Carol Channing, whose incandescent performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway legend, ...
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Charles Nelson Reilly was nominated but did not win. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Carol Channing won.
On January 16, 1964, Hello Dolly! opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre and gave Carol Channing a lifelong occupation: Dolly Gallagher Levi. Channing has since embodied the galvanized matchmaker ...