Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).
All My Children
General Hospital
•
The Guiding Light Ryan's Hope
James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
Richard Shoberg (Tom Cudahy, All My Children)
Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
•
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital) Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
Ann Flood (Nancy Karr, The Edge of Night)
Sharon Gabet (Raven Whitney, The Edge of Night)
Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
•
Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord Callison, One Life to Live) Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children)
•
David Lewis (Edward Quartermaine, General Hospital) Douglas Sheehan (Joe Kelly, General Hospital)
Gerald Anthony (Marco Dane, One Life to Live)
Elizabeth Lawrence (Myra Murdoch, All My Children)
•
Dorothy Lyman (Opal Gardner, All My Children) Meg Mundy (Mona Aldrich Croft, The Doctors)
Louise Shafer (Rae Woodard, Ryan's Hope)
THE FINAL TALLY
>General Hospital: 2 wins; 6 nominations)
All My Children: 1 win; 7 nominations
One Life to Live: 1 win; 2 nominations
The Guiding Light: 1 win; 1 nomination
The Edge of Night: 2 nominations
Ryan's Hope: 2 nominations
As the World Turns: 1 nomination
The Doctors: 1 nomination