7th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

*"All My Children"
*"Another World"
*"Guiding Light"

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

*James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, "All My Children")
*William Mooney (Paul Martin, "All My Children")
*Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, "Another World")
*Franc Luz (Dr. John Bennett, "The Doctors")
*John Gabriel (Dr. Seneca Beaulac, "Ryan's Hope")
*Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, "Ryan's Hope")

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

*Julia Barr (Brooke English, "All My Children")
*Kathleen Noone (Ellen Dalton, "All My Children")
*Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, "Another World")
*Kim Hunter (Nola Madison (Martha Cory), "The Edge of Night")
*Leslie Charleson (Dr. Monica Quartermaine, "General Hospital")
*Judith Light (Karen Wolek, "One Life to Live")

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

*Warren Burton (Eddie Dorrance, "All My Children")
*Julius LaRosa (Renaldo, "Another World")
*Vasili Bogazianos (Mickey Dials, "The Edge of Night")
*Shepperd Strudwick (Professor Timothy McCauley, "Love of Life")
*Ron Hale (Dr. Roger Coleridge, "Ryan's Hope")

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

*Francesca James (Kelly Cole Tyler, "All My Children")
*Deidre Hall (Dr. Marlena Evans, "Days of Our Lives")
*Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney Saxon "The Edge of Night")
*Elaine Lee (Mildred Trumble "The Doctors")
*Valerie Mahaffey (Ashley Bennett "The Doctors")
*Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodard "Ryan's Hope")

Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series

*Eli Mintz ("All My Children")
*Hugh McPhillips ("Days of Our Lives")
*Kathryn Harrow ("The Doctors")
*Sammy Davis, Jr. ("One Life to Live")
*Joan Fontaine ("Ryan's Hope")

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

* "All My Children": Agnes Nixon; Wisner Washam; Jack Wood; Caroline Franz; Mary K. Wells; Cathy Chicos; Clarice Blackburn; Anita Jaffe; Kenneth Harvey
* "One Life To Live": Gordon Russell; Sam Hall; Peggy O'Shea; Don Wallace; Lanie Bertram; Cynthia Benjamin; Marisa Gioffre
* Ryan's Hope: Claire Labine; Paul Avila Mayer; Mary Munisteri; Judith Pinsker; Jeffrey Lane
* "The Edge of Night": Henry Slesar; Steve Lehrman

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

* "All My Children": Henry Kaplan; Jack Coffey; Sherrell Hoffman; Jørn Winther
* "General Hospital": Marlene Laird; Alan Pultz; Phil Sogard
* "The Edge of Night": John Sedwick; Richard Pepperman
* Ryan's Hope: Lela Swift; Jerry Evans
* "Another World": Ira Cirker; Melvin Bernhardt; Robert Calhoun; Barnet Kellman; Jack Hofsiss; Andrew D. Weyman
* "Love of Life": Larry Auerbach; Robert Scinto

Outstanding Game Show

*The Hollywood Squares - A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC
*The $20,000 Pyramid - A Bob Stewart Production for ABC
*Family Feud - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC

Outstanding Game Show Host

*Peter Marshall ("The Hollywood Squares")
*Richard Dawson ("Family Feud"}