Kathleen Turner may have lost at the 1990 Tony Awards, but she did gain a new friend that night — her competition, Maggie Smith.Stars on Broadway “I can tell you a funny story.
The first time I was nominated for best actress in a Tony was Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. And that year I was also hosting the Tonys.
And so bye-bye — Tony went to Maggie Smith,” Turner, 68, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Quite right. Maggie and I have become friends ever since.
And she was like, ‘Oh darling, were we competing?’ Yeah, yeah, we were. And she goes, ‘Oh, sorry.'”The Harry Potter star, 87, won for her work in Lettice and Lovage.
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