De Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een dramaserie (Engels: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama 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 dramaserie, hiervoor werden ook actrices genomineerd die meespeelden in miniseries, televisiefilms 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.

Angela Lansbury kreeg twaalf nominaties voor haar rol van Jessica Fletcher in elk seizoen van de serie Murder, She Wrote, maar ze kon geen enkele nominatie verzilveren.

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 Drama Series

Legende Betekenis Winnende actrice # Prijs voor een rol in miniserie of televisiefilm in een jaar dat deze categorie niet apart bestond. § 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 Zichzelf 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 Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show NBC Jan Clayton Ellen Miller Lassie CBS Ida Lupino Diverse personages Four Star Playhouse CBS Peggy Wood Mama Mama CBS Jane Wyman Diverse personages Fireside Theatre NBC 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 Loretta Young Diverse personages The Loretta Young Show NBC Jan Clayton Ellen Miller Lassie CBS Phyllis Kirk Nora Charles The Thin Man NBC Jane Wyman Diverse personages Fireside Theatre NBC

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 1965Geen prijs 1966 Barbara Stanwyck Victoria Barkley The Big Valley ABC Anne Francis Honey West Honey West ABC Barbara Parkins Betty Anderson Cord Peyton Place ABC 1967 Barbara Bain Cinnamon Carter Mission: Impossible CBS Diana Rigg Emma Peel The Avengers ABC Barbara Stanwyck Victoria Barkley The Big Valley ABC 1968 Barbara Bain Cinnamon Carter Mission: Impossible CBS Diana Rigg Emma Peel The Avengers ABC Barbara Stanwyck Victoria Barkley The Big Valley ABC 1969 Barbara Bain Cinnamon Carter Mission: Impossible CBS Joan Blondell Lottie Hatfield Here Come the Brides ABC Peggy Lipton Julie Barnes The Mod Squad ABC

1970-1979 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie Zender 1970 Susan Hampshire # Fleur Mont The Forsyte Saga NET Joan Blondell Lottie Hatfield Here Come the Brides ABC Peggy Lipton Julie Barnes The Mod Squad ABC 1971 Susan Hampshire # Sarah Churchill The First Churchills PBS Linda Cristal Victoria Montoya The High Chaparral NBC Peggy Lipton Julie Barnes The Mod Squad ABC 1972 Glenda Jackson # Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth R PBS Peggy Lipton Julie Barnes The Mod Squad ABC Susan Saint James Sally McMillian McMillan & Wife NBC 1973 Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS Lynda Day George Lisa Casey Mission: Impossible CBS Susan Saint James Sally McMillian McMillan & Wife NBC 1974 Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS Jean Marsh Rose Buck Upstairs, Downstairs PBS Jeanette Nolan Sally Fergus Dirty Sally CBS 1975 Jean Marsh Rose Buck Upstairs, Downstairs PBS Angie Dickinson Sgt. Leann Anderson Police Woman NBC Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS 1976 Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS Angie Dickinson Sgt. Leann Anderson Police Woman NBC Anne Meara Kate McShane Kate McShane CBS Brenda Vaccaro Sara Yarnell Sara CBS 1977 Lindsay Wagner Jaime Sommers The Bionic Woman ABC Angie Dickinson Sgt. Leann Anderson Police Woman NBC Kate Jackson Sabrina Duncan Charlie's Angels ABC Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS Sada Thompson Kate Lawrence Family ABC 1978 Sada Thompson Kate Lawrence Family ABC Melissa Sue Anderson Mary Ingalls Little House on the Prairie NBC Fionnula Flanagan Aunt Molly Culhane How the West Was Won ABC Kate Jackson Sabrina Duncan Charlie's Angels ABC Michael Learned Olivia Walton The Waltons CBS Susan Sullivan Julie Farr Having Babies ABC 1979 Mariette Hartley § Caroline Fields The Incredible Hulk CBS Barbara Bel Geddes Miss Ellie Ewing Dallas CBS Rita Moreno § Rita Capkovick The Rockford Files NBC Sada Thompson Kate Lawrence Family ABC

