From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 31st Primetime Emmy Awards
31st Primetime Emmy Awards
31st Primetime Emmy Awards • Edward Asner for playing "Lou Grant" on Lou
Grant
Date September 9, 1979 • James Garner for playing "Jim Rockford" on The
Site Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Rockford Files
California • Jack Klugman for playing "Dr. R. Quincy" on
Creative Arts September 8, 1979
Quincy, M.E.
Awards
Host Henry Winkler, Cheryl Ladd Outstanding Lead Actress in a
TV in the United States Comedy Series
Network ABC • for playing “Dee Wilcox” in Taxi
• Katherine Helmond for playing “Jessica Tate” on
• Isabel Sanford for playing “Louise Jefferson” on
The Jeffersons
The 31st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, • Jean Stapleton for playing "Edith Bunker" on All
September 9, 1979. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC. in the Family
It was hosted by Henry Winkler and Cheryl Ladd.
Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a
• Taxi
Drama Series
• All in the Family • for playing “Dr. Caroline Fields“ on The Incredible
• Barney Miller Hulk
• M*A*S*H • Barbara Bel Geddes for playing “Eleanor "Miss
• Mork & Mindy Ellie" Southworth Ewing Farlow“ on Dallas
• Rita Moreno for playing “Rita Capkovic“ on The
Outstanding Drama Series Rockford Files
• Sada Thompson for playing "Kate Lawrence" on
• • The Paper Chase Family
• The Rockford Files
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Outstanding Lead Actor in a
in a Comedy Series
Comedy Series • for playing "Benson DuBois" on Soap
• for playing "Archie Bunker" on All in the Family • Gary Burghoff for playing "Corporal Walter
• Alan Alda for playing “Capt. Benjamin Franklin Eugene O’Reilly" on M*A*S*H
Pierce” on M*A*S*H • Danny DeVito for playing "Louie De Palma" on
• Judd Hirsch for playing “Alex Reiger” on Taxi Taxi
• Hal Linden for playing “Capt. Barney Miller” on • Max Gail for playing "Det. Stan Wojciehowicz" in
Barney Miller Barney Miller
• Robin Williams for playing "Mork" on Mork & • Harry Morgan for playing "Sherman T. Potter"
Mindy on M*A*S*H
Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Drama Series
• for playing "Martin Kazinsky" on Kaz
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 31st Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actor Outstanding Writing in a Dra-
in a Drama Series ma Series
• for playing "Evelyn ’Angel’ Martin" on The Rockford • Lou Grant
Files • The Paper Chase
• Mason Adams for playing "Charlie Hume" in Lou
Grant
• Noah Beery Jr for playing "Joseph Rockford" on
Outstanding Directing in a Dra-
The Rockford Files ma Series
• Joe Santos for playing "Det. Dennis Becker" on
• Lou Grant
The Rockford Files
• The White Shadow
• Robert Walden for playing "Joe Rossi" in Lou
Grant
Outstanding Writing in a Com-
Outstanding Supporting Ac- edy Series
tress in a Comedy Series • M*A*S*H
• All in the Family
• for playing "Gloria Stivic" on All in the Family
• Barney Miller
• Polly Holliday for playing "Flo Castleberry" on
• Saturday Night Live
Alice
• Taxi
• Marion Ross for playing "Marion Cunningham"
on Happy Days
• Loretta Swit for playing "Margaret Houlihan" on Outstanding Directing in a
M*A*S*H
Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Ac- • Barney Miller
• All in the Family
tress in a Drama Series • M*A*S*H
• Soap
• for playing "Letitia Lawrence" in Family
• Linda Kelsey for playing "Billie Newman" on Lou
Grant External links
• Nancy Marchand for playing "Margaret
• IMDB
Pynchon" Lou Grant
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