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

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. 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 Palmer Cortlandt is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera ''All My Children'', played by James Mitchell from 1979 to 2010. A major character until 2002, when health issues forced him to reduce his work load, Mitchell continu ...

, '' All My Children'') * William Mooney (Paul Martin, '' All My Children'') *

Douglass Watson Larkin Douglass Watson III (February 24, 1921 — May 1, 1989) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Mac Cory on the daytime soap opera '' Another World''. Life and career Watson was born in Jackson, Georgia, the son ...

(Mac Cory, ''Another World'') * Franc Luz (Dr. John Bennett, '' The Doctors'') * John Gabriel (Dr. Seneca Beaulac, '' Ryan's Hope'') *

Michael Levin Michael Levin (; born 21 May 1943) is an American philosopher and writer. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at City University of New York. He has published on metaphysics, epistemology, race, homosexuality, animal rights, the philosophy ...

(Jack Fenelli, '' Ryan's Hope'')

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Julia Barr Julia Barr (born Julia Rose Buchheit on February 8, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress. Barr is most famous for her role on the soap opera ''All My Children'', playing the character of Brooke English. She played the role fro ...

(Brooke English, '' All My Children'') *

Kathleen Noone Kathleen Noone ( O'Meara; January 8, 1945) is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns'' (197 ...

(Ellen Dalton, '' All My Children'') * Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, '' Another World'') * Kim Hunter (Nola Madison / Martha Cory), ''

The Edge of Night ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that netwo ...

'') *

Leslie Charleson Leslie Charleson (born February 22, 1945) is an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. Life and career Charleson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Actress Kate Charles ...

(Dr. Monica Quartermaine, '' General Hospital'') *

Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera ...

(Karen Wolek, '' One Life to Live'')

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

* Warren Burton (Eddie Dorrance, '' All My Children'') *

Julius LaRosa Julius La Rosa (January 2, 1930 – May 12, 2016) was an American traditional popular music singer, who worked in both radio and television beginning in the 1950s. Early years La Rosa was born of Italian-immigrant parents in the Brooklyn borough ...

(Renaldo, '' Another World'') *

Vasili Bogazianos Vasili Bogazianos (born February 1, 1945) is an American actor, best known for his role as Benny Sago #2 on the television series ''All My Children'', which he played from 1980 to 1990. He began his television career by playing the small role of ...

(Mickey Dials, ''

'') *

Shepperd Strudwick Shepperd Strudwick (September 22, 1907 – January 15, 1983) was an American actor of film, television, and stage. He was also billed as John Shepperd for some of his films and for his acting on stage in New York. Early years Strudwick was ...

(Professor Timothy McCauley, ''

Love of Life ''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation ''Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''Th ...

'') *

Ron Hale Ron Hale (born January 2, 1946) is an American actor best known for his role as Roger Coleridge on the ABC soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' for its entire run (1975–1989). He played the recurring role of Mike Corbin, the father of mobster Sonny C ...

(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 Lois Kibbee (July 13, 1922 – October 18, 1993) was an American actress. Kibbee was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. The daughter of actor Milton Kibbee and the niece of actor Guy Kibbee, Kibbee played in a number of television and film roles. ...

(Geraldine Whitney Saxon, ''

'') *

Elaine Lee Elaine Lee is an American actress, playwright, producer, and writer, who specializes in graphic novels. She has also received recognition and awards for her work as a creator and producer of audio books and dramas. Her comics have been illust ...

(Mildred Trumble, '' The Doctors'') *

Valerie Mahaffey Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera '' The Doctors'' (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outst ...

(Ashley Bennett, '' The Doctors'') * Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodard, '' Ryan's Hope'')

Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series

Eli Mintz Eli Mintz (born Edward Satz, 1 August 1904 – 8 June 1988) was an American actor of Polish-Austrian Jewish descent. Biography Born in Lemberg, Austrian-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine), the son of a tailor, Mintz began acting professionally as a ch ...

(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 Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared ...

(Page Williams, ''Ryan's Hope'')

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

* ''All My Children'':

Agnes Nixon Agnes Nixon ( Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas ''One Life to Live'', ''All My Children'', as well as ''Loving'' and its spin-off '' The Ci ...

;

Wisner Washam Wisner McCamey Washam (born September 8, 1931) is an American soap opera writer, best known as the head writer of ''All My Children'', from 1981 to 1987. Early life and career A native of North Carolina, he graduated from the University of Nor ...

; Jack Wood;

Caroline Franz Caroline Franz is an American television writer. Career After graduating with a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1976, Ms. Franz began her daytime career as a writer for 'All My Children' (1977 - 1983) ...

; 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 Claire Vaughn Labine (née Wood; June 28, 1934 – November 11, 2016) was an American soap opera writer and producer.

; Paul Avila Mayer; Mary Munisteri;

Judith Pinsker Judith Ann Pinsker (January 17, 1940, Kenmore, New York - April 26, 2014, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American television writer. Pinsker co-wrote (with Claire Labine) the 1995 ''New York Times'' bestseller ''General Hospital'' tie-in novel ''Ro ...

;

Jeffrey Lane Jeffrey Lane is an author, television scriptwriter, film producer and actor. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Career Broadway Lane wrote the book for the musical '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', which ran on Broadway in 2005 and was nominate ...

* ''The Edge of Night'':

Henry Slesar Henry Slesar (June 12, 1927 – April 2, 2002) was an American author, playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Alfre ...

; 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 Melvin Bernhardt (February 26, 1931 – September 12, 2015) was an American stage and television director. He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and much of his work has been in the New York City area. He is known for his productions of ''The ...

; Robert Calhoun;

Barnet Kellman Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American television and film director, television producer and film actor. Biography Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer a ...

;

Jack Hofsiss John Bernard Hofsiss (September 28, 1950 – September 13, 2016) was an American theatre, film, and television director. He received a Tony Award for his direction of '' The Elephant Man'' on Broadway, the youngest director to have ever receive ...

; Andrew D. Weyman * ''

'': Larry Auerbach; Robert Scinto

Outstanding Game Show

*''

The Hollywood Squares ''Hollywood Squares'' (originally ''The Hollywood Squares'') is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show Television pilot, piloted on NBC in 1965 and the regular series debut ...

'' – A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC *'' The $20,000 Pyramid'' – A Bob Stewart Production for ABC *''

Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. It features two families who compete to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, th ...

'' – A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC

Outstanding Game Show Host

* Peter Marshall (''The Hollywood Squares'') *

Richard Dawson Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was a British-born American actor, comedian, game-show host and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in ''Hogan's Heroe ...

(''Family Feud'')

References

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