7th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given.

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 Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series 7 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing 8 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing 9 Outstanding Game Show 10 Outstanding Game Show Host 11 References

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• Another World
• Guiding Light

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• William Mooney (Paul Martin, All My Children)
• Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)
• Franc Luz (Dr. John Bennett, The Doctors)
• John Gabriel (Dr. Seneca Beaulac, Ryan's Hope)
• Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Julia Barr (Brooke English, All My Children)
• Kathleen Noone (Ellen Dalton, All My Children)
• Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, Another World)
• Kim Hunter (Nola Madison (Martha Cory), The Edge of Night)
• Leslie Charleson (Dr. Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Judith Light (Karen Wolek, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Warren Burton (Eddie Dorrance, All My Children)
• Julius LaRosa (Renaldo, Another World)
• Vasili Bogazianos (Mickey Dials, The Edge of Night)
• Shepperd Strudwick (Professor Timothy McCauley, Love of Life)
• Ron Hale (Dr. Roger Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Francesca James (Kelly Cole Tyler, All My Children)
• Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans, Days of our Lives)
• Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney Saxon, The Edge of Night)
• Elaine Lee (Mildred Trumble, The Doctors)
• Valerie Mahaffey (Ashley Bennett, The Doctors)
• Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodard, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series

• Eli Mintz (All My Children)
• Hugh McPhillips (Days of our Lives)
• Kathryn Harrow (The Doctors)
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (One Life to Live)
• Joan Fontaine (Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

• All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Wisner Washam; Jack Wood; Caroline Franz; Mary K. Wells; Cathy Chicos; Clarice Blackburn; Anita Jaffe; Kenneth Harvey
• One Life to Live: Gordon Russell; Sam Hall; Peggy O'Shea; Don Wallace; Lanie Bertram; Cynthia Benjamin; Marisa Gioffre
• Ryan's Hope: Claire Labine; Paul Avila Mayer; Mary Munisteri; Judith Pinsker; Jeffrey Lane
• The Edge of Night: Henry Slesar; Steve Lehrman

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

• All My Children: Henry Kaplan; Jack Coffey; Sherrell Hoffman; Jørn Winther
• General Hospital: Marlene Laird; Alan Pultz; Phil Sogard
• The Edge of Night: John Sedwick; Richard Pepperman
• Ryan's Hope: Lela Swift; Jerry Evans
• Another World: Ira Cirker; Melvin Bernhardt; Robert Calhoun; Barnet Kellman; Jack Hofsiss; Andrew D. Weyman
• Love of Life: Larry Auerbach; Robert Scinto

Outstanding Game Show

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

Outstanding Game Show Host

• Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares)
• Richard Dawson (Family Feud)

References

• Emmy Awards

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