This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre-, or even gender-, specific. Beginning with 1970, supporting actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
# – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation
Winners and nominations 1950s Year Actress Role Program NetworkBest Series Supporting Actress 1954Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Ruth Gilbert Various characters The Milton Berle ShowNBC Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBSBest Supporting Actress in a Regular Series 1955Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBS Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers NBC Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBSBest Actress in a Supporting Role 1956Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Nanette Fabray Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC Natalie Schafer Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Honeymooners CBS Thelma Ritter # Aggie Hurley Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse NBCBest Supporting Performance by an Actress 1957Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Pat Carroll Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings ShowCBS Audrey Meadows Various characters The Jackie Gleason Show Mildred Natwick # Madame Arcati Ford Star Jubilee Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love LucyBest Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series 1958Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS & NBC Pat Carroll Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC Verna Felton Hilda Crocker December Bride CBS Marion Lorne Myrtle Banford Sally NBC Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love LucyBest Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series 1959 Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show NBC Rosemary DeCamp Margaret MacDonald The Bob Cummings Show NBC Elinor Donahue Betty Father Knows Best CBS & NBC Verna Felton Hilda Crocker December Bride CBS Kathleen Nolan Kate McCoy The Real McCoys ABC ZaSu Pitts Susanna Pomeroy Oh, Susanna CBS
1960s Year Actress Role Program NetworkOutstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support) 1960 Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best CBS Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC Teresa Wright Margaret Bourke-White NBC Sunday Showcase NBC Loretta Young Various characters The Loretta Young ShowOutstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series 1961Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Don Knotts Barney Fife The Andy Griffith Show CBS Abby Dalton Lt. Martha Hale HenneseyCBS Barbara Hale Della Street Perry MasonOutstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress 1962Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Pamela Brown # Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC Jeanne Cooper § Anna Medalle Ben Casey ABC Colleen Dewhurst # Gertrude Hart Focus NBC Joan Hackett § Ellen Parker Ben Casey ABC Mary Wickes Maxfield The Gertrude Berg Show CBS 1963Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Glenda Farrell § Martha Morrison Ben Casey ABC Davey Davison § Laura Hunter The Eleventh Hour NBC Nancy Malone Libby Kingston Naked City ABC Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS Kate Reid # Queen Victoria Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC 1964Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Ruth White # Shelagh Mangan Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC Martine Bartlett § Miranda Ledoux PorterArrest and TrialABC Anjanette Comer § Annabelle Selinsky Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS Claudia McNeil § Mrs. Hill The NursesOutstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers 1965Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Leonard Bernstein Conductor New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein CBS Lynn Fontanne Fanny Bowditch HolmesHallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"| rowspan=2|NBC|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Alfred Lunt| Oliver Wendell Holmes|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Barbra Streisand| Herself| My Name Is BarbraCBS Dick Van Dyke Rob Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show Julie Andrews Herself The Andy Williams ShowNBC Johnny Carson Himself The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Gladys Cooper Margaret St. ClairThe Rogues Robert Coote Timmy St. Clair Richard Crenna James Slattery Slattery's People CBS Julie Harris Florence Nightingale Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror"NBC Bob Hope Himself Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special Dean Jagger Principal Albert Vane Mr. Novak Danny Kaye Himself The Danny Kaye Show CBS David McCallum Illya Kuryakin The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NBC Red Skelton Himself The Red Skelton Hour CBSOutstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series 1966 Alice Pearce (posthumously) Gladys Kravitz Bewitched ABC Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC 1967 Frances Bavier Aunt Bee The Andy Griffith Show CBS Nancy Kulp Jane Hathaway The Beverly Hillbillies CBS Marion Lorne Aunt Clara Bewitched ABC 1968 Marion Lorne (posthumously) Aunt Clara Bewitched ABC Agnes Moorehead Endora BewitchedABC Marge Redmond Sister Jacqueline The Flying Nun Nita Talbot § Marya Hogan's Heroes CBSOutstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series 1969Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell The Name of the Game NBC Barbara Anderson Officer Eve Whitfield Ironside NBC Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC
1970s Year Actress Role Program Network Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy 1970 Karen Valentine Miss Alice Johnson Room 222 ABC Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC Lurene Tuttle Hannah Yarby Julia NBC 1971 Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Agnes Moorehead Endora BewitchedABC Karen Valentine Miss Alice Johnston Room 222 1972 Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS 1973 Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Best Supporting Actress in Comedy 1974 Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 1975 Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern RhodaCBS Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda 1976 Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda 1977 Mary Kay Place Loretta Haggers Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Syndicated Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1978 Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry AliceCBS Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series 1979 Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family CBS Marion Ross Marion Cunningham Happy Days ABC Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry Alice CBS Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS
1980s Year Actress Role Program Network Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series 1980 Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS Loni Anderson Jennifer Marlowe WKRP in CincinnatiCBS Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry Alice Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC 1981 Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin CBS Loni Anderson Jennifer Marlowe WKRP in CincinnatiCBS Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Anne Meara Veronica Rooney Archie Bunker's Place Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H 1982 Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private BenjaminCBS Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Andrea Martin Various Characters SCTV Network NBC Anne Meara Veronica Rooney Archie Bunker's Place CBS Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series 1983 Carol Kane Simka Dahblitz Taxi NBC Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private BenjaminCBS Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 1984 Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen NewhartCBS Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Paula Kelly Liz Williams Night Court NBC Marion Ross Marion Cunningham Happy Days ABC 1985 Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Selma Diamond Selma Hacker Night Court NBC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen NewhartCBS Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC 1986 Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Family TiesNBC Lisa Bonet Denise Huxtable The Cosby Show Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC Keshia Knight Pulliam Rudy Huxtable The Cosby Show NBC 1987 Jackée Harry Sandra Clark 227 NBC Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Family Ties NBC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden GirlsNBC Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers 1988 Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS Jackée Harry Sandra Clark 227 NBC Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? ABC Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC 1989 Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen NewhartCBS Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? ABC
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