Most Tony Award nominations for a character
- Who
- Mama Rose
- When
- 2008
The colour lead character of Mama Rose in the musical Gypsy has given five actresses Tony Award nominations: Ethel Merman (1960), Angela Lansbury (1975, winner), Tyne Daly (1990, winner), Bernadette Peters (2003) and Patti LuPone (2008, winner).