25 Actors That Never Won a Daytime Emmy Award (But Should Have)

The 43rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards are being held tonight and will celebrate, among other things, the best actors and actresses in daytime television. Throughout its history, the Daytime Emmys have honored many of the greats like Anthony Geary, Susan Flannery, Erika Slezak, Kim Zimmer, Douglass Watson, David Canary, Larry Bryggman and Michael Zaslow. Several legends have received Lifetime Achievement Awards (Eileen Fulton, Rachel Ames and Don Hastings come to mind) while others were honored in other ways (Mary Stuart and Charita Bauer were given a Special Recognition Award in 1985). But some of the very best actors that ever worked in the medium have never won a Daytime Emmy Award, and a few of them have never even been nominated.

Below is our list of the Top 25 and the memorable roles they played that deserved the gold.

1. Beverlee McKinsey (Iris, Another World; Alexandra, Guiding Light)
2. Maureen Garrett (Holly, Guiding Light)
3. James Mitchell (Palmer, All My Children)
4. Ilene Kristen (Delia, Ryan's Hope; Roxy, One Life to Live)

10 Sensational Summer Performances on Daytime Soaps

Daytime soap operas have been on a roll this summer and featured the typical love and romance, lying and backstabbing, with a little mystery and adventure thrown in for good measure. There's also been an electrocution, a blown up house, a corporate takeover, a surprise Monte Carlo wedding, and clifftwisters galore. Fans have been treated to one outstanding performance after another but some have stood out above the rest. Below are 10 actors who have shined brightly with sensational performances this summer:

4 Overlooked Daytime Soap Opera Couples

It’s a sad fact of soap opera viewing life that our favorite couples are not guaranteed to get their happily ever after.

Sometimes contracts aren’t renewed, writers get fired, or a soap just doesn’t realize what they have until it’s too late. That was the case for four overlooked couples that could have gone the distance.

Watch clips of four couples below:

25 Actors That Never Won a Daytime Emmy Award (But Should Have)

The 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are being held tonight and will celebrate, among other things, the best actors and actresses in daytime television. Throughout its history, the Daytime Emmys have honored many of the greats like Anthony Geary, Susan Flannery, Erika Slezak, Kim Zimmer, Douglass Watson, David Canary, Larry Bryggman and Michael Zaslow. Several legends have received Lifetime Achievement Awards (Eileen Fulton, Rachel Ames and Don Hastings come to mind) while others were honored in other ways (Mary Stuart and Charita Bauer were given a Special Recognition Award in 1985). But some of the very best actors that ever worked in the medium have never won a Daytime Emmy Award, and a few of them have never even been nominated.

Below is our list of the Top 25 and the memorable roles they played that deserved the gold.

1. Beverlee McKinsey (Iris, Another World; Alexandra, Guiding Light)
2. Maureen Garrett (Holly, Guiding Light)
3. James Mitchell (Palmer, All My Children)
4. Ilene Kristen (Delia, Ryan's Hope; Roxy, One Life to Live)