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Awards Nominees and Winners
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1979 - 31st Emmy Awards
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Special Class
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A SPECIAL - 1979
All Nominees
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Backstairs at the White House
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Kurt Russell
Elvis
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Ned Beatty
Friendly Fire
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Peter Strauss
The Jericho Mile