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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
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| 2008 | Kathryn Joosten |
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Kathryn Joosten (born December 20, 1939) is an American television actress best known for her recurring role in the The West Wing as Dolores Landingham and for her regular role as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives. Joosten did not begin to...
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Desperate Housewives | Role: Karen McCluskey | |
| 2008 | Carrie Fisher |
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Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge.
Fisher was...
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30 Rock | Role: Rosemary Howard | |
| 2008 | Edie Falco |
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Edith "Edie" Falco (pronounced /ˈiːdi ˈfælkoʊ/; born July 5, 1963) is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her lead roles as both Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and the titular character on the Showtime series ...
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30 Rock | Role: Celeste 'C.C.' Cunningham | |
| 2008 | Polly Bergen |
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Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930) is an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
Bergen appeared in many film roles, most notably in the original Cape Fear (1962) opposite Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum....
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Desperate Housewives | Role: Stella Wingfield | |
| 2008 | Elaine Stritch |
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Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for...
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30 Rock | Role: Colleen Donaghy | |
| 2008 | Sarah Silverman |
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Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, writer, actress, singer, and musician. Although usually credited as Sarah Silverman, she is sometimes credited by her nickname, Big S. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos...
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Monk | Role: Marci Maven | |
| 2009 | Tina Fey |
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards....
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Saturday Night Live | ||
| 2009 | Jennifer Aniston |
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Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She became famous in the 1990s for her role as Rachel Green in the US sitcom Friends, a role for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild...
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30 Rock | ||
| 2009 | Christine Baranski |
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Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American stage and screen actress.
Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazurowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish...
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The Big Bang Theory | ||
| 2009 | Gena Rowlands |
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Gena Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress of film, stage and television. She collaborated with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes on ten films.
Born as Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin, Rowlands was raised in...
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Monk | ||
| 2009 | Elaine Stritch |
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Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for...
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30 Rock | ||
| 2009 | Betty White |
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Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is an American actress comedian and former television host with a career spanning over sixty-five years. Her television roles include Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The...
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My Name Is Earl | ||
| 2007 | Elaine Stritch |
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Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for...
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30 Rock | ||
| 2007 | Dixie Carter |
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Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives in 2007.
Carter was born in McLemoresville, Tennessee, and spent many of...
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| 2007 | Laurie Metcalf |
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Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne and the voice of Mrs. Davis in Toy Story. She is also a major force in Chicago theater, probably...
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| 2007 | Judith Light |
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Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, and Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Judge Elizabeth (Liz) Donnelly on Law & Order Special...
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Ugly Betty | ||
| 2007 | Salma Hayek |
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Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.
Hayek is...
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Ugly Betty | ||
| 2006 | Shirley Knight |
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Shirley Enola Knight (born July 5, 1936) is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird...
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| 2006 | Kate Winslet |
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Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer. Winslet made her film debut starring in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). She achieved recognition in a supporting role in Ang Lee's adaption of Sense...
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Extras | ||
| 2006 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2006 | Laurie Metcalf |
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Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne and the voice of Mrs. Davis in Toy Story. She is also a major force in Chicago theater, probably...
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Monk | ||
| 2006 | Blythe Danner |
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Blythe Katharine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an Emmy- and Tony Award-winning American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.
Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Katharine and...
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Will & Grace | ||
| 2005 | Kathryn Joosten |
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Kathryn Joosten (born December 20, 1939) is an American television actress best known for her recurring role in the The West Wing as Dolores Landingham and for her regular role as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives. Joosten did not begin to...
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| 2005 | Lupe Ontiveros |
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Lupe Ontiveros (born September 17, 1942) is an American film and television actress. Ontiveros has acted in numerous films and television shows, most often playing a maid or, more recently, an all-knowing grandmother; the actress estimates she has...
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Desperate Housewives | ||
| 2005 | Georgia Engel |
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Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American film, television, and stage actress.
Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard officer, eventually...
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Everybody Loves Raymond | ||
| 2005 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2005 | Blythe Danner |
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Blythe Katharine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an Emmy- and Tony Award-winning American actress. She is the mother of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jake Paltrow.
Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Katharine and...
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Will & Grace | ||
| 2004 | Georgia Engel |
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Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American film, television, and stage actress.
Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard officer, eventually...
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Everybody Loves Raymond | ||
| 2004 | Laura Linney |
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Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress of film, television, and theatre. Linney has won three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has been nominated for the Academy Award three times and...
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Frasier | ||
| 2004 | Christina Applegate |
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Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles...