1980-1989 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie Zender 1980 Barbara Bel Geddes Miss Ellie Ewing Dallas CBS Lauren Bacall § Kendall Warren The Rockford Files NBC Mariette Hartley § Althea Morgan The Rockford Files NBC Kristy McNichol Buddy Lawrence Family ABC Sada Thompson Kate Lawrence Family ABC 1981 Barbara Babcock § Grace Gardner Hill Street Blues NBC Barbara Bel Geddes Miss Ellie Ewing Dallas CBS Linda Gray Sue Ellen Ewing Dallas CBS Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport Hill Street Blues NBC Michael Learned Mary Benjamin Nurse CBS Stefanie Powers Jennifer Hart Hart to Hart ABC 1982 Michael Learned Mary Benjamin Nurse CBS Debbie Allen Lydia Grant Fame NBC Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport Hill Street Blues NBC Michele Lee Karen Fairgate Knots Landing CBS Stefanie Powers Jennifer Hart Hart to Hart ABC 1983 Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Lydia Grant Fame NBC Linda Evans Krystle Carrington Dynasty ABC Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport Hill Street Blues NBC 1984 Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Lydia Grant Fame Syndicatie Joan Collins Alexis Colby Dynasty ABC Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport Hill Street Blues NBC 1985 Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Lydia Grant Fame Syndicatie Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport Hill Street Blues NBC Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote CBS 1986 Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote CBS Cybill Shepherd Maddie Hayes Moonlighting ABC Alfre Woodard Roxanne Turner St. Elsewhere NBC 1987 Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Susan Dey Grace Van Owen L.A. Law NBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey L.A. Law NBC Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote CBS 1988 Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Cagney & Lacey CBS Susan Dey Grace Van Owen L.A. Law NBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey L.A. Law NBC Sharon Gless Chris Cagney Cagney & Lacey CBS Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote CBS 1989 Dana Delany Colleen McMurphy China Beach ABC Susan Dey Grace Van Owen L.A. Law NBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey L.A. Law NBC Linda Hamilton Catherine Chandler Beauty and the Beast CBS Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote CBS

1990-1999 Jaar Actrice Rol Serie 1990 Patricia Wettig Nancy Weston thirtysomething Dana Delany Colleen McMurphy China Beach Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey L.A. Law Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Piper Laurie Catherine Martell Twin Peaks 1991 Patricia Wettig Nancy Weston thirtysomething Dana Delany Colleen McMurphy China Beach Sharon Gless Rosie O'Neill The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote 1992 Dana Delany Colleen McMurphy China Beach Sharon Gless Rosie O'Neill The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Shirley Knight § Melanie Currants Law & Order Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Kate Nelligan § Sydney Carver Road to Avonlea Regina Taylor Lilly Harper I'll Fly Away 1993 Kathy Baker Jill Brock Picket Fences Swoosie Kurtz Alex Halsey Sisters Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Regina Taylor Lilly I'll Fly Away Janine Turner Maggie O'Connell Northern Exposure 1994 Sela Ward Teddy Reed Sisters Kathy Baker Dr. Jill Brock Picket Fences Swoosie Kurtz Alex Reed Halsey Sisters Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Jane Seymour Dr. Michaela Quinn Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1995 Kathy Baker Dr. Jill Brock Picket Fences Claire Danes Angela Chase My So-Called Life Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Sherry Stringfield Dr. Susan Lewis ER Cicely Tyson Carrie Grace Sweet Justice 1996 Kathy Baker Jill Brock Picket Fences Gillian Anderson Dana Scully The X-Files Christine Lahti Dr. Kathryn Austin (Kate) Chicago Hope Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote Sherry Stringfield Dr. Susan Lewis ER 1997 Gillian Anderson Dana Scully The X-Files Roma Downey Monica Touched by an Angel Christine Lahti Dr. Kathryn Austin Chicago Hope Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER Sherry Stringfield Dr. Susan Lewis ER 1998 Christine Lahti Dr. Kate Austin Chicago Hope Gillian Anderson Dana Scully The X-Files Roma Downey Monica Touched by an Angel Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER Jane Seymour Dr. Michaela Quinn Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1999 Edie Falco Carmela Soprano The Sopranos Gillian Anderson Agent Dana Scully The X-Files Lorraine Bracco Dr. Jennifer Melfi The Sopranos Christine Lahti Dr. Kate Austin Chicago Hope Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER

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