Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year explained

Laurence Olivier Award
for Supporting Artist of the Year
Awarded For:Supporting Artist of the Year
Presenter:Society of London Theatre
Year:1976
Year2:1976

The Laurence Olivier Award for Supporting Artist of the Year was a one-off award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and named in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This commingled actor/actress award, only ever presented at the 1976 inaugural awards, was presented to an actress.

Winners and nominees

1970s

YearActorPlayCharacter
1976
Margaret CourtenaySeparate TablesMrs Railton-Bell
Bill FraserThe Fool, M. Perrichon's Travels, Twelfth Night and The CircleAdmiral Radstock / Photographer / Toby Belch / Lord Porteous
Trevor PeacockHenry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and The Merry Wives of WindsorPoins / Sir Hugh Evans
André van GyseghemHenry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and HamletBaron Tito Belcredi / Polonius

See also

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