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The Sarah Siddons Society
is pleased to announce that
Kathleen Turner is the winner of the Sarah
Siddons Award for her 2007 Chicago performance in Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?. The award was given at the annual Gala, held May 19, 2008.

Academy Award nominated actress
Kathleen Turner has starred in over twenty-five films,
including Body Heat, Romancing the Stone, Prizzi's Honor, Peggy Sue Got Married
and War of the Roses. Her illustrious stage career includes
starring roles in The Graduate, Indiscretions, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(Tony
nomination). In 2005, she received a second Tony
Award nomination for her leading role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
She has recently made her New York directing debut in the off-Broadway
production of Crimes of the Heart. She also recently published her
autobiography, Send Yourself Roses, which discusses the struggles and
triumphs of her 30-plus years in show business. Diagnosed with rheumatoid
arthritis in 1992, Turner has worked to increase public awareness of the
disease. She is also active in Planned Parenthood, People for the American
Way and Citymeals-on-Wheels.
The Sarah Siddons Society also honored Deanna Dunagan with a Chicago's Leading Lady Award for
her 2007 Chicago performance in August: Osage County at Steppenwolf
Theatre.

Deanna Dunagan is currently appearing on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre,
reprising her acclaimed performance as Violet Weston in August: Osage County.
She received a Jeff Award for her Steppenwolf performances in
August: Osage County and in I Never Sang for My Father. Other
Steppenwolf appearances include Wedding Band, Slaughterhouse-Five, The
Song of Jacob Zulu, Inspecting Carol and Stepping Out. Additional
Chicago credits include: The Best Man and A Delicate Balance(Remy
Bumppo); Ten Little Indians(Drury Lane Oakbrook); The Chalk Garden(Northlight);
Bounce(Goodman); The Dead(Court Theatre); Was(American Music
Theatre Project at Northwestern); The Glamour House(Victory Gardens); A
Lie of the Mind(ATC); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(Apple Tree) and Butley(Writers'
Theatre). Regionally she has appeared at the Spoleto Festival, Madison
Rep, Shakespeare Dallas, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Asolo Theatre.
She was in the first national tour of Children of a Lesser God and
appeared in the film Losing Isaiah and the TV show "Prison Break."

Sarah Siddons Award
The Sarah Siddons Society Awardees
| 1952-53 |
Helen Hayes - Mrs. McThing |
| 1953-54 |
Beatrice Lillie - An Evening with Beatrice Lillie |
| 1954-55 |
Deborah Kerr- Tea & Sympathy |
| 1955-56 |
Nancy Kelly - The Bad Seed |
| 1956-57 |
Shirley Booth - The Desk Set |
| 1957-58 |
Anne Rogers - My Fair Lady |
| 1958-59 |
Ruth Roman - Two for the Seesaw |
| 1959-60 |
Geraldine Page - Sweet Bird of Youth |
| 1960-61 |
Gertrude Berg - A Majority of One |
| 1961-62 |
Florence Henderson - The Sound of Music |
| 1962-63 |
Julia Meade - Mary, Mary |
| 1963-64 |
Nancy Kelley - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1964-65 |
Myrna Loy - Barefoot in the Park |
| 1965-66 |
Carol Channing - Hello Dolly |
| 1966-67 |
Eve Arden - Hello Dolly |
| 1967-68 |
Celeste Holm - Mame |
| 1968-69 |
Helen Hayes - The Show Off |
| 1969-70 |
Barbara Rush - Forty Carats |
| 1970-71 |
Irene Dailey - The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigold |
| 1971-72 |
Lauren Bacall
- Applause |
| 1972-73 |
Bette Davis - Special 20th Anniversary Award for "All
About Eve" |
| 1973-74 |
Sada Thompson - Twigs |
| 1974-75 |
Colleen Dewhurst - A Moon for the Misbegotten |
| 1975-76 |
Angela Lansbury - Gypsy |
| 1976-77 |
Julie Harris - The Belle of Amherst |
| 1977-78 |
Lynn Redgrave - Misalliance |
| 1978-79 |
Cloris Leachman - Twigs |
| 1979-80 |
Jessica Tandy - The Gin Game |
| 1980-81 |
Claudette Colbert - The Kingfisher |
| 1981-82 |
Angela Lansbury - Sweeney Todd |
| 1982-83 |
Dorothy Loudon - The West Side Waltz |
| 1983-84 |
Ann Miller - Sugar Babies |
| 1984-85 |
Lauren Bacall - Woman of the Year |
| 1985-86 |
Rita Moreno - The Odd Couple |
| 1986-87 |
Lucie Arnaz - My One and Only |
| 1987-88 |
Liza Minnelli - Liza Minnelli Revue |
| 1988-89 |
Sada Thompson - Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1989-90 |
Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in
the Universe |
| 1990-91 |
Ellen Burstyn - Shirley Valentine |
| 1991-92 |
Loretta Swit - Shirley Valentine |
| 1992-93 |
Stefanie Powers - Love Letters |
| 1993-94 |
Bernadette Peters - The Goodbye Girl |
| 1994-95 |
Lynn Redgrave - Shakespeare for My Father |
| 1995-96 |
Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria |
| 1996-97 |
Faye Dunaway - Master Class |
| 1998-99 |
Brian Dennehy - Death of a Salesman |
| 1999-00 |
Heather Headley - Aida |
| 2001-02 |
Chita Rivera - The Visit |
| 2003-04 |
Elaine Stritch - Elaine Stritch at Liberty |
| 2005-06 |
John
Mahoney - Chicago performances |
| 2007-08 |
Kathleen Turner - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |

Helen Hayes
First winner of the Sarah Siddons Society Award. Honored as
Chicago's most outstanding actress of the 1952-53 theatrical season
for her role in Mrs. McThing, Helen Hayes is congratulated by
Mr. and Mrs. James Hart at the Society's first annual Gala |
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Lauren Bacall & Irv Kupcinet
Lauren Bacall is the winner of two Sarah Siddons Awards (1971-72 for Applause
& 1984-85 for Woman of the Year) |
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Bette Davis & Stanley Paul
Bette Davis was the recipient of the 1972-73 Special 20th Anniversary
Award for All About Eve.

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Betty Stuart Rodgers Jeffreys & Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin was the recipient of the 1989-90
Sarah Siddons Society
Award for her one-woman show,
The Search for Intelligent Life in
the Universe. |
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Stanley Paul, Donna Atwater, Elaine Stritch, Merle
Reskin, Greta Wiley
Elaine Stritch was the recipient of the 2003-04 Sarah Siddons
Award for her show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty.
Chicago's Leading Lady Awards
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Chicago's Leading Lady Awards have been given
to: Laurie Metcalf, Lia Mortenson, Barbara Robertson, Ann Whitney,
Hollis Resnick, Rondi Reed, Paula Scrofano, Ami Silverstri, Linda Stephens,
Carmen Roman, Amy Morton,
Kate Fry, Kati Brazda,
Heidi Kettenring, and Deanna Dunagan. |
Chicago's Great Ladies of the Theatre
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The Society has honored Chicago’s Great Ladies of the Theatre: Barbara
Gaines, Martha Lavey, and Mary Zimmerman.
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Special Tributes
| The Sarah Siddons Society has given special tributes to Frank Galati,
Associate Director, Goodman Theatre and to Richard Christiansen, Chief Critic and Senior Writer Chicago
Tribune. |
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