Actresses Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have won eight Primetime Emmys each during their distinguished careers. Leachman also has a Daytime Emmy. Actress Allison Janney has seven, which ties her with Mary Tyler Moore and Edward Asner. As the star of HBO comedy series "Veep," Louis-Dreyfus has won six consecutive Emmys as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won the 2008 award in that category for her previous show "The New Adventures of Old Christine." Louis-Dreyfus also won a 1996 Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for "Seinfeld." She is the only person ever to win Emmys for three different comedy programs.
In third place, John Lithgow, Art Carney, Tim Conway, Tyne Daly and Carl Reiner are tied with six wins each. Reiner actually has nine Emmys if you add the ones he received as a writer and producer for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in the 1960s.
Betty White, another "Mary Tyler Moore" alum, has won five Primetime Emmys and two Daytime
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As for Daytime Emmys, Anthony Geary has won a record eight for acting -- all for his performances as Luke Spencer on the long-running ABC soap opera "General Hospital."
Cloris Leachman has won eight Primetime Emmys and one Daytime Emmy. But keep your eyes on Allison Janney, who won her seventh Primetime Emmy for her work during the 2014-2015 season. For the second year in a row, Janney won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Bonnie Plunkett in the CBS sitcom "Mom." She is now tied for second place in overall acting wins with Edward Asner and Mary Tyler Moore.
Janney won her first four Emmys between 2000 and 2004 for her performances as White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg on Aaron Sorkin's drama series "The West Wing." She received a 2013-2014 Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her stints in Showtime's "Masters of Sex."
When the Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program was added beginning with the 2007-2008 season, Jeff Probst of "Survivor" won four years in a row. Since then, the award has been won by Tom Bergeron of "Dancing With the Stars" (2011-2012), Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn of "Project Runway" (2012-2013) and Jane Lynch of "Hollywood Game Night" (2013-2014).
Susan Lucci is the person with the most Emmy nominations all-time. She has been nominated for a total of 21 Daytime Emmy Awards.
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He won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series three consecutive seasons (1965-66, 1966-67, and 1967-68) for his work in NBC's "I Spy." He also won a 1969 Emmy for "The Bill Cosby Special," which was named Outstanding Variety or Musical Program. Cosby also received two Daytime Emmys for animated programming, one for his "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" series and one for his "Little Bill" series.
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No actor won both awards in the same year.
Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982.
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The "Breaking Bad" star won four Primetime Emmys as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (for the 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2013-2014 seasons). He also won two other Emmys as a producer of the series, which ran from 2008 to 2013.
"Saturday Night Live," which was nominated for 22 Primetime Emmys for the 2016-2017 season, has received 243 nominations since its debut in October 1975. The venerable late-night comedy show has won a record 64 Primetime Emmys.
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David Letterman has never won an Oscar, although he has been nominated for many Emmys. He has won two Daytime Emmys and five Primetime Emmys.
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It was David Hyde-Pierce, who won the first of three Emmys in this category for his weekly performances as Niles Crane in "Frasier." He also won the award for the 1998-1999 and 2003-2004 seasons.
Don Knotts holds the record for going undefeated the most times, he won five Emmy awards for his portrayal of Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960). He won in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967 and has won Five out of Five of the Emmy awards he was nominated for.
Ed Asner, who won five Emmys playing Lou Grant on two different CBS series. He won three Emmys as the veteran newsman on Mary Tyler Moore's award-winning comedy series from 1970 to 1977. He later won two more Emmys for the "Lou Grant" dramatic series that ran from 1977 to 1982
Ed Asner, who won five Emmys playing Lou Grant on two different CBS series. He won three Emmys as the veteran newsman on Mary Tyler Moore's award-winning comedy series from 1970 to 1977. He later won two more Emmys for the "Lou Grant" dramatic series that ran from 1977 to 1982.
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