Awards & Winners

1957 Primetime Emmy Award

Check winners and nominations of 1957 Primetime Emmy Award. Check awards winners of 9th Primetime Emmy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

9th Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedian In A Series

Sid Caesar

Honored for : Caesar's Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sid Caesar Caesar's Hour
Robert Cummings The Bob Cummings Show
Ernie Kovacs The Ernie Kovacs Show
Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor - Continuing Performance

Robert Young

Honored for : Father Knows Best

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Young Father Knows Best
David Niven Four Star Playhouse
Charles Boyer Four Star Playhouse
James Arness Gunsmoke
Hugh O'Brian The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Personality Continuing Performance

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leonard Bernstein
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Alfred Hitchcock
Fulton J. Sheen
Steve Allen
Perry Como
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance

Jack Palance

Honored for : Playhouse 90
(Requiem for a Heavyweight)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Red Skelton Playhouse 90
Sal Mineo Westinghouse Studio One
Dino
Fredric March Producers' Showcase
Dodsworth
Jack Palance Playhouse 90
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Lloyd Bridges The Alcoa Hour
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedienne In A Series

Nanette Fabray

Honored for : Caesar's Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nanette Fabray Caesar's Hour
Edie Adams The Ernie Kovacs Show
Lucille Ball I Love Lucy
Ann Sothern Private Secretary
Gracie Allen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Female Personality Continuing Performance

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arlene Francis
Gisele MacKenzie
Faye Emerson
Dinah Shore
Rosemary Clooney
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Performance By An Actress

Pat Carroll

Honored for : Caesar's Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mildred Natwick Ford Star Jubilee
Blithe Spirit
Vivian Vance I Love Lucy
Audrey Meadows The Jackie Gleason Show
Pat Carroll Caesar's Hour
Ann B. Davis The Bob Cummings Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special

Norbert Brodine

Honored for : The Loretta Young Show
(The Pearl)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lloyd Ahern The 20th Century Fox Hour
Stranger in the Night
George E. Diskant Four Star Playhouse
Tunnel of Fear
Robert Pittack General Electric Theater
The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy
John L. Russell General Electric Theater
The Night Goes On
Norbert Brodine The Loretta Young Show
The Pearl
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Actor in a Dramatic Series

Robert Young

Honored for : Father Knows Best

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Young Father Knows Best
David Niven Four Star Playhouse
Charles Boyer Four Star Playhouse
James Arness Gunsmoke
Hugh O'Brian The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Actress in a Dramatic Series

Loretta Young

Honored for : The Loretta Young Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ida Lupino Four Star Playhouse
Jane Wyman The Jane Wyman Show
Jan Clayton Lassie
Peggy Wood Mama
Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction - Half Hour or Less

Sheldon Leonard

Honored for : The Danny Thomas Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Archainbaud Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The Traitor
Clay Yurdin Camera Three
As I Lay Dying
Sheldon Leonard The Danny Thomas Show
Danny's Comeback
Herschel Daugherty General Electric Theater
The Road that Led Afar
William D. Russell You Are There
First Moscow Purge Trial
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction - One Hour or More

Ralph Nelson

Honored for : Playhouse 90
(Requiem for a Heavyweight)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lewis Allen The 20th Century Fox Hour
Child of the Regiment
Bob Banner The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
5 October with Sinatra
George Roy Hill Kraft Television Theatre
A Night to Remember
Kirk Browning NBC Television Opera Theatre
La Boheme
John Frankenheimer Playhouse 90
Forbidden Area
Ralph Nelson Playhouse 90
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - One Hour or More

Albert Heschong

Honored for : Playhouse 90
(Requiem for a Heavyweight)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jan Scott The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
Duane McKinney Kraft Television Theatre
Henry May Omnibus
Don Shirley The Perry Como Show
Albert Heschong Playhouse 90
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - Half Hour or Less

Paul Barnes

Honored for : Your Hit Parade

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Nominee Nominated Work
George Patrick General Electric Theater
John Robert Lloyd General Electric Theater
John J. Lloyd General Electric Theater
John Meehan General Electric Theater
Martin Obzina General Electric Theater
Grover Cole Adventure
Warren Clymer Frontiers of Faith
Frank Swig The Dinah Shore Show
Paul Barnes Your Hit Parade
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Live Camera Work

Kraft Television Theatre

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kraft Television Theatre
For episode \"A Night to Remember (#9.31)\"
Playhouse 90
For episode \"Requiem for a Heavyweight\"
Producers' Showcase
For episode \"Jack and the Beanstalk\".
Wide Wide World
For episode \"An American Sunday\".
Republican Convention
For pool coverage of the 1956 Republican Convention.
Primetime Emmy Award for Best News Commentator Or Analyst

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite
John Daly
Douglas Edwards
Chet Huntley
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Public Service Program Or Series

