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Awards Nominees and Winners
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1981 - 33rd Emmy Awards
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Comedy
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Limited Series, Movie
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Costume Design & Supervision
Motion & Title Design
Documentary Programming
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or a special - 1981
All Nominees
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Shirley Knight
Playing for Time
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Jane Alexander
Playing for Time
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Piper Laurie
The Bunker
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Colleen Dewhurst
The Women's Room
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Patty Duke Astin
The Women's Room