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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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![]() The 2023 recipient: Judith Light | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1986 |
Currently held by | Judith Light, Poker Face (2023) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. [1] Prior to 1989, the category was not gender-specific, and, thus, was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. It is given in honor to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a guest-starring role in a television comedy series. The current recipient is Judith Light for Poker Face (TV series). Since the category change in 1989, a total of 34 actresses were awarded for their performances. The most awarded actress is Cloris Leachman, with 3 wins, followed by Tina Fey, Colleen Dewhurst, Kathryn Joosten, Jean Smart, Tracey Ullman, Betty White, and Maya Rudolph, with 2 wins. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, were previously not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but, rather, at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series | |||||
1975 (27th) [2] | |||||
Zohra Lampert | Kojak | Marina Sheldon | "Queen of the Gypsies" | CBS | |
Cloris Leachman | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom | "Phyllis Whips Inflation" | ||
Shelley Winters | McCloud | Thelma | "The Barefoot Girls of Bleaker Street" | NBC | |
1976 (28th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series [3] | |||||
Kathryn Walker | The Adams Chronicles | Abigail Adams | "John Adams, Lawyer" | PBS | |
Helen Hayes | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever" | CBS | |
Sheree North | Marcus Welby, M.D. | June Monica | "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" | ABC | |
Pamela Payton-Wright | The Adams Chronicles | Louisa Catherine Adams | "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | PBS | |
Martha Raye | McMillan & Wife | Agatha | "Greed" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series [4] | |||||
Fionnula Flanagan | Rich Man, Poor Man | Clothilde | "Part II" | ABC | |
Ruth Gordon | Rhoda | Carlton's Mother | "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye" | CBS | |
Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Mary's Aunt" | ||
Kim Darby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Virginia Calderwood | "Part II" | ABC | |
Kay Lenz | Kate Jordache | "Part VIII" | |||
1977 (29th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series [5] | |||||
Beulah Bondi | The Waltons | Aunt Martha Corinne Walton | "The Pony Cart" | CBS | |
Susan Blakely | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Julie Prescott | "Chapter 1" | ABC | |
Madge Sinclair | Roots | Bell Reynolds | "Part IV" | ||
Leslie Uggams | Kizzy Reynolds | "Part VI" | |||
Jessica Walter | The Streets of San Francisco | Maggie Jarris / Mrs. Reston / Mrs. McCluskey | "Till Death Do Us Part" | ||
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series [6] | |||||
Olivia Cole | Roots | Mathilda | "Part VIII" | ABC | |
Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Lou Proposes" | CBS | |
Sandy Duncan | Roots | Missy Anne Reynolds | "Part V" | ABC | |
Cicely Tyson | Binta | "Part I" | |||
Nancy Walker | Rhoda | Ida Morgenstern | "The Separation" | CBS | |
1978 (30th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series [7] | |||||
Rita Moreno | The Rockford Files | Rita Capkovic | "The Paper Palace" | NBC | |
Patty Duke | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | — | ABC | |
Kate Jackson | James at 15 | Robin | "Pilot" | NBC | |
Irene Tedrow | Miss Jordan | "Ducks" | |||
Jayne Meadows | Meeting of Minds | Florence Nightingale | "Luther, Voltaire, Plato, Nightingale" | PBS | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series [8] | |||||
Blanche Baker | Holocaust | Anna Weiss | "Part I" | NBC | |
Ellen Corby | The Waltons | Esther Walton | "Grandma Comes Home" | CBS | |
Jeanette Nolan | The Awakening Land | Granny McWhirter | "Part I" | NBC | |
Beulah Quo | Meeting of Minds | Empress Tz'u-hsi | "Douglass, Tz'u-Hsi, Beccaria, De Sade" | PBS | |
Beatrice Straight | The Dain Curse | Alice Dain Leggett | "Part 1" | CBS |
Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | |||||
1986 (38th) | |||||