See It Now

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Nominee Nominated Work
Meet the Press
NBC Television Opera Theatre
See It Now
Wide Wide World
You Are There
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Musical Contribution For Television

Leonard Bernstein

Honored for : Omnibus
(For composing and conducting.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Oliver Wallace Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
For composing of score.
Sidney Fine Medic
For orchestration of Victor Young's music.
Leonard Bernstein Omnibus
For composing and conducting.
Nelson Riddle Rosemary Clooney Show
For arrangement of musical score.
Walter Schumann The Ford Show
For vocal arrangements.
Primetime Emmy Award for Best New Program Series Of The Year

Playhouse 90

(Best New Program Series)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Air Power
Best New Program Series
Playhouse 90
Best New Program Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Best New Program Series
The Ernie Kovacs Show
Best New Program Series
The Steve Allen Show
Best New Program Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Series - Half Hour or Less

The Phil Silvers Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Father Knows Best
Person to Person
The Jack Benny Program
The Phil Silvers Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance

Claire Trevor

Honored for : Producers' Showcase
(Dodsworth)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Claire Trevor Producers' Showcase
Dodsworth
Evelyn Rudie Playhouse 90
Eloise
Gracie Fields The United States Steel Hour
Old Lady Shows Her Medals
Nancy Kelly Westinghouse Studio One
The Pilot
Edna Best Ford Star Jubilee
The Happy Breed
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Single Program Of The Year

Playhouse 90

(Requiem for a Heavyweight)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Playhouse 90
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Kraft Television Theatre
A Night to Remember - Titanic
Omnibus
Leonard Bernstein
See It Now
Secret Life of Danny Kaye
The Victor Borge Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Performance By An Actor

Carl Reiner

Honored for : Caesar's Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carl Reiner Caesar's Hour
William Frawley I Love Lucy
Paul Ford The Phil Silvers Show
Ed Wynn Playhouse 90
Requiem For A Heavyweight
Art Carney The Jackie Gleason Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less

James P. Cavanagh

Honored for : Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Fog Closing In)

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Nominee Nominated Work
James P. Cavanagh Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fog Closing In
Morton S. Fine Frontier
Patrol
David Friedkin Frontier
Patrol
John Nesbitt Telephone Time
Man with the Beard
Richard Morris The Loretta Young Show
The Pearl
Daniel B. Ullman The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Buntline
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More

Rod Serling

Honored for : Playhouse 90
(Requiem for a Heavyweight)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rod Serling Playhouse 90
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Reginald Rose The Alcoa Hour
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Louis S. Peterson Goodyear Television Playhouse
Joey
George Roy Hill Kraft Television Theatre
A Night to Remember
John Whedon Kraft Television Theatre
A Night to Remember
Elick Moll Playhouse 90
Sizeman and Son
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Film Editing

Frank P. Keller

Honored for : The Bell Laboratory Science Series
(Our Mr. Sun)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank P. Keller The Bell Laboratory Science Series
Our Mr. Sun
Robert Watts Cheyenne
The Bounty Killers
Richard Fantl Father Knows Best
Betty's Birthday
Samuel E. Beetley Four Star Playhouse
Tunnel of Fear
Daniel A. Nathan The Jane Wyman Show
Between Jobs
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Coverage - Newsworthy Event

Years of Crisis

(For episode: Calendar Year 1956)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York
For coverage of the arrival of Andrea Doria survivors in New York.
National Political Conventions - NBC
For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956).
National Political Conventions - ABC
For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956).
Years of Crisis
For episode: Calendar Year 1956
Andrea Doria Sinking
For coverage of the Andrea Doria sinking (July 31, 1956).
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Series - One Hour or More

Caesar's Hour

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Nominee Nominated Work
Caesar's Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
Climax!
Omnibus
The Perry Como Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nat Hiken The Phil Silvers Show
Billy FriedBerg The Phil Silvers Show
Tony Webster The Phil Silvers Show
Leonard B. Stern The Phil Silvers Show
Arnie Rosen The Phil Silvers Show
Coleman Jacoby The Phil Silvers Show
Sam Perrin The Jack Benny Program
George Balzer The Jack Benny Program
Hal Goldman The Jack Benny Program
Al Gordon The Jack Benny Program
Louis M. Heyward The Ernie Kovacs Show
Ernie Kovacs The Ernie Kovacs Show
Rex Lardner The Ernie Kovacs Show
Mike Marmer The Ernie Kovacs Show
Mel Tolkin Caesar's Hour
Gary Belkin Caesar's Hour
Mel Brooks Caesar's Hour
Sheldon Keller Caesar's Hour
Neil Simon Caesar's Hour
Larry Gelbart Caesar's Hour
Michael Stewart Caesar's Hour
Goodman Ace The Perry Como Show
Jay Burton The Perry Como Show
George Foster The Perry Como Show
Mort Green The Perry Como Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

The Phil Silvers Show