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1947

Jessica Tandy starred as Blanche Dubois in the 1947 pre-Broadway tryout of A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she won a Tony Award. This legendary star of stage and screen would go on to win additional Tony Awards for The Gin Game, Foxfire, and for lifetime achievement. (Photograph courtesy of Eileen Darby Images, Inc.)

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