1970s
- 1974 (1st) - Elizabeth Hubbard as Althea Davis, The Doctors
- Rachel Ames as Audrey March Hardy, R.N., General Hospital
- Mary Fickett as Ruth Martin, R.N., All My Children
- Mary Stuart as Joanne Gardner, Search for Tomorrow
- 1975 (2nd) - Susan Flannery as Laura Spencer Horton, Days of our Lives
- Rachel Ames as Audrey March Hardy, R.N., General Hospital
- Susan Seaforth as Julie Olson, Days of our Lives
- Ruth Warrick as Phoebe English Tyler, All My Children
- 1976 (3rd) - Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope
- Denise Alexander as Dr. Lesley Williams Faulkner, General Hospital
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson Williams, Days of our Lives
- Frances Heflin as Mona Kane Tyler, All My Children
- Mary Stuart as Joanne Gardner, Search for Tomorrow
- 1977 (4th) - Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope
- Nancy Addison as Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
- Mary Stuart as Joanne Gardner, Search for Tomorrow
- Ruth Warrick as Phoebe English Tyler, All My Children
- 1978 (5th) - Laurie Heineman as Sharlene Frame, Another World
- Mary Fickett as Ruth Martin, All My Children
- Jennifer Harmon as Cathy Craig, One Life to Live
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson Williams, Days of our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
- Victoria Wyndham as Rachel Cory Hutchins, Another World
- 1979 (6th) - Irene Dailey as Liz Matthews, Another World
- Nancy Addison as Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope
- Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson Williams, Days of our Lives
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
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