The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special is a retired award that was presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. Until 1999, the category was divided to award costume designers and costume supervisors separately.
In 2015, this category and Outstanding Costumes for a Series were rearranged as Outstanding Period and Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.
Winners and nominations 1960s Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1969 The Carol Burnett Show Bob Mackie CBS Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway Ray Aghayan ABC
1970s Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway Bob Mackie NBC The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood George R. Whittaker CBS Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Michael Travis NBC 1971 Hamlet (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Martin Baugh, David Walker NBC The Andy Williams Show "Christmas Show" Ret Turner NBC Bing Crosby — Cooling It Robert Carlton They've Killed President Lincoln! Patricia Segnan 1972 Elizabeth R "The Lion's Club" Elizabeth Waller PBS The Fabulous Fordies Ret Turner NBC The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour "Art Carney" Bob Mackie, Ret Turner CBS 1973 The Julie Andrews Hour Jack Bear ABC Columbo "Dagger of the Mind" Grady Hunt NBC Cortez and Montezuma: Appointment with Destiny Christina Von Humboldt CBS Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Emma Porteous NBC Much Ado About Nothing Theoni V. Aldredge CBS 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Sandy Stewart, Bruce Walkup CBS The New Treasure Hunt Barbara Murphy Syndicated The Snoop Sisters Grady Hunt NBC The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour "The Sonny and Cher Years" Bob Mackie, Ret Turner CBS War and Peace Charles Knode PBS 1975 The Legend of Lizzie Borden Guy Verhille ABC Love Among the Ruins Margaret Furse Cher "Bette Midler, Flip Wilson and Elton John" Bob Mackie CBS Queen of the Stardust Ballroom Bruce Walkup The Sonny Comedy Revue "McLean Stevenson and Joey Heatherton" Ret Turner ABC
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1976 Eleanor and Franklin Joe I. Tompkins ABC The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Bob Christenson, Denita Cavett NBC 1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Joe I. Tompkins ABC Beauty and the Beast Albert WolskyNBC The Man in the Iron Mask Olga Lehmann 1978 Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special Actor Noel Taylor PBS The Bastard Jean-Pierre Dorleac Syndicated The Dark Secret of Harvest Home Bill Jobe NBC The Four Feathers Olga Lehmann Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women Grady Hunt Special Classification of Outstanding Individual AchievementAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. Dance in America: Romeo and Juliet (Great Performances) William Pitkin PBS 1979 Edward the King "King at Last" Ann Hollowood, Sue Le Cash, Christine Wilson Syndicated Cher... and Other Fantasies Bob Mackie, Ret Turner NBC The Corn Is Green David Walker CBS The John Davidson Christmas Show Warden Neil ABC
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980 Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special The Scarlett O'Hara War William Travilla NBC Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls Bob Mackie ABC The Beatrice Arthur Special Ret Turner CBS The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music Bill Belew ABC The Dream Merchants Grady Hunt Syndicated Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special ClassAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. The Dream Merchants Clifford L. Chally, Pat Zinn Syndicated 1981 Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special The Tempest Live with the San Francisco Ballet (Great Performances) Willa Kim PBS Evita Peron William Travilla NBC The Jayne Mansfield Story Warden NeilCBS Peter and Paul Vittorio Nino Novarese A Tale of Two Cities Olga Lehmann Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special ClassAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. Crazy Times Harry Curtis, Adrianne Levesque ABC The Diary of Anne Frank Rita Bennett, Bill Blackburn NBC East of Eden "Part 1" Robert Magahay, Judy Truchan ABC 1982 Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special The Letter Donald Brooks ABC Eleanor, First Lady of the World Noel Taylor CBS The Elephant Man Julie WeissABC Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy William Travilla Mae West Jean-Pierre Dorleac Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special ClassAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. Agatha Christie's Murder Is Easy Gloria Barnes, Elsa Fennell, Colin Wilson CBS 1983 The Scarlet Pimpernel Phyllis Dalton CBS The 55th Annual Academy Awards Ray Aghayan ABC Happy Birthday, Bob! Warden NeilNBC Little Gloria... Happy at Last Julie Weiss The Thorn Birds William Travilla ABC 1984 The Dollmaker Julie Weiss ABC The Master of Ballantrae Olga Lehmann CBS Nancy Astor "Part 3" Joyce Mortlock PBS A Streetcar Named Desire William Travilla ABC 1985 Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special Ellis Island "Part 1" Barbara Lane CBS Christopher Columbus Maria De Matteis, Enrico Luzzi CBS Evergreen "Part 1" Julie Weiss NBC The Jewel in the Crown "Crossing the River" Esther Dean, Diane Holmes PBS Malice in Wonderland Nolan Miller, Mina Mittelman CBS Outstanding Achievement in Costuming Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Thomas Welsh, Bob E. Horn, Marko Cerovac NBC The Execution Mina Mittelman, James Kessler NBC The Jesse Owens Story Thomas Welsh, Bob E. Horn, Marjorie K. Chan OPT Scarecrow and Mrs. King "Ship of Spies" Andrea E. Weaver, James Lapidus CBS 1986 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Peter the Great "Part 1" Ella Maklakova, Sibylle Ulsamer NBC Death of a Salesman Ruth Morley CBS Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy "Part 1" Jenny Beavan PBS North and South, Book II "Part 1" Robert Fletcher ABC Roanoak "Part 1" Ann Roth, Richard Shissler, Neil Spisak PBS Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or a Special North and South "Part 4" Joie Hutchinson, Vicki Sánchez, Pat McGrath ABC Blood & Orchids "Part 2" Louise Clark, Patrick R. NorrisCBS Dallas: The Early Years Winnie D. Brown, Daniel J. Lester, Joan Thomas, Janet Lucas Lawler Dress Gray "Part 2" Shari Feldman, Lucille Cusolito, Pat McGrath, Buck Skelton, Umberto Savoia NBC 1987 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna "Part 1" Jane Robinson NBC Casanova Yvonne Blake ABC Fresno "Part 1" Bob Mackie CBS Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder "Part 1" Theoni V. AldredgeNBC The Two Mrs. Grenvilles "Part 1" Nolan Miller, Donald Brooks, Sue Yelland Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or Special Independence Frances Harrison Hays NBC The Betty Ford Story Dodie Shepard ABC Murder in Three Acts Mina Mittelman CBS 1988 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Jane Robinson NBC Lincoln Joseph G. Aulisi, George L. Little NBC Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story "Part 3" Michel Fresnay ABC The Woman He Loved Robin Fraser-Paye CBS Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or Special Shakedown on the Sunset Strip Eddie Marks, Deborah Hopper, Radford Polinsky CBS American Film Institute Comedy Special Len Marcus NBC What Price Victory Dodie Shepard, Robert Iannaccone ABC 1989 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Lonesome Dove "On the Trail" Van Broughton Ramsey CBS Around the World in 80 Days "Part 1" Emma Porteous NBC My Name Is Bill W. April Ferry ABC Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Miniseries or Special Pancho Barnes Paula Lynn Kaatz, Andrea E. Weaver, Janet Lucas Lawler, Stephen M. Chudej CBS War and Remembrance "Part 3" Bill Flores, Llandys Williams, Barbara Lane, James 'Mike' Balker ABC A Friendship in Vienna Mária Horányi Disney Unconquered Frances Harrison Hays ABC
1990s