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Friends | ||
| 2004 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2004 | Eileen Brennan |
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Eileen Brennan (born September 3, 1932) is an American actress of film, television, and theater.
Brennan was born as Verla Eileen Regina Brennen in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Regina "Jeanne" Menehan, a silent film actress, and John Gerald...
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Will & Grace | ||
| 2003 | Betty Garrett |
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Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer who began her career in the golden age of movie musicals. She is known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: Archie Bunker's liberal neighbor...
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Becker | ||
| 2003 | Georgia Engel |
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Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American film, television, and stage actress.
Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard officer, eventually...
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Everybody Loves Raymond | ||
| 2003 | Christina Applegate |
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Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles...
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Friends | ||
| 2003 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2003 | Betty White |
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Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is an American actress comedian and former television host with a career spanning over sixty-five years. Her television roles include Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The...
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Yes, Dear | ||
| 2002 | Katherine Helmond |
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Katherine Marie Helmond (b. July 5, 1928, Galveston, Texas) is an American film, theater and television actress, who is famous for playing Jessica Tate on Soap, Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss?, and Debra Barone's mom on Everybody Loves Raymond....
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Everybody Loves Raymond | ||
| 2002 | Susan Sarandon |
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Susan Sarandon (born 4 October 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She is also noted for her social and...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2002 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2002 | Frances Sternhagen |
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Frances Hussey Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress. Sternhagen has appeared on and off Broadway, in movies and on TV since the 1950s.
Sternhagen was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Gertrude S. (née Wyckoff) and John...
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Sex and the City | ||
| 2002 | Glenn Close |
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Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987). She has been nominated five times for an Oscar, and has won three...
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Will & Grace | ||
| 2001 | Bernadette Peters |
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Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer from New York City. Over the course of a career that has already spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in...
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Ally McBeal | ||
| 2001 | Jami Gertz |
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Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films The Lost Boys, Quicksilver, Less Than Zero, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, 1996's Twister, as well as for her...
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Ally McBeal | ||
| 2001 | Jean Smart |
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Jean E. Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her comedic roles, one of the best known being her role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. She later gained...
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Frasier | ||
| 2001 | Susan Sarandon |
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Susan Sarandon (born 4 October 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She is also noted for her social and...
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Friends | ||
| 2001 | Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2000 | Jean Smart |
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Jean E. Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her comedic roles, one of the best known being her role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women. She later gained...
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Frasier | ||
| 2000 | Cheri Oteri |
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Cheri Oteri (born September 19, 1962) is an American comic actress, best known for her roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000.
Oteri was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She grew up with three siblings in Upper Darby. She...
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Just Shoot Me! | ||
| 2000 | Beatrice Arthur |
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Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as...
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Malcolm in the Middle | ||
| 2000 | Holland Taylor |
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Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress known for her film, television and theatre work. Her television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, Dean Susan McMann on Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Judge Roberta...
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The Lot | ||
| 2000 | Debbie Reynolds |
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Debbie Reynolds (born Mary Frances Reynolds; April 1, 1932) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is also a collector of movie memorabilia. Reynolds was also an MGM contract star.
Reynolds was born in El Paso, Texas, the second child of...
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Will & Grace | ||
| 1999 | Kathy Bates |
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Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director.
After several small roles in film and television, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won both the Academy Award for...
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3rd Rock from the Sun | ||
| 1999 | Laurie Metcalf |
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Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne and the voice of Mrs. Davis in Toy Story. She is also a major force in Chicago theater, probably...
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3rd Rock from the Sun | ||
| 1999 | Tracey Ullman |
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Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is an award-winning English stage and television actor, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author with American citizenship.
Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the...
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Ally McBeal | ||
| 1999 | Piper Laurie |
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Rosetta Jacobs, better known as Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932), is an American academy award nominee actress of stage and screen noted for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the film Carrie.
Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in...
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Frasier | ||
| 1999 | Christine Baranski |
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Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American stage and screen actress.
Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazurowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish...
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Frasier | ||
| 1998 | Jan Hooks |
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Janice "Jan" Hooks (born April 23, 1957) is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL), on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991.
Hooks was born in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. Hooks began her...
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3rd Rock from the Sun | ||
| 1998 | Emma Thompson |
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Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a two time Academy Award–winning British actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council.
Thompson was born in Paddington, London, England. Her father was the actor Eric Thompson...
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Ellen | ||
| 1998 | Patti LuPone |
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Patti LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American singer and actress, perhaps best known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 musical Evita, and Rose in "Gypsy", and in her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in...
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Frasier | ||
