Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony Award

The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Monday the legendary actor, 96, will receive a 2022 special Tony for lifetime achievement intheatre, making it her sixth.

Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Hotel Paradiso and won Tonys for Mamein 1966, Dear Worldin 1969, Gypsyin 1974, Sweeney Todd in 1979 and Blithe Spiritin 2009. Other Broadway credits include A Little Night Music,Gore Vidal's The Best Manand Anyone Can Whistle.

"Angela Lansbury's contributions to the stage are insurmountable," Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, president and chief executive officerof the American Theatre Wing, said in a statement.

Born in London, the Murder, She Wrote star has six Golden Globes and 18 Emmy nominations, as well as an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures. Lansbury also has a National Medal of Arts and a Kennedy Center Honor.

West Side StorystarAriana DeBose will host the Tonys on June 12.