Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Country	United States
Currently held by	Melissa McCarthy,; Mike & Molly (2011)
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/

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This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The award was first presented in 1953, but was not awarded again until 1959. It has been presented every year since then (excluding 1965).

[edit] Superlatives

Superlative	Lead Actress - Comedy Series		Supporting Actress - Comedy Series		Overall
Actress with most awards	Candice Bergen, Mary Tyler Moore	5	Rhea Perlman, Doris Roberts	4	Candice Bergen, Mary Tyler Moore	5
Actress with most nominations	Mary Tyler Moore	10	Rhea Perlman, Loretta Swit	10	Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Betty White	12
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Jane Kaczmarek	7	Julia Duffy	7	Julia Duffy, Jane Kaczmarek	7
Television program with most wins	Murphy Brown	5	Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show	6	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	9
Television program with most nominations	The Golden Girls	15	Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show	12	The Golden Girls	22

[edit] Award winners and nominations

[edit] 1950s

1951: Gertrude Berg – [[N/A] as N/A
- Betty White – Life with Elizabeth as Elizabeth
- Helen Hayes – N/A as N/A
- Imogene Coca – N/A as N/A
- Judith Anderson – N/A as N/A

1952: Betty White – Life with Elizabeth as Elizabeth
- Helen Hayes – N/A as N/A
- N/A – N/A as N/A
- N/A – N/A as N/A
- N/A – N/A as N/A

1953: Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo
- Eve Arden – Our Miss Brooks as Miss Connie Brooks
- Imogene Coca – Your Show of Shows as various characters
- Joan Davis – I Married Joan as Joan Stevens
- Martha Raye – The Colgate Comedy Hour as various characters

1959: Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson
- Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen
- Spring Byington – December Bride as Lily Ruskin
- Ida Lupino – Mr. Adams and Eve as Eve Adams
- Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone
- Ann Sothern – The Ann Sothern Show as Katy O'Connor

[edit] 1960s

1960: Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson
- Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone
- Loretta Young – Letter to Loretta as Loretta Young

1961: Barbara Stanwyck – The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Josephine Little
- Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone
- Loretta Young – Letter to Loretta as Loretta Young

1962: Shirley Booth – Hazel as Hazel Burke
- Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone
- Mary Stuart – Search for Tomorrow as Joanne Gardner
- Cara Williams – Pete and Gladys as Gladys Porter

1963: Shirley Booth – Hazel as Hazel Burke
- Lucille Ball – The Lucy Show as Lucy Carmichael
- Shirl Conway – The Nurses as Liz Thorpes
- Irene Ryan – The Beverly Hillbillies as Granny
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie

1964: Mary Tyler Moore – The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie
- Shirley Booth – Hazel as Hazel Burke
- Patty Duke – The Patty Duke Show as Patty Lane
- Inger Stevens – The Farmer's Daughter as Katy Holstrum
- Irene Ryan – The Beverly Hillbillies as Granny

1965: no award

1966: Mary Tyler Moore – The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie
- Lucille Ball – The Lucy Show as Lucy Carmichael
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens

1967: Lucille Ball – The Lucy Show as Lucy Carmichael
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Agnes Moorehead – Bewitched as Endora
- Marlo Thomas – That Girl as Ann Marie

1968: Lucille Ball – The Lucy Show as Lucy Carmichael
- Barbara Feldon – Get Smart as Agent 99
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Paula Prentiss – He and She as Paula Hollister
- Marlo Thomas – That Girl as Ann Marie

1969: Hope Lange – The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Carolyn Muir
- Diahann Carroll – Julia as Julia Baker
- Barbara Feldon – Get Smart as Agent 99
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens

[edit] 1970s

1970: Hope Lange – The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Carolyn Muir
- Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Marlo Thomas – That Girl as Ann Marie

1971: Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Marlo Thomas – That Girl as Ann Marie
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1972: Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Sandy Duncan – Funny Face as Sandy Stockton
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1973: Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay

1974: Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker

1975: Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morgenstern
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1976: Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Lee Grant – Fay as Fay Stewart
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Cloris Leachman – Phyllis as Phyllis Lindstrom
- Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morganstern

1977: Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morganstern
- Suzanne Pleshette – The Bob Newhart Show as Emily Hartley
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1978: Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morganstern
- Cathryn Damon – Soap as Mary Campbell
- Katherine Helmond – Soap as Jessica Tate
- Suzanne Pleshette – The Bob Newhart Show as Emily Hartley

