7th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given.

The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC. It preempted Another World, which was a 90-minute program at the time.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

 * All My Children
 * Another World
 * Guiding Light

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

 * James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
 * William Mooney (Paul Martin, All My Children)
 * Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)
 * Franc Luz (Dr. John Bennett, The Doctors)
 * John Gabriel (Dr. Seneca Beaulac, Ryan's Hope)
 * Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

 * Julia Barr (Brooke English, All My Children)
 * Kathleen Noone (Ellen Dalton, All My Children)
 * Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, Another World)
 * Kim Hunter (Nola Madison / Martha Cory), The Edge of Night)
 * Leslie Charleson (Dr. Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
 * Judith Light (Karen Wolek, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

 * Warren Burton (Eddie Dorrance, All My Children)
 * Julius LaRosa (Renaldo, Another World)
 * Vasili Bogazianos (Mickey Dials, The Edge of Night)
 * Shepperd Strudwick (Professor Timothy McCauley, Love of Life)
 * Ron Hale (Dr. Roger Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

 * Francesca James (Kelly Cole Tyler, All My Children)
 * Deidre Hall (Dr. Marlena Evans, Days of Our Lives)
 * Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney Saxon, The Edge of Night)
 * Elaine Lee (Mildred Trumble, The Doctors)
 * Valerie Mahaffey (Ashley Bennett, The Doctors)
 * Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodard, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series

 * Eli Mintz (Locksmith, All My Children)
 * Hugh McPhillips (Hugh Pearson, Days of our Lives)
 * Kathryn Harrow (Pat Reyerson, The Doctors)
 * Sammy Davis, Jr. (Chip Warren, One Life to Live)
 * Joan Fontaine (Page Williams, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

 * All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Wisner Washam; Jack Wood; Caroline Franz; Mary K. Wells; Cathy Chicos; Clarice Blackburn; Anita Jaffe; Kenneth Harvey
 * One Life to Live: Gordon Russell; Sam Hall; Peggy O'Shea; Don Wallace; Lanie Bertram; Cynthia Benjamin; Marisa Gioffre
 * Ryan's Hope: Claire Labine; Paul Avila Mayer; Mary Munisteri; Judith Pinsker; Jeffrey Lane
 * The Edge of Night: Henry Slesar; Steve Lehrman

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

 * All My Children: Henry Kaplan; Jack Coffey; Sherrell Hoffman; Jørn Winther
 * General Hospital: Marlene Laird; Alan Pultz; Phil Sogard
 * The Edge of Night: John Sedwick; Richard Pepperman
 * Ryan's Hope: Lela Swift; Jerry Evans
 * Another World: Ira Cirker; Melvin Bernhardt; Robert Calhoun; Barnet Kellman; Jack Hofsiss; Andrew D. Weyman
 * Love of Life: Larry Auerbach; Robert Scinto

Outstanding Game Show

 * The Hollywood Squares – A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC
 * The $20,000 Pyramid – A Bob Stewart Production for ABC
 * Family Feud – A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC

Outstanding Game Show Host

 * Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares)
 * Richard Dawson (Family Feud)