De Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie (Engels: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series) is een televisieprijs die sinds 1954 elk jaar wordt uitgereikt door de Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Sinds 1966 is de prijs voor een vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie, hiervoor werden ook actrices genomineerd die meespeelden in miniseries, tv-films en gastoptredens maakten. Ook was er in de begindagen geen onderscheid tussen komedie- of dramaseries, behalve in 1959. In 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963 en 1964 werd de prijs gewonnen door een actrice uit een komedieserie, in 1955, 1957 en 1961 door een actrice uit een dramaserie.
Winnaars en genomineerden De winnaars staan bovenaan in vette letters op een gele achtergrond. De overige actrices die werden genomineerd staan eronder vermeld in alfabetische volgorde. Television Academy - Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Legende BetekenisWinnende actrice § Prijs voor een gastrol in een jaar dat deze categorie niet apart bestond.
1954-1959 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie Zender 1954 Eve Arden Connie Brooks Our Miss Brooks CBS Lucille Ball Lucy Ricardo I Love Lucy CBS Imogene Coca Diverse personages Your Show of Shows NBC Dinah Shore Herself The Dinah Shore Show NBC Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show NBC 1955 Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show CBS Gracie Allen Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Eve Arden Connie Brooks Our Miss Brooks CBS Lucille Ball Lucy Ricardo I Love Lucy CBS Ann Sothern Susie McNamara Private Secretary CBS 1956 Lucille Ball Lucy Ricardo I Love Lucy CBS Gracie Allen Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Eve Arden Connie Brooks Our Miss Brooks CBS Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC Ann Sothern Susie McNamara Private Secretary CBS 1957 Nanette Fabray Diverse personages Caesar's Hour NBC Edie Adams Herself The Ernie Kovacs Show NBC Gracie Allen Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Lucille Ball Lucy Ricardo I Love Lucy CBS Ann Sothern Susie MacNamara Private Secretary CBS 1958 Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best NBC Eve Arden Liza Hammond The Eve Arden Show CBS Spring Byington Lily Ruskin December Bride CBS Jan Clayton Ellen Miller Lassie CBS Ida Lupino Eve Drake Mr. Adams and Eve CBS 1959 Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best CBS Gracie Allen Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Spring Byington Lily Ruskin December Bride CBS Ida Lupino Eve Adams Mr. Adams and Eve CBS Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC Ann Sothern Katy O'Connor The Ann Sothern Show CBS
1960-1969 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie Zender 1960 Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best CBS Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show NBC 1961 Barbara Stanwyck Diverse personages The Barbara Stanwyck Show NBC Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show NBC 1962 Shirley Booth Hazel Burke Hazel NBC Gertrude Berg Sarah Green The Gertrude Berg Show CBS Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC Mary Stuart Joanne Gardner Search for Tomorrow CBS Cara Williams Gladys Porter Pete and Gladys CBS 1963 Shirley Booth Hazel Burke Hazel NBC Lucille Ball Lucy Carmichael The Lucy Show CBS Shirl Conway Liz Thorpe The Nurses CBS Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS Irene Ryan Granny The Beverly Hillbillies CBS 1964 Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS Shirley Booth Hazel Burke Hazel NBC Patty Duke Cathy Lane The Patty Duke Show ABC Irene Ryan Granny The Beverly Hillbillies CBS Inger Stevens Katy Holstrum The Farmer's Daughter ABC 1965 Geen prijs 1966 Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS Lucille Ball Lucy Carmichael The Lucy Show CBS Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens Bewitched ABC 1967 Lucille Ball Lucy Carmichael The Lucy Show CBS Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens Bewitched ABC Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC Marlo Thomas Ann Marie That Girl ABC 1968 Lucille Ball Lucy Carmichael The Lucy Show CBS Barbara Feldon Agent 99 Get Smart NBC Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens Bewitched ABC Paula Prentiss Paula Hollister He & She CBS Marlo Thomas Ann Marie That Girl ABC 1969 Hope Lange Carolyn Muir The Ghost & Mrs. Muir NBC Diahann Carroll Julia Baker Julia NBC Barbara Feldon Agent 99 Get Smart NBC Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens Bewitched ABC
1970-1979 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie Zender 1970 Hope Lange Carolyn Muir The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ABC Elizabeth Montgomery Samantha Stephens Bewitched ABC Marlo Thomas Ann Marie That Girl ABC 1971 Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Marlo Thomas Ann Marie That Girl ABC Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1972 Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Sandy Duncan Sandy Stockton Funny Face CBS Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1973 Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Bea Arthur Maude Findlay Maude CBS 1974 Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Bea Arthur Maude Findlay Maude CBS Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS 1975 Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1976 Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Lee Grant Fay Stewart Fay NBC Bea Arthur Maude Findlay Maude CBS Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis CBS Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS 1977 Bea Arthur Maude Findlay Maude CBS Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Suzanne Pleshette Emily Hartley The Bob Newhart Show CBS Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1978 Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Bea Arthur Maude Findlay Maude CBS Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Cathryn Damon Mary Campbell Soap ABC Katherine Helmond Jessica Tate Soap ABC Suzanne Pleshette Emily Hartley The Bob Newhart Show CBS 1979 Ruth Gordon § Dee Wilcox Taxi ABC Linda Lavin Alice Hyatt Alice CBS Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker All in the Family CBS Katherine Helmond Jessica Tate Soap ABC Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons CBS
