# 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.
The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC. It preempted Another World, which was a 90-minute program at the time.
Winners in each category are in bold.

## 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 (Dr. 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 (Locksmith, All My Children)
* Hugh McPhillips (Hugh Pearson, Days of our Lives)
* Kathryn Harrow (Pat Reyerson, The Doctors)
* Sammy Davis Jr. (Chip Warren, One Life to Live)
* Joan Fontaine (Page Williams, 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)