Awards & Winners

1955 Primetime Emmy Award

Check winners and nominations of 1955 Primetime Emmy Award. Check awards winners of 7th Primetime Emmy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

7th Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

The Danny Thomas Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Danny Thomas Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
I Love Lucy
Mister Peepers
Our Miss Brooks
Private Secretary
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor Starring In A Regular Series

Danny Thomas

Honored for : The Danny Thomas Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Webb Dragnet
Danny Thomas The Danny Thomas Show
Richard Boone Medic
Robert Cummings My Hero (US)
Jackie Gleason The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance

Judith Anderson

Honored for : Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Macbeth)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dorothy McGuire Climax!
The Gioconda Smile
Ethel Barrymore Climax!
The Thirteenth Chair
Claire Trevor Lux Video Theatre
Ladies in Retirement
Ruth Hussey Lux Video Theatre
Craig's Wife
Judith Anderson Hallmark Hall of Fame
Macbeth
Beverly Garland Medic
White Is the Color
Eva Marie Saint The Philco Television Playhouse
Middle of the Night
Beverly Garland Medic
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress Starring In A Regular Series

Loretta Young

Honored for : The Loretta Young Show
(Letter to Loretta)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lucille Ball I Love Lucy
Eve Arden Our Miss Brooks
Ann Sothern Private Secretary
Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress In A Regular Series

Audrey Meadows

Honored for : The Jackie Gleason Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Marion Lorne Mister Peepers
Vivian Vance I Love Lucy
Jean Hagen The Danny Thomas Show
Bea Benaderet The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Audrey Meadows The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - Filmed Show

Ralph Berger, Albert Pyke

Honored for : Shower of Stars
(A Christmas Carol)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ralph Berger Shower of Stars
A Christmas Carol
Albert Pyke Shower of Stars
A Christmas Carol
Duncan Cramer Four Star Playhouse
Serge Krizman Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Frank Durlauf The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Claudio Guzmán Where's Raymond?
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Cultural, Religious or Educational Program

Omnibus

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Nominee Nominated Work
Life Is Worth Living
Meet the Press
Omnibus
See It Now
Person to Person
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Choreographer

June Taylor

Honored for : The Jackie Gleason Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rod Alexander Max Liebman Presents
Louis Da Pron Texaco Star Theater
For episode \"Here Comes Donald starring Donald O'Connor\".
June Taylor The Jackie Gleason Show
Tony Charmoli Your Hit Parade
Bob Herget Your Hit Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Daytime Program

House Party

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Nominee Nominated Work
House Party
The Robert Q. Lewis Show
The Betty White Show
The Bob Crosby Show (1953)
The Garry Moore Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Children's Program

Lassie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lassie
Art Linkletter and the Kids
Ding Dong School
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Time for Beany
Zoo Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction of Photography

Lester Shorr

Honored for : Medic
(I Climb The Stairs)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harold E. Stine Cavalcade of America
Night Call
Edward Colman Dragnet
The Big Bible
Lester Shorr Medic
I Climb The Stairs
Walter Strenge My Little Margie
George T. Clemens Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Roman and the Renegade
Norbert Brodine The Loretta Young Show
The Clara Schumann Story
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Individual Program Of The Year

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

(Operation Undersea)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Light's Diamond Jubilee
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Operation Undersea
Medic
White is the Color
Shower of Stars
A Christmas Carol
Westinghouse Studio One
Twelve Angry Men
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Series

The United States Steel Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Four Star Playhouse
Medic
Westinghouse Studio One
The United States Steel Hour
The Philco Television Playhouse
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - Live Show

Bob Markel

Honored for : You Are There
(Mallory's Tragedy on Mt. Everest)

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Dowell Vance Climax!
Robert Tyler Lee Shower of Stars
Carl Macauley Space Patrol
William T. Martin The Dinah Shore Show
Bob Markel You Are There
Mallory's Tragedy on Mt. Everest
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Audience, Guest Participation or Panel Program

This Is Your Life

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Nominee Nominated Work
Masquerade Party (Original)
People are Funny
This Is Your Life
What's My Line?
You Bet Your Life
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Singer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon MacRae
Eddie Fisher
Frankie Laine
Tony Martin
Perry Como
Primetime Emmy Award for Best News Reporter Or Commentator

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Daly
Eric Sevareid
John Cameron Swayze
Clete Roberts
Douglas Edwards
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Female Singer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jo Stafford
Jane Froman
Peggy King
Gisele MacKenzie
Dinah Shore
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Original Music Composed For Television

Walter Schumann

Honored for : Dragnet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Schumann Dragnet
Victor Young Light's Diamond Jubilee
Gian Carlo Menotti Hallmark Hall of Fame
For episode \"Amahl and the Night Visitors\"
Victor Young Medic
Bernard Herrmann Shower of Stars
For episode \"A Christmas Carol\"
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Scoring Of A Dramatic Or Variety Program

