these people disappear like that.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:04pm

Why don't we judge people by their performances instead of their ages, bronxbound?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 1:15pm

Andrea McArdle, who was nominated as a child, has made statements concerning the fact that she does not believe a child should win a Tony.

[Hank]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 6:29pm

re: "Children should not win tony's, that's stupid..."

That's a tough call, but I think there are a few special exceptions. Daisy Eagan was special!

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 6:34pm

Daisy is AMAZING!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 7:47pm

Excuse me, but are you the one busting your ass on that broadway stage? No. You're sitting on your ass posting messages. More power to the 10 year old who can since a lot better than me.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 11:20pm

But would McArdle have turned down the Tony if she had won it?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 10:01am

I don't know if she felt that way when she was 13, KMC. I think it came with realizing how differently she approached performing as an adult than as a child.