The 7th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 7, 1955, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the "Moulin Rouge Nightclub" in Hollywood, California. The ceremony, hosted by Steve Allen and broadcast on NBC, was the first Emmy Awards ceremony to be televised nationally. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. New categories for this ceremony included awards for writing and directing, as well as one-time performances in anthology series, (this category would eventually morph into the current guest-acting category). Studio One was the most successful show of the night, winning three awards.
Fredric March made Emmy history when he became the first actor to be nominated for two different works in the same category. However, he lost for both of his performances in the category of Best Actor in a Single Performance.
Winners, & Nominees
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
| Best Actor Starring a Regular Series |
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series |
- Danny Thomas as Danny Williams on Make Room for Daddy, (ABC)
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Supporting performances
| Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series |
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series |
- Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
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Single performances
| Best Actor in a Single Performance |
Best Actress in a Single Performance |
- Robert Cummings as Juror #8 on Studio One, (Episode: "Twelve Angry Men"), (CBS)
- Frank Lovejoy as Walter Neff on Lux Video Theatre, (Episode: "Double Indemnity"), (CBS)
- Fredric March as Tony Cavendish on The Best of Broadway, (Episode: "The Royal Family"), (CBS)
- Fredric March as Ebenezer Scrooge on Shower of Stars, (Episode: "A Christmas Carol"), (CBS)
- Thomas Mitchell as Father Devlin on The Ford Television Theatre, (Episode: "The Good of His Soul"), (NBC)
- David Niven as Deacon on Four Star Playhouse, (Episode: "The Answer"), (CBS)
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- Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Macbeth"), (CBS)
- Ethel Barrymore as Mme. Rosalie La Grange on Climax!, (Episode: "The Thirteenth Chair"), (CBS)
- Beverly Garland as Estelle Collins on Medic, (Episode: "White Is the Color"), (NBC)
- Ruth Hussey as Harriet Craig on Lux Video Theatre, (Episode: "Craig's Wife"), (CBS)
- Dorothy McGuire as Janet Spence on Climax!, (Episode: "The Gioconda Smile"), (CBS)
- Eva Marie Saint as Betty on The Philco Television Playhouse, (Episode: "Middle of the Night"), (NBC)
- Claire Trevor as Ellen Creed on Lux Video Theatre, (Episode: "Ladies in Retirement"), (CBS)
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Directing
Writing
| Best Written Comedy Material |
Best Written Dramatic Material |
- James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter, Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show, (NBC)
- George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, Sam Perrin, John Tackaberry for The Jack Benny Show, (CBS)
- Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh Davis for I Love Lucy, (CBS)
- James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum for Mr. Peepers, (NBC)
- Jackie Gleason for The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
- Danny Thomas for Make Room for Daddy, (ABC)
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- Reginald Rose for Studio One, (Episode: "Twelve Angry Men"), (CBS)
- Paddy Chayefsky for The Philco Television Playhouse, (NBC)
- David Dortort for Climax!, (Episode: "An Error in Chemistry"), (CBS)
- Leonard Freeman for Four Star Playhouse, (Episode: "The Answer"), (CBS)
- James Moser for Medic, (Episode: "White is the Color"), (NBC)
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Hosting
| Best News Reporter or Commentator |
Most Outstanding New Personality |
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Singing
| Best Male Singer |
Best Female Singer |
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 59
- NBC – 44
- ABC – 15
- By program
- I Love Lucy (CBS) / Studio One (CBS) / The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) – 5
- Four Star Playhouse (CBS) / Make Room for Daddy (ABC) / Medic (NBC) / Your Show of Shows (NBC) – 4
- Climax! (CBS) / Dragnet (NBC) / The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS) / Lux Video Theatre (CBS) / Mr. Peepers (NBC) / Our Miss Brooks (CBS) / The Philco Television Playhouse (NBC) – 3
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- By program
- Studio One (CBS) – 3
- Disneyland (ABC) / The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) / Make Room for Daddy (ABC) – 2
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
References
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