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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Award for actresses
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.
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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 |
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1970s
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| 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 | |
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| Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |||
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2000s
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2010s
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2020s
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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" |
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- Saturday Night Live (3 consecutive; 2 consecutive)
- 3 awards
- Frasier (2 consecutive)
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