6th Daytime Emmy Awards

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The 6th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1979 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1978). The sixth awards included supporting actor and actress categories, meaning that five awards were given out this year, a first in the awards show's history.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Contents 1 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series 2 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series 3 Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series 4 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series 5 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series 6 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing 7 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing 8 Outstanding Game Show 9 Outstanding Game Show Host

[edit] Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• Days of Our Lives
• Ryan's Hope
• The Young and the Restless

[edit] Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Nicholas Benedict (Phil Brent, All My Children)
• Jed Allan (Don Craig, Days of Our Lives)
• John Clarke (Mickey Horton, Days of Our Lives)
• Joel Crothers (Dr. Miles Cavanaugh, The Edge of Night)
• Al Freeman, Jr. (Ed Hall, One Life to Live)
• Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)

[edit] Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Irene Dailey (Liz Matthews, Another World)
• Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, Another World)
• Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Olson, Days of Our Lives)
• Nancy Addison (Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)
• Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)

[edit] Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Joseph Gallison (Dr. Neil Curtis, Days of Our Lives)
• Mandel Kramer (Bill Marceau, The Edge of Night)
• Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin, General Hospital)
• Bernard Barrow (Johnny Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
• Ron Hale (Dr. Roger Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)
• Lewis Arlt (David Sutton, Search for Tomorrow)

[edit] Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Frances Reid (Alice Horton, Days of Our Lives)
• Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton, Days of Our Lives)
• Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Weldon, The Edge of Night)
• Rachel Ames (Audrey March, General Hospital)
• Susan Brown (Dr. Gail Adamson Baldwin, General Hospital)

[edit] Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

• Days of Our Lives
• The Young & the Restless
• All My Children
• Ryan's Hope

[edit] Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

• All My Children
• Ryan's Hope
• The Edge of Night
• Another World
• Days of Our Lives
• The Young and the Restless

[edit] Outstanding Game Show

• The Hollywood Squares - A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC
• Family Feud - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC
• The $20,000 Pyramid - A Bob Stewart Production for ABC

[edit] Outstanding Game Show Host

• Dick Clark The $20,000 Pyramid
• Bob Barker The Price Is Right
• Peter Marshall The Hollywood Squares

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