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The 8th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1981 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year ( 1980). The eighth awards did not include the cameo category from the previous year, so only five awards were given, like in previous years.Winners in each category are in bold.
1 Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
2 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
3 Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
- Julia Barr (All My Children)
- Susan Lucci (All My Children)
- Judith LightJudith Light (born February 9 1949) is an American actress. She is well-known for her role as Angela Bower on Who's the Boss . She is also remembered by many for her memorable Daytime Emmy Award winning portrayal of Karen Wolek on the ABC soap opera, One ( One Life to LiveJune 7, 2004. One Life to Live is a soap opera which has been broadcast on the American ABC television network since July 15, 1968. The show was originally a half-hour serial until it was expanded to 45 minutes in 1976 and to one hour in 1978. One Life to)
- Robin StrasserRobin Strasser (born May 7, 1945 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for her Daytime Emmy Award winning portrayal of the conniving Dr. Dorian Lord on One Life to Live a role she has been playing since 1979. Prior to her r (One Life to Live)
- Helen GallagherHelen Gallagher (born July 19, 1926 in New York City) is an American actress. For decades, Gallagher was known as an actress of the New York stage. In 1952, she won a Tony Award for her work in Pal Joey and won another Tony in 1971 for her work as the lea (Ryan's Hope)
4 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
- Matthew Cowles (All My Children)
- William Mooney (All My Children)
- Justin Deas (As the World Turns)
- Richard Backus (Ryan's Hope)
- Larry HainesLarry Haines (born Larry Hecht on August 3, 1918 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American actor. He first became known in the 1930s as a voice actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters''. Four decades later, he would return to radio, starring in many e ( Search for TomorrowSearch for Tomorrow was a soap opera which aired on the CBS television network from September 3, 1951 to March 26, 1982. At that time, the show was moved to NBC, where it commenced telecasts on March 29, 1982, continuing until the final episode was aired)
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