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Cathy Guisewite after winning an Emmy Award, 1987.

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And the Emmy goes to ... Phillies star Trea Turner? Documentary on Turner's ovation wins Emmy Award • June 13, 2025, 6:22 PM ET (AP)

Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for 'The Simpsons' for 27 years, dies at 84 • May 31, 2025, 2:02 AM ET (AP)

Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Maj. Houlihan on pioneering series 'M.A.S.H.,' has died at 87 • May 30, 2025, 10:19 PM ET (AP)

George Wendt, who played beloved barfly Norm on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76 • May 20, 2025, 7:12 PM ET (AP)

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Martin Scorsese • Stanley Tucci • Henry Winkler • Alec Baldwin • Jim Davis • Nicole Kidman • Sharon Stone • Rob Reiner • Meryl Streep • Elton John • Edward James Olmos • Ewan McGregor • Julianne Moore • Jamie Lee Curtis • Steven Soderbergh • John Lithgow • Kate Winslet • Martin Sheen • Christina Applegate • Andy Samberg • Ray Bradbury • Anthony Hopkins • Allison Janney • Viola Davis • Sanjay Gupta • Barbra Streisand • Stephen Colbert • Kelsey Grammer • Billy Crudup • Joanne Woodward • Michael Imperioli • Laurence Fishburne • Amy Poehler • Sarah Paulson • Ali Wong • Steve Martin • Brian Cox • Billy Crystal • Bette Midler • Bill Murray • Steven Yeun • Tommy Lee Jones • Michelle Williams • Julia Garner • Bryan Cranston • Maya Rudolph • Dave Chappelle • Rami Malek • Claire Danes • Louis C.K. • William Shatner • David Cross • Melissa McCarthy • Kate McKinnon • Paula Deen • Mary-Louise Parker • Toni Collette • Kathy Bates • Jennifer Aniston • Jessica Lange • Ben Stiller • Kevin Costner • Ted Danson • Glenn Close • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Conan O’Brien • Catherine O’Hara • Gillian Anderson • Jane Lynch • Donald Glover • Ed Asner • Kirstie Alley • Jon Hamm • Burt Reynolds • David Fincher • Christopher Plummer • Mariska Hargitay • Peter O’Toole • Bill O’Reilly • Carol Burnett • Michael Keaton • Tina Fey • David Letterman • Frances McDormand • James Earl Jones • Lily Tomlin • Maggie Smith • Kieran Culkin • Amy Schumer • Ralph Nelson • George R.R. Martin • Tim Rice • Michael Richards • James Spader • Holly Hunter • Jeremy Strong • John Madden • Salma Hayek • Bette Davis • Alex Trebek • Barry Manilow • Liza Minnelli • Rita Moreno • Peter Dinklage • Laura Linney • Cloris Leachman • Andy Rooney • James Gandolfini • Marvin Hamlisch • Ted Koppel • Jeremy Allen White • Danny DeVito • Gwyneth Paltrow • Julia Child • Betty White • Bob Newhart • Katie Couric • Quinta Brunson • Jodie Foster • Tony Shalhoub • John Legend • Lucille Ball • Trey Parker • Cliff Robertson • Perry Como • Julianna Margulies • Jim Parsons • Michael Mann • Jason Bateman • Jonathan Winters • Gene Wilder • Matt Stone • Edie Falco • Neil Patrick Harris • Common • Phil Donahue • Don Rickles • Seth MacFarlane • Sid Caesar • Elisabeth Moss • Hal Holbrook • Damian Lewis • Burgess Meredith • Ann Curry • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Anthony Bourdain • Jane Alexander • Mary Tyler Moore • Jeffrey Tambor • Dianne Wiest • Ray Romano • Katherine Heigl • David Brinkley • Cicely Tyson • Patricia Arquette • Peter Falk • Eva Marie Saint • Julian Fellowes • Melissa Leo • Jamie Oliver • Larry King • Gena Rowlands • David Attenborough • Barbara Walters • Kelly Clarkson • Donald O’Connor • RuPaul • Regina King • Roger Ailes • Barbara Stanwyck • Harry Morgan • Louis Gossett, Jr. • Norman Lear • Danielle de Niese • Sally Field • Carroll O’Connor • James Garner • Roseanne Barr • Bob Barker • Jack Hanna • Jorge Ramos • Hume Cronyn • Jack Albertson • Cathy Guisewite • Eli Wallach • Jack Klugman • James L. Brooks • Gertrude Berg • Johnny Carson • Michael J. Fox • Jim Lehrer • Tony Randall • Dinah Shore • Charles Kuralt • Loretta Young • Robert Goulet • Julie Harris • Shari Lewis • Claire Trevor

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Emmy Award statuettes

Cathy Guisewite after winning an Emmy Award, 1987.

Viola Davis: Emmy Award, 2015

Cloris Leachman: Miss America contestant to Emmy Award winner

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