Victor Young

Honored for : Light's Diamond Jubilee

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Nominee Nominated Work
Victor Young Light's Diamond Jubilee
Buddy Bregman The Colgate Comedy Hour
Walter Scharf Texaco Star Theater
Gordon Jenkins Shower of Stars
Nelson Riddle Satins and Spurs
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Mystery Or Intrigue Series

Dragnet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dragnet
Foreign Intrigue
I Led Three Lives
Racket Squad
Waterfront
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor In A Regular Series

Art Carney

Honored for : The Jackie Gleason Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ben Alexander Dragnet
William Frawley I Love Lucy
Gale Gordon Our Miss Brooks
Don DeFore The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Art Carney The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Film Editing

Lynn Harrison, Grant K. Smith

Honored for : Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
(For episode Operation Undersea)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lynn Harrison Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Operation Undersea
Grant K. Smith Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Operation Undersea
Chester Schaeffer Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Davy Crockett - Indian Fighter
Samuel E. Beetley Four Star Playhouse
The Answer
Jodie Copelan Medic
White is the Color
George Amy Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
For episode \"The Roman and the Renegade\"
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Variety Series Including Musical Varieties

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
The George Gobel Show
The Jack Benny Program
The Jackie Gleason Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Your Hit Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Western Or Adventure Series

Stories of the Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
Annie Oakley
Death Valley Days
Stories of the Century
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Roy Rogers Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Written Dramatic Material

Reginald Rose

Honored for : Westinghouse Studio One
(Twelve Angry Men)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Dortort Climax!
An Error In Chemistry
Leonard Freeman Four Star Playhouse
The Answer
James E. Moser Medic
White Is The Color
Paddy Chayefsky The Philco Television Playhouse
Reginald Rose Westinghouse Studio One
Twelve Angry Men
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Television Sound Editing

George Jay Nicholson

Honored for : Dragnet

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Jay Nicholson Dragnet
Joseph Von Stroheim Medic
Red Christmas
John A. Bushelman Ramar of the Jungle
Stanley Callahan The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Cathey Burrow Waterfront
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Written Comedy Material

James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter, Harry Winkler

Honored for : The George Gobel Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Carroll I Love Lucy
Jess Oppenheimer I Love Lucy
Madelyn Pugh I Love Lucy
Danny Thomas The Danny Thomas Show
James Fritzell Mister Peepers
Everett Greenbaum Mister Peepers
Harry Winkler The George Gobel Show
James B. Allardice The George Gobel Show
Jack Douglas The George Gobel Show
Hal Kanter The George Gobel Show
George Balzer The Jack Benny Program
Milt Josefsberg The Jack Benny Program
Sam Perrin The Jack Benny Program
John Tackaberry The Jack Benny Program
Jackie Gleason The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Most Outstanding New Personality

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fess Parker
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Preston Foster
Michael O'Shea
Richard Boone
Walt Disney
George Gobel
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Engineering Effects

Robert Shelby

Honored for : Four Quadrant Screen

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Goetz Background
Electronic Editing
Walter O'Mears Background
Electronic Editing
Dan Zampino Background
Electronic Editing
Robert Shelby Four Quadrant Screen
Cameron Pierce Space Patrol
Jackie Gleason Enterprises The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Sports Program

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports

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Nominee Nominated Work
Forest Hills Tennis Matches
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
Greatest Moments in Sports
NCAA Football
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts
Professional Football
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction

Franklin J. Schaffner

Honored for : Westinghouse Studio One
(Twelve Angry Men)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Roy Kellino Four Star Playhouse
The Answer
Franklin J. Schaffner Westinghouse Studio One
Twelve Angry Men
Robert Florey The Loretta Young Show
The Clara Schumann Story
Alex Segal The United States Steel Hour
Ted Post Waterfront
Christmas on the Waterfront
Clark Jones Your Hit Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Technical Achievement

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Nominee Nominated Work
John West
Color TV Policy and Burbank Color (NBC Studios)
George E. H. Hanson
Ozzie and Harriet Production Facilities
L.H. Bowman
West Coast Color TV Facilities (CBS)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography

June Taylor

Honored for : The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance

Robert Cummings

Honored for : Westinghouse Studio One
(Twelve Angry Men)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Niven Four Star Playhouse
The Answer
Fredric March Shower of Stars
A Christmas Carol
Fredric March The Best of Broadway
The Royal Family
Robert Cummings Westinghouse Studio One
Twelve Angry Men
Frank Lovejoy Lux Video Theatre
Double Indemnity
Thomas Mitchell Ford Theatre
The Good of His Soul