Angela Lansbury will make Tony Awards history if she lands a Best Featured Actress prize - she'll tie with Julie Harris for the most acting awards.
Lansbury, who has hosted the U.S. theatre awards more than anyone else, is nominated as a Best Actress in A Play for her role in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
Awards news website GoldDerby.com notes Lansbury has already won four Best Lead Actress in A Musical honours - for Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd - and a fifth win would tie Harris' feat.
The Tonys will be handed out on 7 June (09) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The nominations were announced early on Tuesday (05May09).
The British actress kicked off her career in 1994, her first movie appearance being Gaslight for which she was Oscar nominated.
As well as her four Tony Awards she has won six Golden Globes and been nominated for three Oscars and eight Emmys.
However she is best known for her television role as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote from 1984 to 1996.
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