My picks for Primetime Emmy Best Actress - Drama Series 1970-1979
by jazzkinnison | created - 09 Mar 2014 | updated - 09 Mar 2014 | PublicThe TV performances I believe should have taken home the Emmy award throughout the decade of the '70's. I start with the '70's, because it is the decade I truly started loving TV & can make the most informed decisions on my picks.
1. Susan Hampshire
Actress | The Forsyte Saga
Susan Hampshire, the English actress who has won three Emmy Awards, was born in Kensington, London on May 12, 1937. Her original ambition was to be a nurse, but she could not pass her O-Level exam in Latin. (She found out when she was 30 years old that she was dyslexic, and her work on dyslexia ...
For "The Forsyte Saga"
1970 - Won That Year
2. Peggy Lipton
Actress | Twin Peaks
She was a groovy and sexy icon of the late hippie era. To millions of TV viewers she became familiar as the reformed juvenile delinquent, turned undercover cop, Julie Barnes. With her expressive brown eyes and trademark long blonde hair, sylphlike Peggy Lipton was one third of a streetwise urban ...
For "The Mod Squad"
1971 - lost to Susan Hampshire - "The First Churchills"
3. Glenda Jackson
Actress | Women in Love
Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson did. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she was known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in ...
For "Elizabeth R"
1972 - Won That Year
4. Michael Learned
Actress | The Waltons
Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut. The family moved to Austria when she was age 11, and it was while attending ...
For "The Waltons"
1973 - Won That Year
5. Jeanette Nolan
Actress | The Fox and the Hound
Born in 1911, Jeanette Nolan began her acting career in the Pasadena Community Playhouse. While still a student at Los Angeles City College, she made her radio debut in 1932, aged 20, in "Omar Khayyam", the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ. Her film debut was probably also her best...
For "Dirty Sally"
1974 - lost to Michael Learned - "The Waltons"
6. Jean Marsh
Actress | Willow
Born in London, Jean Marsh became interested in show business while taking dancing and mime classes as therapy for a childhood illness. After attending a charm school and working as a model, she started acting in repertory and took voice lessons. Her repertory work was supplemented by a number of ...
For "Upstairs, Downstairs"
1975 - Won That Year
7. Michael Learned
Actress | The Waltons
Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut. The family moved to Austria when she was age 11, and it was while attending ...
For "The Waltons"
1976 - Won That Year
8. Sada Thompson
Actress | Family
Renowned and highly respected actress Sada Thompson has earned critical acclaim both on stage and TV for her noble, strong-minded matrons, but her more challenging and compelling work has come when her characters have displayed darker, more neurotic tones.
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, she was the ...
For "Family"
1977 - lost to Lindsay Wagner - "The Bionic Woman"
9. Melissa Sue Anderson
Actress | Little House on the Prairie
Melissa Sue Anderson was very much like her most famous character role, of eldest child & sister, Mary Ingalls -- a quiet, slightly shy girl who would rather read a book than climb a tree. Her show business career got started, when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her. She ...
For "Little House on the Prairie"
1978 - lost to Sada Thompson - "Family"
10. Barbara Bel Geddes
Actress | Vertigo
Arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch on the long-running TV series Dallas (1978), Barbara Bel Geddes had earlier scored success on stage and screen long before gaining more lasting fame on television. She was born in New York City on Halloween Day 1922, ...
For "Dallas"
1979 - lost to Mariette Hartley - "The Incredible Hulk"
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