Roscoe Lee Browne | The Cosby Show | Dr. Barnabus Foster | "The Card Game" | NBC | |
Earle Hyman | The Cosby Show | Russell Huxtable | "Happy Anniversary" | NBC | |
Danny Kaye | Dr. Burns | "The Dentist" | |||
Clarice Taylor | Anna Huxtable | "Happy Anniversary" | |||
Stevie Wonder | Himself | "A Touch of Wonder" | |||
1987 (39th) | |||||
John Cleese | Cheers | Dr. Simon Finch-Royce | "Simon Says" | NBC | |
Art Carney | The Cavanaughs | James "Weasel" Cavanaugh | "He Ain't Heavy, Father..." | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stanley Zbornak | "The Stan Who Came to Dinner" | NBC | |
Lois Nettleton | Jean | "Isn't It Romantic?" | |||
Nancy Walker | Angela | "Long Day's Journey into Marinara" | |||
1988 (40th) | |||||
Beah Richards | Frank's Place | Mrs. Varden | "The Bridge" | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stanley Zbornak | "The Audit" | NBC | |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Anna | "Mother's Day" | |||
Eileen Heckart | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | "Autumn Gifts" | ||
Gilda Radner | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Herself | "Mr. Smith Goes to Nam" | Showtime | |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |||||
1989 (41st) | |||||
Colleen Dewhurst | Murphy Brown | Avery Brown | "Mama Said" | CBS | |
Eileen Brennan | Newhart | Corine Denby | CBS | ||
Diahann Carroll | A Different World | Marion Gilbert | NBC | ||
Doris Roberts | Perfect Strangers | Mrs. Bailey | ABC | ||
Maxine Stuart | The Wonder Years | Mrs. Carples |
Year | Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [17] | |||||
Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Kamala Harris | "Host: Eddie Murphy" | NBC | |
Angela Bassett | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Mo | "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest Bitch" | HBO | |
Bette Midler | The Politician | Hadassah Gold | "Vienna" | Netflix | |
Maya Rudolph | The Good Place | Judge Gen | "You've Changed, Man" | NBC | |
Wanda Sykes | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Moms Mabley | "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo…" | Amazon | |
Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge" | NBC | |
2021 (73rd) | |||||
Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | "Host: Maya Rudolph" | NBC | |
Jane Adams | Hacks | Nina Daniels | "I Think She Will" | HBO Max | |
Yvette Nicole Brown | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Judge Anita Harper | "But the Tilapias Are Fine Though, Right?" | HBO | |
Bernadette Peters | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Deb | "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night" | NBC | |
Issa Rae | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Jess | "My Booty Look Juicy, Don't It?" | HBO | |
Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | "Host: Kristen Wiig" | NBC | |
2022 (74th) | |||||
Laurie Metcalf | Hacks | Weed | "Trust the Process" | HBO Max | |
Jane Adams | Hacks | Nina Daniels | "The Click" | HBO Max | |
Harriet Sansom Harris | Susan | "Retired" | |||
Jane Lynch | Only Murders in the Building | Sazz Pataki | "Double Time" | Hulu | |
Kaitlin Olson | Hacks | Deborah "DJ" Vance Jr. | "There Will Be Blood" | HBO Max | |
Harriet Walter | Ted Lasso | Deborah Welton | "The Signal" | Apple TV+ | |
2023 (75th) | |||||
Judith Light | Poker Face | Irene Smothers | "Time of the Monkey" | Peacock | |
Becky Ann Baker | Ted Lasso | Dottie Lasso | "Mom City" | Apple TV+ | |
Quinta Brunson | Saturday Night Live | Host | "Host: Quinta Brunson" | NBC | |
Taraji P. Henson | Abbott Elementary | Vanetta Teagues | "Mom" | ABC | |
Sarah Niles | Ted Lasso | Dr. Sharon Fieldstone | "Smells Like Mean Spirit" | Apple TV+ | |
Harriet Walter | Deborah Welton | "So Long, Farewell" | |||
2024 (76th) | Olivia Colman | The Bear | Chef Andrea Terry | "Forks" | FX |
Jamie Lee Curtis | Donna Berzatto | "Fishes" | |||
Kaitlin Olson | Hacks | Deborah "DJ" Vance Jr. | "The Roast of Deborah Vance" | HBO | |
Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Only Murders in the Building | Detective Williams | "Sitzprobe" | Hulu | |
Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | "Host: Maya Rudolph" | NBC | |
Kristen Wiig | Various characters | "Host: Kristen Wiig" | |||
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