1979: Ruth Gordon – Taxi as Dee Wilcox
- Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Katherine Helmond – Soap as Jessica Tate
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

[edit] 1980s

1980: Cathryn Damon – Soap as Mary Campbell
- Katherine Helmond – Soap as Jessica Tate
- Polly Holliday - Flo as Flo Castleberry
- Sheree North - Archie Bunker's Place as Dotty Wertz
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy Jefferson

1981: Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson
- Eileen Brennan – Taxi as Mrs. McKenzie
- Cathryn Damon - Soap as Mary Campbell
- Katherine Helmond - Soap as Jessica Tate
- Lynn Redgrave - House Calls as Ann Atkinson

1982: Carol Kane – Taxi as Simka Dahblitz
- Nell Carter – Gimme a Break! as Nellie Harper
- Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time as Ann Romano
- Swoosie Kurtz – Love, Sidney as Laurie Morgan
- Charlotte Rae – The Facts of Life as Mrs. Edna Garrett
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

1983: Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
- Nell Carter – Gimme a Break! as Nellie Harper
- Mariette Hartley – Goodnight, Beantown as Jennifer Barnes
- Swoosie Kurtz – Love, Sidney as Laurie Morgan
- Rita Moreno - 9 to 5 as Violet Newstead
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

1984: Jane Curtin – Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell
- Joanna Cassidy – Buffalo Bill as Jo Jo White
- Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
- Susan Saint James – Kate & Allie as Kate McArdle
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

1985: Jane Curtin – Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell
- Phylicia Ayers-Allen - The Cosby Show as Clair Huxtable
- Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
- Susan Saint James – Kate & Allie as Kate McArdle
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

1986: Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
- Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls as Blanche Deveraux
- Phylicia Rashad – The Cosby Show as Clair Huxtable

1987: Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly Bickford Dodd
- Jane Curtin – Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1988: Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Blair Brown – The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly Bickford Dodd
- Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Deveraux
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1989: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Blair Brown – The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly Bickford Dodd
- Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Deveraux
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

[edit] 1990s

1990: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Blair Brown – The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly Bickford Dodd
- Delta Burke – Designing Women as Suzanne Sugarbaker
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1991: Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Blair Brown – The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly Bickford Dodd
- Delta Burke – Designing Women as Suzanne Sugarbaker
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1992: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Roseanne Arnold – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Tyne Daly – Wings as Mimsy Borogroves
- Marion Ross – Brooklyn Bridge as Sophie Berger
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1993: Roseanne Arnold – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Marion Ross – Brooklyn Bridge as Sophie Berger

1994: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Annie Potts – Love & War as Dana Palladino
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor

1995: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan

1996: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor
- Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan

1997: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor
- Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan

1998: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor

1999: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

[edit] 2000s

2000: Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2001: Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally Mc Beal
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2002: Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green
- Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2003: Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green
- Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2004: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green
- Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Bonnie Hunt – Life With Bonnie as Bonnie Malloy
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois

2005: Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
- Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Van de Kamp
- Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer
- Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois

2006: Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Stockard Channing – Out of Practice as Lydia Barnes
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
- Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback as Valerie Cherish
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler

2007: America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

2008: Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha Newly
- America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

2009: Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara Gregson
- Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha Newly
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin
- Sarah Silverman – The Sarah Silverman Program as herself

[edit] 2010s

2010: Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
- Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara Gregson
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Lea Michele – Glee as Rachel Berry
- Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope

2011: Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly as Molly Flynn
- Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Laura Linney – The Big C as Cathy Jamison
- Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope as Virginia Chance
- Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope

[edit] Total awards

CBS: 26
NBC: 16
ABC: 7
HBO: 1
Showtime: 2

[edit] Multiple winners

2 wins

3 wins

4 wins

Helen Hunt

5 wins

[edit] Multiple nominees

2 nominations

3 nominations

4 nominations

5 nominations

6 nominations

7 nominations

8 nominations

Jean Stapleton

9 nominations

10 nominations

Mary Tyler Moore

[edit] References

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Contents

[edit] Superlatives

[edit] Award winners and nominations

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 2010s

[edit] Total awards

[edit] Multiple winners

[edit] Multiple nominees

[edit] References

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