Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).
All My Children
• General Hospital
Ryan's Hope
James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
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Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World) Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
Henderson Forsythe (David Stewart, As the World Turns)
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
Julia Barr (Brooke English, All My Children)
Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
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Judith Light (Karen Wolek, One Life to Live Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord Callison, One Life to Live)
Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
Matthew Cowles (Billy Clyde, Tuggle All My Children)
William Mooney (Paul Martin, All My Children)
Justin Deas (Tom Hughes, As the World Turns)
Richard Backus (Barry Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
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Larry Haines Stu Bergman Search for Tomorrow Elizabeth Lawrence (Myra Murdoch, All My Children)
Lois Kibbee (Geraldine Whitney Saxon, The Edge of Night)
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Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine Williams, General Hospital)Jacklyn Zeman (Bobbie Jones, General Hospital)
Randall Edwards (Delia Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)
All My Children
General HospitalGuiding Light
One Life to Live
All My Children
General HospitalOne Life to Live
All My ChildrenRyan's HopeAll My Children
THE FINAL TALLY
General Hospital: 2 wins; 4 nominations
Another World: 1 win; 1 nomination
One Life to Live: 1 win; 2 nominations
Search for Tomorrow: 1 win; 1 nominations
All My Children: 7 nominations
Ryan's Hope: 4 nominations
As the World Turns: 3 nominations
The Edge of Night: 1 nomination