Primetime Emmy Winners (Lead Actress – Comedy Series) since 1975 Quiz

Year	Actress	Show
1975		Rhoda
1976		The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1977		Maude
1978		All in the Family
1979		Taxi
1980		Soap
1981		The Jeffersons
1982		Taxi
1983		Cheers
1984		Kate & Allie
1985		Kate & Allie
1986		The Golden Girls
1987		The Golden Girls
1988		The Golden Girls
1989		Murphy Brown
1990		Murphy Brown
1991		Cheers
1992		Murphy Brown
1993		Roseanne

Year	Actress	Show
1994		Murphy Brown
1995		Murphy Brown
1996		Mad About You
1997		Mad About You
1998		Mad About You
1999		Mad About You
2000		Everybody Loves Raymond
2001		Everybody Loves Raymond
2002		Friends
2003		Will & Grace
2004		Sex and the City
2005		Desperate Housewives
2006		The New Adventures of Old Christine
2007		Ugly Betty
2008		30 Rock
2009		United States of Tara
2010		Nurse Jackie
2011		Mike & Molly
2012		Veep

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Emmy - Comedy Actress Quiz

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	bmo1616:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:45 GMT		23 points
	Definitely got Shelley Long with an Eva Longoria guess for Desperate Housewives.

	buppyspek:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:46 GMT		30 points
	The answer for 1976 is shocking! ;)

	WhereTheFishLive:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT		12 points
	I think Roseanne Barr (or even just Roseanne) should be an acceptable answer for 1993.

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT		5 points
	You need some alternates on the '93 winner. As I recall, by that point in her career she was using only her first name. You should also accept that first name with Barr and Barr on it's own. I guess the Taxi winners were in part responsible for the establishment of "Best Guest Appearance". I wasted forever trying to remember who played Elaine!

	cmkeller:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:48 GMT		6 points
	Aniston won for Friends? She was my fourth guess for that entry, pretty amazing considering there were only three actresses (I tried both Cox and Arquette).

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT		-3 points
	@Chaim: Anyone who saw the episode where Rachel was first told by Phoebe that she wasn't pregnant, then told she was could not deny her an Emmy. That was the episode submitted for Emmy consideration that year. A staggering rollercoaster of emotions that felt so real you forgot it was acting.

	YankeesJets2310:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT		20 points
	I loved Taxi, but I dont remember Ruth Gordon being a regular. From the looks of it, neither did anyone else.

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:02 GMT		6 points
	How can the '77 & '88 winner possibly have different percentages? It's the same answer! Side note: Odd that you can get 3 answers in a best actress category by entering the first names of men.

	Genxerd71:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT		2 points
	Got all of them except Damon and Gordon. Ruth Gordon was on one episode of Taxi and it was hilarious, but yes only one.

	Banedon:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT		5 points
	If you put in the 77 winner with her first name shortened to a nickname, it credits the 88 winner, but doesn't credit 77.

	sub:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:25 GMT		3 points
	@rockgolf: if you put in the shortened version of her name (Bea) it works for 1988 but not 1977.

	Bartleby:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:28 GMT		10 points
	surprised that taxi got 2 emmys and neither time was marilu henner. i didn't see the episode with ruth gordon, but that sounds ridiculous to give an emmy based on a guest appearance. it's insulting to every other actress performing that year.

	cocky:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:33 GMT		0 points
	Why does the quiz only go back to 1975?

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	tamazin:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT		4 points
	somehow I got Beatrice Arthur correct for 1988, but missed Beatrice Arthur for 1977. What??

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT		8 points
	@Craig & sub: Aha! Of course! Two Bea or not two Bea. That is the answer!

	Hal_10000:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT		2 points
	Giving the show names as a hint makes this quiz a lot easier. Almost too easy, really.

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT		4 points
	@Hal: Not too simple. About 48% of players still got only half the answers or less. The clues give you a fighting chance, otherwise only those who remember there even was a show called Kate & Allie have a hope. Look at the results: 25% of people playing couldn't figure out what actress won for a lead role in The Mary Tyler Moore Show!

	juviejay:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT		-4 points
	Who the f@&# is Ruth Gordon? I tried and tried to think of the actress's name who played Elaine Nardo on Taxi, but couldn't. Then, when the answers are revealed it's Carol King and Ruth Gordon? I guess that evens things out with Mary Tyler Moore.

	bfg1118:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 19:37 GMT		10 points
	And to think I thought I was misspelling Marilu Henner's name wrong! Great show...

