1981 Daytime Emmy Awards

The awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.

How handsome and divine is James Mitchell here? Sigh.

And please note the promos I included. At the time,more young women were watching ABC daytime than CBS and NBC combined. Not so much these days.

Winners: Judith Light and Douglass Watson

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Daytime
• Emmys
• Douglass
• Watson
• Judith
• Light
• James
• Mitchell

[easttxtv]

OMG I finally get to see this in full for the first time!! Douglass Watson, deservingly honored, during the pinnacle of his career....thanx Donna for posting this, and preserving this, for AW fans everywhere!

A toast to you, Douglass--you are truly loved and missed...

[JONROSE44]

Thank You so much for this clip,...I remember watching this live......watch how very gracious Robin Strasser is at losing the Best Actress Emmy to her friend, Judith Light....Robin won the next year, 1982, as Best Actress ....and she is still the best actress in Daytime TV 27 years after winning her Emmy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!! STRASSER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ryannnash]

Judith was shocked cause this is her second Emmy win. This win wasn't for the court room scene, that scene got her the 1980 win. :)

[TIPTON340]

James Mitchell

Ruth Warwick

Helen Waggnor

Douglass Watson RIP

[cajayson8301]

Judith having a shocked look was both cute but awkward. Was there any other competition for her that year? Spectacular scenes from the witness stand revelation!

[JamJam2014]

LOVE JUDITH LIGHT! The look of shock on her face when she won was adorable. She couldn't believe it. She was speechless. She deserved it!

[MrJudithDanza1]

Aweeeeeeeeee!! She totally deserved that emmy! I mean look at her little face! She's like a lost puppy that finally found a marvolous home!!! Go Judith Light!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

[Idinamenzelluvu]

awwwww judith! she looks so shocked though out the whole thing, she so cute <3

[imachildofthe80s8089]

Now abc by far is the last place I will set my tv on(Amc's only made the slightest improvement thanks to the returns of Barr and Willey) and MJ, well you know how his fame declined. So it was like the rise and fall of both great things 80's. On the other hand, James Mitchell is and was very handsome and divine. So gorgeous for his age. And I loved him in Oklahoma! RIP JM You're solely missed.

[imachildofthe80s8089]

You're damn right Donna! Forgive me if you find me wrong, but I have compared ABC daytime to the late Michael Jackson. There was a time where both(Abc DT and MJ himself) could do no wrong and everything they touched turned to gold for a long time, ppl were never disappointed and the media and fans waited on bated breath for both crowd pleasers.(pt. 1)

[imachildofthe80s8089]

@Wellveryinteresting They oughta be out on DVD's. A lot of the media doesn't think we pay attention to this stuff but it would make quite a collection for those with a love for daytime and nightime(there's just as much people to hike up daytime ratings as primetime) Plus think of the fortunes it would net them to sell these packs of DVD's...and even more of a fortune because maybe it will make people with morbid curiosity turn in today...and those who tuned out long since!

[imachildofthe80s8089]

@SoapsGoldenAge You're right Marland was great. And Luke wasn't Monty's first creation. The first actress she hired was the late beautiful Hollywood legend Anna Lee who played graceful Lila Quartermaine(almost til her death) and then a handful of others before Tony/Luke. Everybody made that show what it was not just HIM.