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Emmy Awards: 1955

Emmy

Date:	7 March
Host:	Steve Allen (I) (Los Angeles); Dave Garroway (New York City)
Location:	Moulin Rouge Nightclub, Hollywood, California, USA Nino's LaRue Restaurant, New York, New York, USA

Best Actor in a Single Performance


Winner:
	"Studio One" (1948) - Robert Cummings (I); CBS - For episode "Twelve Angry Men".
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - David Niven (I); CBS - For episode "The Answer". "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) - Frank Lovejoy; CBS - For episode "Double Indemnity". "Shower of Stars" (1954) - Fredric March; CBS - For episode "A Christmas Carol". "The Best of Broadway" (1954) - Fredric March; CBS - For episode "The Royal Family". "The Ford Television Theatre" (1952) - Thomas Mitchell (I); NBC - For episode "The Good of His Soul".

Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series


Winner:
	"Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - Danny Thomas (I); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Dragnet" (1951) - Jack Webb (I); NBC "Medic" (1954) - Richard Boone (I); NBC "My Hero" (1952) - Robert Cummings (I); Syndicated "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Jackie Gleason (I); CBS

Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series


Winner:
	"Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Loretta Young; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - Lucille Ball; CBS "Our Miss Brooks" (1952) - Eve Arden; CBS "Private Secretary" (1953) - Ann Sothern; CBS "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - Gracie Allen; CBS

Best Actress in a Single Performance


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) - Judith Anderson (I); NBC - For episode "Macbeth".
Other Nominees:
	"Climax!" (1954) - Ethel Barrymore; CBS - For episode "The Thirteenth Chair". "Climax!" (1954) - Dorothy McGuire (I); CBS - For episode "The Gioconda Smile". "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) - Ruth Hussey; NBC - For episode "Craig's Wife". "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) - Claire Trevor; NBC - For episode "Ladies in Retirement". "Medic" (1954) - Beverly Garland (I); NBC - For episode "White Is the Color". "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1948) - Eva Marie Saint; NBC - For episode "Middle of the Night".

Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series


Winner:
	"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Art Carney; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Dragnet" (1951) - Ben Alexander (I); NBC "I Love Lucy" (1951) - William Frawley; CBS "Our Miss Brooks" (1952) - Gale Gordon; CBS "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952) - Don DeFore; ABC

Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series


Winner:
	"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Audrey Meadows; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - Vivian Vance; CBS "Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - Jean Hagen; ABC "Mister Peepers" (1952) - Marion Lorne; NBC "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - Bea Benaderet; CBS

Best Direction


Winner:
	"Studio One" (1948) - Franklin J. Schaffner; CBS - For episode "Twelve Angry Men".
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Roy Kellino; CBS - For episode "The Answer". "Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Robert Florey; NBC - For episode "The Clara Schumann Story". "The United States Steel Hour" (1953) - Alex Segal (I); ABC "Waterfront" (1954) - Ted Post; CBS - For episode "Christmas on the Waterfront". "Your Hit Parade" (1950) - Clark Jones (I); NBC

Best Direction of Photography


Winner:
	"Medic" (1954) - Lester Shorr (director of photography); NBC - For episode "I Climb The Stairs".
Other Nominees:
	"Cavalcade of America" (1952) - Harold E. Stine (director of photography); Syndicated - For episode "Night Call". "Dragnet" (1951) - Edward Colman (director of photography); NBC - For episode "The Big Bible". "Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Norbert Brodine (director of photography); NBC - For episode "The Clara Schumann Story". "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951) - George T. Clemens (director of photography); CBS - For episode "The Roman and the Renegade".

Best Art Direction of a Filmed Show


Winner:
	"Shower of Stars" (1954) - Ralph Berger (I) (art director); Albert M. Pyke (art director); CBS - For episode "A Christmas Carol".
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Duncan Cramer (art director); CBS "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951) - Serge Krizman (art director); CBS - For episode "The Roman and the Renegade". "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952) - Frank Durlauf (art director); ABC "Where's Raymond?" (1953) - Claudio Guzm�n (art director); ABC

Best Art Direction of a Live Show


Winner:
	"You Are There" (1953) - Robert Markel (I) (art director); CBS - For episode "Mallory's Tragedy on Mt. Everest".
Other Nominees:
	"Climax!" (1954) - James Dowell Vance (art director); CBS "Shower of Stars" (1954) - Robert Tyler Lee (art director); CBS "Space Patrol" (1950) - Carl Macauley (art director); ABC

Best Variety Series Including Musical Variety


Winner:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - ABC
Other Nominees:
	"The George Gobel Show" (1954) - NBC "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - CBS "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - CBS "Toast of the Town" (1948) - CBS "Your Hit Parade" (1950) - NBC

Best Individual Program of the Year


Winner:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - ABC - For episode "Operation Undersea".
Other Nominees:
	"Medic" (1954) - NBC - For episode "White is the Color". "Shower of Stars" (1954) - CBS - For episode "A Christmas Carol". "Studio One" (1948) - CBS - For episode "Twelve Angry Men". Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV) - 4 Networks

Best Written Comedy Material


Winner:
	"The George Gobel Show" (1954) - James B. Allardice; Jack Douglas (IX); Hal Kanter; Harry Winkler (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - Jess Oppenheimer; Bob Carroll Jr. (I); Madelyn Davis; CBS "Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - Danny Thomas (I); ABC - Unknown staff writers were included in the nomination. "Mister Peepers" (1952) - James Fritzell; Everett Greenbaum; NBC "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - George Balzer; Milt Josefsberg; Sam Perrin; John Tackaberry; CBS "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Jackie Gleason (I); CBS - Unknown staff writers were included in the nomination.