	Tahnan:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT		6 points
	Carol Kane, juviejay; Carole King was a singer. Carol Kane played Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, which made her a major character, though probably not really a leading-actress sort. Ruth Gordon, in contrast, is probably best known as Maude in "Harold & Maude"; and yes, as alluded to above, she appeared in one episode, after which the Emmy people realized that maybe they should have a guest-appearance category.

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 20:07 GMT		2 points
	@Tahnan: to be fair to Carol Kane, not only is she a leading-actress sort, she a Best Actress Oscar nominee for Hester Street!

	Guinevere:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 20:40 GMT		5 points
	Missed Ruth Gordon; kept trying variations of Henner or Perlman for that one. Missed Cathryn Damon - I knew both of the leads in Soap were Katherines/Cathryns, but could only remember Helmond (Soap was AWESOME, btw). Missed McClahanan due to copious spelling issues (almost missed America Ferrera for the same reason). Good quiz and just about the right amount of time.

	springmom:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 21:37 GMT		0 points
	Ruth Gordon did NOT win for lead actress, she won for GUEST ACTRESS. I don't think her name belongs on here.

	rockgolf:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 22:45 GMT		3 points
	@springmom: Nope, back then there was no separate Guest Actress category. You could win for a single or regular appearances.

	bfg1118:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 22:49 GMT		2 points
	According to the Emmy Awards site and IMDb, Ruth did indeed win for Lead Actress.

	JohnJF:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 23:35 GMT		11 points
	22.3% missed Mary Tyler Moore? Really?

	Jmisho:	Aug 14th, 2009 at 23:44 GMT		6 points
	It's interesting how Julia Louis-Dreyfus won and Emmy for the New Adventures of Old Christine, but not for Seinfeld.

	zalagreensbury:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 00:40 GMT		8 points
	I think 'Weezy' should've been accepted for Isabel Standford.

	gushuss32:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:03 GMT		3 points
	@zala---completely agree. oh isabel. how we loved thee as weezy.

	chikka2:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 03:21 GMT		3 points
	Awesome quiz. Ruth Gordon was very scary in Rosemary's Baby..but she aced every role she ever played. Now how 'bout the guy emmy's?

	marpocky:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 04:00 GMT		7 points
	I see those 86-88 answers, and I think, "Poor Estelle Getty."

	semolina99:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 06:28 GMT		4 points
	Getty won an Emmy in 1988 for best supporting actress. And Julia Louis-Drefus did win an Emmy for Seinfeld, again it was for best supporting actress

	cocky:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 00:50 GMT		1 point
	I don't undertsand Moore being so poorly guessed. Its second on the list so its not like people just didn't see it.

	rockhopperlad:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 15:16 GMT		1 point
	@Andy B. Estelle Getty won for supporting actress in 1988 and was nominated for that award every year of the show's existence. I'm surprised more people didn't get Isabel Sanford, but then, how many remember that she got top billing on The Jeffersons?

	fatmanafterdark:	Sep 8th, 2009 at 20:52 GMT		-1 points
	Ruth Gordon won for GUEST Actress, not lead actress. FIX THIS.

	recklessness:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT		1 point
	Damn it, Rue McWhatever, wasted too much time trying to figure the spelling out. (Loved Blanche though) And when I saw Taxi there, I thought it was Marilu Henner for sure. What about a Supporting Actresses quiz?

	npdavis:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 17:50 GMT		2 points
	@fatman Ruth Gordon won for Lead Actress, not Guest. They didn't even have a Guest Actress award that year.

	lucia:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 17:00 GMT		0 points
	candice bergen and helen hunt pretty much cleaned up the floor, helen hunt won 4 times in a row, thats quit an achievement

	quent1979:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 01:57 GMT		2 points
	I can't believe that Cathryn Damon won for Soap, but not Katherine Helmond. Helmond was the heart and soul of that show, and by far the funnier actress.