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Emmy Award: Media

American television award

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Cloris Leachman: Miss America contestant to Emmy Award winner
Learn about the life and career of Cloris Leachman, who went from being a Miss America...
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Emmy Award statuettes
Emmy Award statuettes.
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Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks after winning an Emmy Award for best guest actor in a comedy series, 1998.
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Cathy Guisewite after winning an Emmy Award, 1987.
Alan Light
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert after winning an Emmy Award for his work on The Colbert Report,...
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Ayo Edebiri
American actress Ayo Edebiri posing with her Emmy Award for best supporting actress...
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Edie Falco
Edie Falco with her Emmy Award for her role in the television series Nurse Jackie,...
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Kathy Bates
American actress Kathy Bates attending the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, September...
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Matthew Macfadyen
British actor Matthew Macfadyen after winning his second Emmy award for outstanding...
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Ryan Murphy
Producer Ryan Murphy at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, September...
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Viola Davis: Emmy Award, 2015
Viola Davis accepting an Emmy Award for her work in the TV series How to Get...
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