15th Primetime Emmy Awards - Winners and Nominees - Acting - Lead Performances

Lead Performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)
  • E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston on The Defenders, (CBS)
    • Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale on McHale's Navy, (ABC)
    • Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint on Naked City, (ABC)
    • Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)
    • Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders on Combat!, (ABC)
  • Shirley Booth as Hazel Burke on Hazel, (NBC)
    • Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael on The Lucy Show, (CBS)
    • Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe on The Doctors and the Nurses, (CBS)
    • Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)
    • Irene Ryan as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies, (CBS)


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