1980-1989 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie 1980 Cathryn Damon Mary Campbell Soap Katherine Helmond Jessica Tate Soap Polly Holliday Flo Castleberry Flo Sheree North § Dotty Wertz Archie Bunker's Place Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons 1981 Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons Eileen Brennan § Mrs. McKenzie Taxi Cathryn Damon Mary Campbell Soap Katherine Helmond Jessica Tate Soap Lynn Redgrave Ann Atkinson House Calls 1982 Carol Kane § Simka Dahblitz Taxi Nell Carter Nellie Harper Gimme a Break! Bonnie Franklin Ann Romano One Day at a Time Swoosie Kurtz Laurie Morgan Love, Sidney Charlotte Rae Edna Garrett The Facts of Life Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons 1983 Shelley Long Diane Chambers Cheers Nell Carter Nellie Harper Gimme a Break! Mariette Hartley Jennifer Barnes Goodnight, Beantown Swoosie Kurtz Laurie Morgan Love, Sidney Rita Moreno Violet Newstead 9 to 5 Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons 1984 Jane Curtin Allie Lowell Kate & Allie Joanna Cassidy Jo Jo White Buffalo Bill Shelley Long Diane Chambers Cheers Susan Saint James Kate McArdle Kate & Allie Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons 1985 Jane Curtin Allie Lowell Kate & Allie Shelley Long Diane Chambers Cheers Phylicia Rashad Clair Huxtable The Cosby Show Susan Saint James Kate McArdle Kate & Allie Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson The Jeffersons 1986 Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls Beatrice Arthur Dorothy Zbornak The Golden Girls Shelley Long Diane Chambers Cheers Rue McClanahan Blanche Devereaux The Golden Girls Phylicia Rashad Clair Huxtable The Cosby Show 1987 Rue McClanahan Blanche Devereaux The Golden Girls Beatrice Arthur Dorothy Zbornak The Golden Girls Blair Brown Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Jane Curtin Allie Lowell Kate & Allie Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls 1988 Beatrice Arthur Dorothy Zbornak The Golden Girls Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe Cheers Blair Brown Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Rue McClanahan Blanche Devereaux The Golden Girls Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls 1989 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Beatrice Arthur Dorothy Zbornak The Golden Girls Blair Brown Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Rue McClanahan Blanche Devereaux The Golden Girls Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls
1990-1999 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie 1990 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe Cheers Blair Brown Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Delta Burke Suzanne Sugarbaker Designing Women Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls 1991 Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe Cheers Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Blair Brown Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Delta Burke Suzanne Sugarbaker Designing Women Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls 1992 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe Cheers Roseanne Arnold Roseanne Conner Roseanne Tyne Daly § Mimsy Borogroves Wings Marion Ross Sophie Berger Brooklyn Bridge Betty White Rose Nylund The Golden Girls 1993 Roseanne Arnold Roseanne Conner Roseanne Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe Cheers Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Marion Ross Sophie Berger Brooklyn Bridge 1994 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Roseanne Roseanne Conner Roseanne Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Annie Potts Dana Palladino Love & War Patricia Richardson Jill Taylor Home Improvement 1995 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Roseanne Roseanne Conner Roseanne Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Ellen Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Cybill Shepherd Cybill Sheridan Cybill 1996 Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Morgan Ellen Fran Drescher Fran Fine The Nanny Patricia Richardson Jill Taylor Home Improvement Cybill Shepherd Cybill Sheridan Cybill 1997 Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Morgan Ellen Fran Drescher Fran Fine The Nanny Patricia Richardson Jill Taylor Home Improvement Cybill Shepherd Cybill Sheridan Cybill 1998 Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Kirstie Alley Veronica Chase Veronica's Closet Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Morgan Ellen Jenna Elfman Dharma Montgomery Dharma & Greg Calista Flockhart Ally McBeal Ally McBeal Patricia Richardson Jill Taylor Home Improvement 1999 Helen Hunt Jamie Buchman Mad About You Jenna Elfman Dharma Montgomery Dharma & Greg Calista Flockhart Ally McBeal Ally McBeal Patricia Heaton Debra Barone Everybody Loves Raymond Sarah Jessica Parker Carrie Sex and the City
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