Primetime Emmy Awards 1975
The 27th Emmy Awards were held on May 19, 1975 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles , California . The award ceremony took place without a moderator.
The top shows this year were Mary Tyler Moore and The House on Eaton Place , which won the main categories. Mary Tyler Moore also won the most awards with five. M * A * S * H topped the nomination list with nine, but only got one award.
Main categories
Drama series
(Outstanding Drama Series)
The house on Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs) (PBS)
- Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak) (CBS)
- Police Story - Always On Action (Police Story) (NBC)
- The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco) (ABC)
- The Waltons (The Waltons) (CBS)
Comedy series
(Outstanding Comedy Series)
Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) (CBS)
- All in the Family - It Runs in the Family (All in the Family) (CBS)
- M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H) (CBS)
- Rhoda (Rhoda) (ABC)
Comedy variety or music show
(Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series)
The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
- Cher (CBS)
TV special - drama or comedy
(Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy)
Lawyer Against the Court (The Law) (NBC)
- Love at dusk (Love Among the Ruins) (ABC)
- The Missiles of October (ABC)
- QB VII (ABC)
- The Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS)
TV special - comedy variety or music
(Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music)
An Evening with John Denver , (ABC)
- Lily (ABC)
- Shirley MacLaine : If They Could See Me Now (CBS)
Drama / Comedy - Miniseries or TV Movie
(Outstanding Limited Series)
Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin) (CBS)
- Columbo (Columbo) (NBC)
- A Sheriff in New York (McCloud) (NBC)
main actor
Leading actor in a drama / drama series
(Best Lead Actor in a Drama / Drama Series)
Robert Blake as Tony Baretta in Baretta
- Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
- Barry Newman as Anthony J. Petrocelli in Petrocelli
- Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak)
Leading actor in a comedy series
(Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)
Tony Randall as Felix Unger in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
- Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Jack Albertson as Ed Brown in The Two from the gas station (Chico and the Man)
- Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
- Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family - It Runs in the Family (All in the Family)
Leading actor in a television special - drama or comedy
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy)
Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones in Love Among the Ruins
- Richard Chamberlain as Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
- Charles Durning as Al Green in Die Ballkönigin (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom)
- William Devane as John F. Kennedy in The Missiles of October
- Henry Fonda as Clarence Darrow in Clarence Darrow
Leading actor in a limited series
(Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series)
Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (Columbo)
- Dennis Weaver as Sam McCloud in A Sheriff in New York (McCloud)
Leading actress in a drama / drama series
(Best Lead Actress in a Drama / Drama Series)
Jean Marsh as Rose in Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs)
- Angie Dickinson as Sgt.Suzanne 'Pepper' Andersom in make-up and pistols (Police Woman)
- Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)
Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Rhoda
- Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family (All in the Family)
Leading actress in a television special - drama or comedy
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy)
Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicot in Love Among the Ruins
- Jill Clayburgh as Wanda in Bottom Line (Hustling)
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden
- Diana Rigg as Philippa in In This House of Brede
- Maureen Stapleton as Bea Asher in Die Ballkönigin (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom)
Leading actress in a limited series
(Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series)
Jessica Walter as Amy Prentiss in Amy Prentiss
- Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan in McMillan & Wife
supporting cast
Supporting actor in a drama
(Best Supporting Actor in Drama)
Will Geer as Grandpa in The Waltons (The Waltons)
- JD Cannon as Peter B. Clifford in A Sheriff in New York (McCloud)
- Michael Douglas as Inspector Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
Supporting actor in a comedy
(Best Supporting Actor in Comedy)
* Edward Asner as Lou Grant in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Gary Burghoff as Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Rob Reiner as Michael 'Meathead' Stivic in All in the Family (All in the Family)
- Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- McLean Stevenson as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
Supporting actress in a drama
(Best Supporting Actress in Drama)
Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
- Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges in Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs) (PBS)
- Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife
Supporting actress in a comedy
(Best Supporting Actress in Comedy)
Betty Whiten as Sue Ann Nivens in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda
- Loretta Swit as Major Margaret Houlihan in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern in Rhoda
Supporting actor in a comedy or drama special
(Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special)
Anthony Quayle as Tom Banniester in QB VII
- Ralph Bellamy as Adlai Stevenson in The Missiles of October
- Jack Hawkins as Justice Gilroy in QB VII
- Trevor Howard as Abbe Faria in The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Supporting actress in a comedy or drama special
(Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special)
Juliet Mills as Samantha Cady in QB VII
- Eileen Heckart as Herman's mother in Wedding Band, (ABC)
- Charlotte Rae as Helen in Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
- Lee Remick as Lady Margaret in QB VII
Male guest appearance on a comedy or drama series
(Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series)
Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo , episode: The Devil's Corporal
- Lew Ayres as Beaumont in Kung Fu , episode: The Vanishing Image
- Harold Gould as Andrea Basic in Police Story - Immer im Einsatz (Police Story) , episode: Fathers and Sons
- Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele in M * A * S * H , episode: The General Flipped at Dawn
Female guest appearance on a comedy or drama series
(Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series)
Zohra Lampert as Marina Sheldon in Kojak - assignment in Manhattan (Kojak), episode: Queen of the Gypsies
- Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), episode: Phyllis Whips Inflation
- Shelley Winters as Thelma in A Sheriff in New York (McCloud), episode: The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
Director
Directed a single drama episode in a series
(Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series)
Bill Bain for Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs) , episode: A Sudden Storm
- Harry Falk for The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco) , Episode: The Mask of Death
- David Friedkin for Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak) , episode: Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
- Glenn Jordan for Benjamin Franklin , episode: The Ambassador
- Telly Savalas for Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak) , episode: I Want to Report a Dream ...
Directed a comedy series
(Best Directing in Comedy Series)
Gene Reynolds for M * A * S * H (sequence: OR)
- Alan Alda for M * A * S * H , episode: Bulletin Board
- Hy Averbeck for M * A * S * H , series: Alcoholics Unanimous
Directing a comedy variety show, variety show or music show
(Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music)
Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show
- Art Fisher for Cher
Directing a comedy variety show, variety show or music series
(Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music)
Bill Davis for An Evening with John Denver
- Dwight Hemion for Ann-Margret Olsson
- Robert Scheerer for Shirley MacLaine : If They Could See Me Now
Directing a comedy or a drama
(Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy)
George Cukor for Love Among the Ruins
- John Badham Attorney Against the Court (The Law)
- Tom Gries for QB VII
- Sam O'Steen for The Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
- Anthony Page for The Missiles of October
script
Script for a drama series
(Best Writing in Drama)
Howard Fast for Benjamin Franklin - Episode: The Ambassador
- Robert L. Collins for Police Story - Always on duty (Police Story), (episode: Roberry: 48 Hours)
- John Hawkesworth for Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs), episode: The Bolter
- Loring Mandel for Benjamin Franklin, episode: The Whirlwind
- Alfred Shaughnessy for Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs), episode: Miss Forrest
Screenplay for a comedy series
(Best Writing in Comedy)
Ed Weinberger & Stan Daniels for Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), episode: The Lou and Edie Story
- David Lloyd for Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), episode: The Lou and That Woman
- Carroll Moore, Norman Barasch, David Lloyd, Lorenzo Music, Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, David Davis for Rhoda , episode: Rhoda's Wedding
Screenplay for a comedy variety show, variety show or music show
(Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special)
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
- Lily
Screenplay for a comedy variety show, variety show or music series
(Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special)
The Carol Burnett Show
- Cher
Screenplay for a television film (drama or comedy)
(Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay)
James Costigan Love Among the Ruins
- Stanley R. Greenberg for The Missiles of October
- Fay Kanin for the bottom line (hustling)
- Jerome Kass for Die Ballkönigin (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom)
- Joel Oliansky and William Sackheim for attorney against the court (The Law)
Adapted script for a television film (drama or comedy)
(Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay)
David W. Rintels for Clarence Darrow
- Edward Anhalt for QB VII