1979 Emmy Winners & Nominees
(winners in red)
1979
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
ALL MY CHILDREN
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
RYAN’S HOPE
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Nicholas Benedict (Phillip Brent, AMC)
Jed Allen (Doug Craig, DAYS)
John Clarke (Mickey Horton, DAYS)
Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh, EDGE OF NIGHT)
Al Freeman, Jr. (Ed Hall, OLTL)
Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, RH)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Irene Dailey (Liz Matthews, AW)
Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Bancroft, AW)
Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams, DAYS)
Nancy Addison (Jillian Coleridge, RH)
Helen Gallagher (KMaeve Ryan, RH)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joseph Gallison (Neil Curtis, DAYS)
Mandel Kramer (Bill Marceau, EDGE OF NIGHT)
Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin, GH)
Bernard Barrow (Johnny Ryan, RH)
Ron Hale (Roger Colridge, RH)
Lewis Arlt (David Sutton, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Frances Reid (Alice Horton, DAYS)
Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton, DAYS)
Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney Saxon, EDGE OF NIGHT)
Rachel Ames (Audrey Hardy, GH)
Susan Brown (Gail Adamson, GH)
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