Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).
All My Children
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
One Life to Live
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The Young and the Restless Peter Bergman (Cliff Warner, All My Children)
James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
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Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan, One Life to Live)
Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
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Dorothy Lyman (Opal Gardner, All My Children) Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord Buchanan, One Life to Live)
Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord Callison, One Life to Live)
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Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children) Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (Ed Harding, Another World)
David Lewis (Edward Quartermaine, General Hospital)
John Stamos (Blackie Parrish, General Hospital)
Anthony Call (Herb Callison, One Life to Live)
Al Freeman Jr. (Ed Hall, One Life to Live)
Kim Delaney (Jenny Gardner, All My Children)
Eileen Herlie (Myrtle Fargate, All My Children)
Marcy Walker (Liza Colby, All My Children)
Robin Mattson (Heather Webber, General Hospital)
Brynne Thayer (Jenny Janssen, One Life to Live)
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Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodard, Ryan's Hope)
THE FINAL TALLY
All My Children: 2 wins; 9 nominations
One Life to Live: 1 win; 7 nominations
Ryan's Hope: 1 win; 1 nomination
The Young and the Restless: 1 win; 1 nomination
General Hospital : 7 nominations
Another World: 1 nomination
Days of our Lives: 1 nomination