Tony Trivia: Tony Award winners or nominees for non-singing or very little singing roles in Musicals! — Page 2

Ron Holgate won a Supporting Tony for 1776. He sang one song early in the show, and was not heard from again. He certainly brought down the house nightly with it.

Paxton Whitehead was nominated as Pellinore in Richard Burton's Camelot revival. He had no songs. Vincent Gardenia was nominated for Ballroom without any songs.



I'm not sure about this one but I don't think Barry Nelson sang at all in The Act but was nominated for Best Actor.

TotallyEffed said: "philcrosby said: "Glynis Johns in NIGHT MUSIC”

She sings plenty, including Sondheim’s most famous number."



I'm pretty sure that post was a joke at the expense of Glynis Johns' infamously unexceptional singing voice. But it was from 9 years ago so it's unlikely that the poster will return to clarify.

TotallyEffed said: "I think her voice is perfect. :)"



I agree she has a charming, unique quality to her voice. The way Sondheim tells it is that he wrote Send In The Clowns specifically for her voice. Because she wasn't a trained singer, he wrote the whole song with very short phrases that she could get through in one easy breath. And he tailored the melody to her voice's light, airy quality.

Patsy Kelly won for "No No Nanette" and I believe her role as Pauline the maid had no songs.