Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and predecessor categories including Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role.
From 1973 to 1978, the category was divided into two separate categories (one for "TV Movies" or "Single Performance in a Special or Series" and another for "Limited Series" or "Miniseries").
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, guest performances in regular television series were included in the category. Separate categories for guest performances were eventually created in the mid-1980s.
In select years, performances in lead and supporting roles were combined into a single category.
Contents
Winners and nominees
Note: Winners are listed in bold type.
1950s
- 1954 – Single Performance
- Judith Anderson – Macbeth
- Ethel Barrymore – "The 13th Chair" episode of Climax!
- Beverly Garland – "White is the Color" episode of Medic
- Ruth Hussey – Craig's Wife
- Dorothy McGuire – "The Giaconda Smile" episode of Climax!
- Eva Marie Saint – Middle of the Night
- Claire Trevor – Ladies in Retirement
- 1955 – Single Performance
- Mary Martin – Peter Pan
- Julie Harris – Wind from the South
- Eva Marie Saint – Our Town
- Jessica Tandy – The Fourposter
- Loretta Young – "Christmas Stopver" episode of The Loretta Young Show
- 1956 – Single Performance
- 1957 – Single Performance – Lead or Supporting
- 1959 – Single Performance
1960s
- 1960 – Single Performance – Lead or Supporting
- 1961 – Single Performance
- Judith Anderson – Macbeth
- Ingrid Bergman – 24 Hours in a Woman's Life
- Elizabeth Montgomery – "The Rusty Heller Story" episode of The Untouchables
- 1962 – Single Performance
- Julie Harris – Victoria Regina
- Geraldine Brooks – "Call Back Yesterday" episode of Bus Stop
- Suzanne Pleshette – "Shining Image" episode for Dr. Kildare
- Inger Stevens – The Price of Tomatoes
- Ethel Waters – "Goodnight Sweet Blues" episode of Route 66
- 1963 – Single Performance
- Kim Stanley – "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" episode of Ben Casey
- Diahann Carroll – "A Horse Has a Big Head, Let Him Worry" episode of Naked City
- Diana Hyland – The Voice of Charlie Pont
- Eleanor Parker – "Why Am I Grown So Cold" episode of The Eleventh Hour
- Sylvia Sidney – "The Madman" episode of The Defenders
- 1964 – Single Performance
- Shelley Winters – Two is the Number
- Ruby Dee – "Express Stop from Lenox Avenue" episode of The Nurses
- Bethel Leslie – "Statement of Fact" episode of The Richard Boone Show
- Jeanette Nolan – "Vote No On 11!" episode of The Richard Boone Show
- Diana Sands – "Who Do You Kill?" episode of East Side/West Side
- 1965 – Individual Achievement in Entertainment – Actors and Performers
- 1966 – Single Performance in Drama
- Simone Signoret – A Small Rebellion
- Eartha Kitt – "The Loser" episode of I Spy
- Margaret Leighton – for 4 episodes of Dr. Kildare
- Shelley Winters – Back to Back
- 1967 – Single Performance in Drama
- 1968 – Single Performance in Drama
- 1969 – Single Performance in a Series or Special
- Geraldine Page – A Thanksgiving Visitor
- Anne Baxter – "The Bobbie Currier Story" episode for The Name of the Game
- Lee Grant – "The Gates of Cerberus" episode for Judd for the Defense
1970s
(Note: Glenda Jackson also wins in the Lead Actress in a Dramatic Series category for Elizabeth R)
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Rosemary Harris – Notorious Woman
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
2010s
Superlatives
Multiple winners
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- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Multiple nominees
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- 10 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- Jane Alexander
- Judith Anderson
- Katharine Hepburn
- Holly Hunter
- Ann-Margret
- Elizabeth Montgomery
- Eva Marie Saint
- Maureen Stapleton
- Emma Thompson
- Cicely Tyson
- Alfre Woodard
- 3 nominations
- Ingrid Bergman
- Judi Dench
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Patty Duke
- Sally Field
- Lee Grant
- Glenda Jackson
- Laura Linney
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Geraldine Page
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Maggie Smith
- Meryl Streep
- Jessica Tandy
- Sigourney Weaver
- 2 nominations
- Halle Berry
- Carol Burnett
- Ellen Burstyn
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Stockard Channing
- Susan Clark
- Bette Davis
- Blythe Danner
- Farrah Fawcett
- Lynn Fontanne
- Rosemary Harris
- Barbara Hershey
- Anjelica Huston
- Ann Jillian
- Ashley Judd
- Diane Lane
- Queen Latifah
- Piper Laurie
- Cloris Leachman
- Jean Marsh
- Suzanne Pleshette
- Jane Seymour
- Sada Thompson
- Claire Trevor
- JoBeth Williams
- Shelley Winters
- Teresa Wright
See also
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
References
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