Nominated 18 times for the Emmy - Angela Lansbury lost all 18 times. Few times she was nominated for two categories in the same year, and went home doubly empty-handed.

She was nominated 12 times for Murder, She Wrote, twice for hosting the Tony Awards.

That leaves four performances in dramatic (1 musical) roles, where she had a shot of winning.


Little Gloria .. Happy At Last - Beaten by Barbara Stanwyck In The Thorn Birds

Sweeney Todd - Beaten by George Hearn In Sweeney Todd

Blackwater Lightship - Beaten by Mary-Louise Parker In Angels In America

Law & Order - Beaten by Amanda Plummer In SVU

When you're nominated 18 times and you lose 18 times that spells one thing.

R-I-G-G-E-D.