Best Choreographer


Winner:
	"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - June Taylor (choreographer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"The Milton Berle Show" (1948) - Louis Da Pron (choreographer); NBC - For episode "Here Comes Donald starring Donald O'Connor".

Best Sports Program


Winner:
	"Cavalcade of Sports" (1944) - NBC

Best Daytime Program


Winner:
	"House Party" (1952) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"The Betty White Show" (1954) - NBC "The Bob Crosby Show" (1953) - CBS "The Garry Moore Show" (1950) - CBS "The Robert Q. Lewis Show" (1954) - CBS

Best Audience, Guest Participation or Panel Program


Winner:
	"This Is Your Life" (1952) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Masquerade Party" (1952) - ABC "People Are Funny" (1954) - NBC "What's My Line?" (1950) - CBS "You Bet Your Life" (1950) - NBC

Best News Reporter or Commentator


Winner:
	John Daly (I); ABC
Other Nominees:
	Douglas Edwards (I); CBS Eric Sevareid; CBS John Cameron Swayze; NBC Clete Roberts; Syndicated

Best Female Singer


Winner:
	Dinah Shore; NBC
Other Nominees:
	Jane Froman; CBS Jo Stafford (I); CBS Peggy King (I); NBC Gisele MacKenzie; NBC

Best Male Singer


Winner:
	Perry Como; CBS
Other Nominees:
	Eddie Fisher (I); NBC Gordon MacRae; NBC Tony Martin (I); NBC Frankie Laine (I); Syndicated

Best Children's Program


Winner:
	"Lassie" (1954) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Ding Dong School" (1952) - NBC "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" (1947) - ABC "Time for Beany" (1949) - Syndicated "Zoo Parade" (1950) - NBC

Best Western or Adventure Series


Winner:
	"Stories of the Century" (1954) - Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1951) - Syndicated "Annie Oakley" (1954) - Syndicated "Death Valley Days" (1952) - CBS "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) - NBC

Best Written Dramatic Material


Winner:
	"Studio One" (1948) - Reginald Rose; CBS - For episode "Twelve Angry Men".
Other Nominees:
	"Climax!" (1954) - David Dortort; CBS - For episode "An Error In Chemistry". "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Leonard Freeman; CBS - For episode "The Answer". "Medic" (1954) - James E. Moser; NBC - For episode "White Is The Color". "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1948) - Paddy Chayefsky; NBC

Most Outstanding New Personality


Winner:
	George Gobel; NBC
Other Nominees:
	Walt Disney; ABC Fess Parker (I); ABC Tennessee Ernie Ford; CBS Richard Boone (I); NBC Michael O'Shea (I); NBC Preston Foster (I); Syndicated

Best Cultural, Religious or Educational Program


Winner:
	"Omnibus" (1952) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Life Is Worth Living" (1952) - Dumont "Meet the Press" (1947) - NBC "Person to Person" (1953) - CBS "See It Now" (1951) - CBS

Best Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"The United States Steel Hour" (1953) - ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - CBS "Medic" (1954) - NBC "Studio One" (1948) - CBS "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1948) - NBC

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program


Winner:
	Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV) - Victor Young (I) (composer); 4 Networks
Other Nominees:
	"Shower of Stars" (1954) - Gordon Jenkins (composer); CBS "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950) - Buddy Bregman (composer); NBC "The Milton Berle Show" (1948) - Walter Scharf (composer); NBC Satins and Spurs (1954) (TV) - Nelson Riddle (composer); NBC

Best Mystery or Intrigue Series


Winner:
	"Dragnet" (1951) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Foreign Intrigue" (1951) - NBC "I Led 3 Lives" (1953) - Syndicated "Racket Squad" (1950) - Syndicated "Waterfront" (1954) - Syndicated

Best Situation Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - ABC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - CBS "Mister Peepers" (1952) - NBC "Our Miss Brooks" (1952) - CBS "Private Secretary" (1953) - CBS "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - CBS

Best Television Film Editing


Winner:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - Lynn Harrison (I) (editor); Grant K. Smith (editor); ABC - For episode "Operation Undersea".
Other Nominees:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - Chester W. Schaeffer (editor); ABC - For episode "Davy Crockett - Indian Fighter". "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Samuel E. Beetley (editor); CBS - For episode "The Answer". "Medic" (1954) - Jodie Copelan (editor); NBC - For episode "White is the Color". "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951) - George Amy (editor); CBS - For episode "The Roman and the Renegade".

Best Original Music Composed for TV


Winner:
	"Dragnet" (1951) - Walter Schumann (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) - Gian Carlo Menotti; NBC - For episode "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "Medic" (1954) - Victor Young (I); NBC "Shower of Stars" (1954) - Bernard Herrmann; CBS - For episode "A Christmas Carol". Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV) - Victor Young (I); 4 Networks