12th Daytime Emmy Awards

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• Days of Our Lives
• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• The Young and the Restless

  Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• David Canary (All My Children)
• James Mitchell (All My Children)
• Darnell Williams (All My Children)
• Larry Bryggman (As the World Turns)
• Terry Lester (The Young and the Restless)
  

  Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Susan Lucci (All My Children)
• Gillian Spencer (All My Children)
• Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives)
• 'Kim Zimmer'\ (Guiding Light)
• Robin Strasser (One Life to Live)
  

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Louis Edmonds (All My Children)
• Robert LuPone (All My Children)
• David Lewis (General Hospital)
• Larry Gates (Guiding Light)
• Anthony Call (One Life to Live)
  

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Eileen Herlie (All My Children)
• Elizabeth Lawrence (All My Children)
• Norma Connolly (General Hospital)
• Maeve Kinkead (Guiding Light)
• Beth Maitland (The Young and the Restless)
  

  Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series

• Steve Caffrey (All My Children)
• Michael E. Knight (All My Children)
• Brian Bloom (As the World Turns)
• Jack Wagner (General Hospital)
• Michael O'Leary (Guiding Light)
  

  Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series

• Melissa Leo (All My Children)
• Tasia Valenza (All My Children)
• Kristian Alfonso (Days of Our Lives)
• Lisa Trusel (Days of Our Lives)
• Tracey E. Bregman (The Young and the Restless)