Tony-winner and women's health advocate Phyllis Newman dies

In this Dec. 13, 1990, file photo, Phyllis Newman, left, and Lauren Bacall sing during a tribute to the late conductor Leonard Bernstein, at New York's Majestic Theatre. Newman, a Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran who became the first woman to host “The Tonight Show” before turning her attention to fight for women’s health, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in New York.

Newman won the 1962 Tony for best supporting actress in the musical "Subways Are for Sleeping," where her costume consisted of a bath towel and which had lyrics co-written by her late husband, Adolph Green. She earned a second Tony Award nomination in 1987 for her performance in the Neil Simon play "Broadway Bound."

Her other Broadway credits include "On the Town," "Awake and Sing!" and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue." She was standby for Judy Holiday in "Bells Are Ringing" and replaced Barbara Harris in "The Apple Tree." In later years she focused on fundraising and founded the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of the Actor's Fund in 1996. Her work earned her the 2009 Isabelle Stevenson Award from the Tony Awards. She also hosted the annual benefit Breathless on Broadway to raise money for research to combat the lung disease pulmonary hypertension.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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