Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie

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  • 1954- Judith Anderson- Macbeth
  • 1955- Mary Martin- Peter Pan
  • 1956- Claire Trevor- Dodsworth
  • 1957- Polly Bergen- The Helen Morgan Story
  • 1958- no award
  • 1959- Julie Harris- Little Moon of Alban
  • 1960- Ingrid Bergman- The Turn of the Screw
  • 1961- Judith Anderson- Macbeth
  • 1962- Julie Harris- Victoria Regina
  • 1963- Kim Stanley- Cardinal Act of Mercy
  • 1964- Shelley Winters- Two is the Number
  • 1965- Lynne Fontanne- The Magnificent Yankee
  • 1966- Simone Signoret- A Small Rebellion
  • 1967- Geraldine Page- A Christmas Memory
  • 1968- Maureen Stapleton- Among the Paths to Eden
  • 1969- Geraldine Page- A Thanksgiving Visitor
  • 1970- Patty Duke- My Sweet Charlie
  • 1971- Lee Grant- Neon Calling
  • 1972- Glenda Jackson- Elizabeth R
  • 1973- Cloris Leachman- A Brand New Life
  • 1974- Susan Hampshire- Vanity Fair/ Cicely Tyson- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman/ Mildred Natwick- The Snoop Sisters
  • 1975- Katharine Hepburn- Love Among the Ruins/ Jessica Walter- Amy Prentiss
  • 1976- Susan Clark- Babe/ Rosemary Harris- Notorious Woman
  • 1977- Sally Field- Sybil/ Patty Duke- Captains and Kings
  • 1978- Joanne Woodward- See How She Runs/ Meryl Streep- Holocaust
  • 1979- Bette Davis: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
  • 1980- Patty Duke- The Miracle Worker
  • 1981- Vanessa Redgrave- Playing for Time
  • 1982- Ingrid Bergman- A Woman Called Golda
  • 1983- Barbara Stanwyck- The Thorn Birds
  • 1984- Jane Fonda- The Dollmaker
  • 1985- Joanne Woodward- Do You Remember Love
  • 1986- Marlo Thomas- Nobody's Child
  • 1987- Gena Rowlands- The Betty Ford
  • 1988- Jessica Tandy- Foxfire
  • 1989- Holly Hunter- Roe vs. Wade
  • 1990- Barbara Hershey- A Killing in a Small Time
  • 1991- Lynn Whitfield- The Josephine Baker Story
  • 1992- Gena Rowlands- Face of a Stranger
  • 1993- Holly Hunter- The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
  • 1994- Kirstie Alley- David's Mother
  • 1995- Glenn Close- Serving in Silence
  • 1996- Helen Mirren- Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness
  • 1997- Alfre Woodard- Miss Ever's Boys
  • 1998- Ellen Barkin- Before Women Had Wings
  • 1999- Helen Mirren- The Passion of Ayn Rand
  • 2000- Halle Berry- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • 2001- Judy Davis- Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
  • 2002- Laura Linney- Wild Iris
  • 2003- Maggie Smith- My House in Umbria
  • 2004- Meryl Streep- Angels in America
  • 2005- S. Epatha Merkerson- Lackawanna Blues
  • 2006- Helen Mirren- Elizabeth I
  • 2007- Helen Mirren- Prime Suspect: The Final Act
  • 2008- Laura Linney- John Adams
  • 2009- Jessica Lange- Grey Gardens